Holy Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church

05/31/2026

MATTHEW 9:9-13, 18-26

Christ heals a woman and raises a girl

9:9
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

9:10
And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with Jesus and his disciples.

9:11
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

9:12
But when he heard this, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

9:13
Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners."

9:18
While he was saying these things to them, suddenly a leader came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."

9:19
And Jesus got up and followed him, with his disciples.

9:20
Then suddenly a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak,

9:21
for she was saying to herself, "If I only touch his cloak, I will be made well."

9:22
Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, "Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well." and the woman was made well from that moment.

9:23
When Jesus came to the leader's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

9:24
he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him.

9:25
But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.

9:26
And the report of this spread through all of that district.

05/25/2026

MATTHEW 28:16-20

Living in the community of the Trinity

28:16
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

28:17
When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted.

28:18
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

28:20
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

05/17/2026

JOHN 20:19-23

The spirit poured out

20:19
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you."

20:20
After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

20:21
Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."

20:22
When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

20:23
If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

05/12/2026

JOHN 17:1-11

Christ's prayer for his disciples

17:1
After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you,

17:2
since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

17:3
And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

17:4
I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.

17:5
So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

17:6
"I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

17:7
Now they know that everything you have given me is from you,

17:8
for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

17:9
I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours.

17:10
All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them.

17:11
And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

05/10/2026

*** The pleasant weather enhanced the festive spirit at Holy Trinity this afternoon as we observed Mother’s Day with our annual potluck barbecue and luncheon, and concurrently celebrated significant milestones in our community: Michal & Andrea Mlynar's 25th wedding anniversary, Quinten Weller & Melissa Chalmer's birthdays, and Kristina & Michaela Mlynarova, Katka Polick, and Christopher Gorcos's graduation ceremonies. Congratulations to all!🌹

05/03/2026

JOHN 14:15-21

Christ our advocate

14:15
"If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.

14:17
This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

14:18
"I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.

14:19
In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live.

14:20
On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

14:21
They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me, and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them."

04/26/2026

04/26/2026

JOHN 14:1-14

Christ the way, truth, life

14:1
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

14:2
In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.

14:4
And you know the way to the place where I am going."

14:5
Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?"

14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

14:7
If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."

14:8
Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."

14:9
Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

14:11
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, but if you do not, then believe because of the works themselves.

14:12
Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.

14:13
I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14:14
If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

04/20/2026

JOHN 10:1-10

Christ the shepherd

10:1
Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.

10:2
The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

10:3
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

10:4
When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

10:5
They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers."

10:6
Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

10:7
So again Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

10:8
All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them.

10:9
I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

04/12/2026

LUKE 24:13-35

Eating with the risen Christ

24:13
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem,

24:14
and talking with each other about all these things that had happened.

24:15
While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them,

24:16
but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

24:17
And he said to them, "What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?" They stood still, looking sad.

24:18
Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?"

24:19
He asked them, "What things?" They replied, "The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

24:20
and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him.

24:21
But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place.

24:22
Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

24:23
and when they did not find his body there they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

24:24
Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him."

24:25
Then he said to them, "Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared!

24:26
Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?"

24:27
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

24:28
As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on.

24:29
But they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over." So he went in to stay with them.

24:30
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

24:31
Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight.

24:32
They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?"

24:33
That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together.

24:34
They were saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!"

24:35
Then they told what had happened on the road and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.