Martin Luther, upon seeing a dog, whose tail had been mangled by a wagon wheel said: “Take comfort, small friend, in the Resurrection, you too shall have a little golden tail.” Martin Luther, Letter to J. Goritz, 1544 “I beg you to show kindness to animals. The very least you can do is to putContinue reading “Church Fathers on Animals”
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The true gain and fruit of the angel’s message
When I die I shall see nothing but black darkness, and yet that light, “To you is born this day the Savior,” remains in my eyes and fills all heaven and earth. The Savior will help me when all have forsaken me. And when the heavens and the stars and all creatures stare at meContinue reading “The true gain and fruit of the angel’s message”
Luther on Death
What is our death but a night’s sleep? For as through sleep all weariness and faintness pass away and cease, and the powers of the spirit come back again, so that in the morning we arise fresh and strong and joyous; so at the Last Day we shall rise again as if we had onlyContinue reading “Luther on Death”
Luther on Faith and Death
Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.Martin Luther
Love and necessity control all law
Love and necessity control all law; and there should be no law that cannot be enforced and applied in love. If it cannot, then let it be done away with, even though an angel from heaven had promulgated it. All this is intended to help and strengthen our hearts and consciences. In this way ourContinue reading “Love and necessity control all law”
Martin Luther on the Tenth Leper
As plain as it is, great is the example this Gospel presents to us. In the leper it teaches us faith, in Christ it teaches us love. Now, as I have often said, faith and love constitute the whole character of the Christian. Faith receives, love gives. Faith brings man to God, love brings manContinue reading “Martin Luther on the Tenth Leper”
Large Catechism on the Second Article of the Creed
If now you are asked, What do you believe in the Second Article of Jesus Christ? answer briefly: I believe that Jesus Christ, true Son of God, has become my Lord. But what is it to become Lord? It is this, that He has redeemed me from sin, from the devil, from death, and allContinue reading “Large Catechism on the Second Article of the Creed”
The man who here lies half dead, wounded and stripped of his clothing, is Adam and all mankind.
The man who here lies half dead, wounded and stripped of his clothing, is Adam and all mankind. The murderers are the devils who robbed and wounded us, and left us lying prostrate half dead. We still struggle a little for life; but there lies horse and man, we cannot help ourselves to our feet,Continue reading “The man who here lies half dead, wounded and stripped of his clothing, is Adam and all mankind.”
On receiving the Eucharist frequently
If you could see how many daggers, spears, and arrows are aimed at you every moment, you would be glad to come to the sacrament as often as you can. The only reason we go about so securely and heedlessly is that we neither imagine nor believe that we are in the flesh, in theContinue reading “On receiving the Eucharist frequently”
Although you have not actually committed all these crimes…
For although you have not actually committed all these crimes, as far as you are concerned, you have nevertheless permitted your neighbors to languish and perish in their misfortune. It is just as if I saw someone who was struggling in deep water…and I could stretch out my hand to pull him out and saveContinue reading “Although you have not actually committed all these crimes…”
Locus Communis 