Read the Large Catechism with me.
Ten-minute studies on short readings from the Large Catechism.
Let's do this.
Click on the link below and read the short assigned reading. Then, if you have time, check out what I have to say about it. If not, no problem. Just soak up the goodness of the LC.
Short Preface Part 2: Click here and read The Ten Commandments of God, The Chief Articles of Our Faith, and the Prayer Which Christ Taught (through paragraph marked 19)
The basics:
- The Ten Commandments
- The Creed
- The Lord's Prayer
- If you aren't willing to learn these, you are not to be tolerated (in the words of Luther)
My thoughts today:
You just completed what Luther is saying you need to do everyday (or twice or three times...) when he speaks of meditating and reciting the Catechism. This takes such little time. Memory work is good for your brain, and what better memory work could there be than these basic parts of the faith. This doesn't have to be difficult.
For an example, this is how it looks in our home on most days (not all days, because we are sinners and fail at this often) -
Each night at bedtime, we bring the kids into the boys' room, turn off the lights, and sit with them in their beds. We do the following short service:
Leader (L): In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All (A): Amen.
L: The Lord Almighty grant us a quiet night and peace at the last.
L: It is good to give thanks to the Lord.
A: To sing praise to Your Name, O Most High.
L: To herald Your love in the morning,
A: Your truth at the close of the day.
A: Recite the Ten Commandments
A: Recite the Apostle's Creed
L: Prayer - thanks for the day and gifts, individual prayers for those in need, prayers for our parents, siblings, and godchildren.
A: Recite the Lord's Prayer
A: Recite Martin Luther's Close of the Day Prayer
A: Amen
L: Let us bless the Lord.
A: Thanks be to God.
A: Sing two to five hymns chosen by the boys
Goodnight kisses abound.
