For those of you who have made inquiries regarding the Confession of St. Peter, noted in some places on the 18th of January, but in our work on the 22nd of February, this recent post at Gottesdienst should answer many of your questions.
Author Archives: Stefan Gramenz
Liturgical Calendar 2025–2026
The complete liturgical calendar with readings and colors for the upcoming liturgical year can be found in a Google Sheet for your convenient reference here, or viewed below. If you haven’t already, you can also subscribe to the Google Calendar for The Lutheran Missal, which provides an easy reference for Sundays and feasts throughout theContinue reading “Liturgical Calendar 2025–2026”
The Lutheran Breviary: A Call for Volunteers
As we continue along the editing and translation processes for The Lutheran Missal, we are also keeping an eye on the future publication of The Lutheran Breviary, which has been under discussion for some time, and is now ready for your help. As with the process of putting together The Lutheran Missal, the breviary projectContinue reading “The Lutheran Breviary: A Call for Volunteers”
The Fourth Sunday in Advent
The Common Service of 1888 was a high water mark, of sorts, for the liturgy of English-speaking Lutherans in North America. Based on a variety of Lutheran and medieval sources, it was commissioned by the General Synod, the General Council, and the United Synod in the South to provide a solid and historically grounded foundationContinue reading “The Fourth Sunday in Advent”
Field Testing: Lectionary and Gradual
Two years ago, we began soliciting volunteers to field test the temporal lectionary for The Lutheran Missal, followed by the sanctoral lectionary last year. This year, we are in search of volunteers to help us by field testing the lectionary and gradual texts for both the temporale and sanctorale beginning in Advent. What is requiredContinue reading “Field Testing: Lectionary and Gradual”
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
While the celebration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be less than familiar to many American Lutherans, its observance is noted from the Gelasian sacramentary onward, appearing in medieval missals, Lutheran missals, Lutheran chant books, and Lutheran postils, as well as the hymnals and agendas of the Missouri Synod and Wisconsin Synod.Continue reading “The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
Help Wanted!
As we add several more Lutheran sources to our database to get a broader picture of post-Reformation use and to iron out a few questions of majority usage, we could use some people with capabilities in the late medieval/early modern versions of various languages, specifically the following: Finnish Hungarian [Sorry, no image for this one.Continue reading “Help Wanted!”
The Second Sunday in Advent
During last year’s field testing, I was able to put together some notes for each day in the first part of the liturgical year, and as we move toward the Second Sunday in Advent once again, I thought I would share a slightly expanded version of those thoughts from last year for those who weren’tContinue reading “The Second Sunday in Advent”
A Breviary Announcement
The Lutheran Missal project is excited to announce that, in addition to the missal, we are in the progress of producing a bilingual breviary that will feature side-by-side Latin and Anglo-Saxon text. The Anglo-Saxon text for Psalms 1-50 will be the prose translation of Alfred the Great, and the remainder will be that of theContinue reading “A Breviary Announcement”
Holy Week 2023
As you are all well aware, Holy Week is almost upon us, and so I’ve linked below all the various posts pertaining to Holy Week that have been written in the past years. In addition, a provisional rite for Palm Sunday has been made available to field testers, so check your email for those detailsContinue reading “Holy Week 2023”
The Lutheran Missal 