{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Reflections","title":"Saturday of the Third-Last Week of the Church Year","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":400,"description":"November 14, 2026\n\nToday's Reading: Introit for Trinity 24 - Psalm 95:1-4; antiphon: Psalm 95:6-7a\nDaily Lectionary: Jeremiah 29:1-19; Revelation 14:1-20; Matthew 26:36-56\n\n“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand” (Antiphon for the Introit for Trinity 24)\n\nIn the Name + of Jesus. Amen.\n\nCome, worship, bow down, kneel before me. That is what my flesh says. Can’t you see how important I am, how hard I work, and how tired I have become? Arrange your schedule and your life around me.\n\nIncurvatus in se- I am curved inward, looking at myself instead of looking outward toward God or my neighbor. Augustine and Luther recognized this not just as a “me problem” or a “you problem,” but as a mankind problem. It is as old as sin- we thought we could be like God by eating, so of course, all people, all creation should come, worship, bow down, and kneel before me.\n\nBut we’re not God. God is holy, and we are sinners. God is eternal, and our flesh is like the flower of the field; we wither and decay. God sacrifices Himself for the sake of His sheep, and we want everyone to sacrifice themselves for our sake. \n\nGod calls out, “Repent. Turn away from the empty life of self-idolatry. You are one of My people, a sheep of My hand.” \n\nWe hear this in Psalm 95 this Sunday and whenever we sing Matins. The Good Shepherd calls us to come into His presence to worship, bow down, and kneel before Him, but we also hear why we should, for this is the right response to His tender care for us. \n\nYour Good Shepherd, Jesus, laid down His life for your sake and picked it back up again to give you life abundantly. (John 10:11) He nourishes you in the green pasture of His Word as you come into His presence. He fills you full of forgiveness, life, and salvation through His proclamation, “Your sins are forgiven, your guilt is atoned for, your shame is covered!” He gathers you up into...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P3eUvssXYVZBQK4BZg1UEKstUh8zuVz_CoZCK6YjRSs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI1MTcyLzE3MDI0/Mjg1MzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}