Good morning!
No Matins again today. Instead, I encourage you to use our Congregation @ Prayer, and read today’s assigned reading in your Bible. Also, scroll below to read about today’s commemoration of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
Peace in Christ,
Pastor Courie
Elizabeth of Hungary
Born in Pressburg, Hungary, in 1207, Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II and his wife Gertrude. Given as a bride in an arranged political marriage, Elizabeth became the wife of Louis of Thuringia in Germany at the age of 14. She had a spirit of Christian generosity and charity, and the home she established for her husband and three children in the Wartburg Castle at Eisenach was known for its hospitality and family love. Elizabeth often supervised the care of the sick and needy and even gave up her bed to a leper at one time. Widowed at the age of 20, she made provisions for her children and entered into an austere life as a nun in the Order of Saint Francis. Her self-denial led to failing health and an early death in 1231 at the age of 24. Remembered for her self-sacrificing ways, Elizabeth is commemorated through the many hospitals named for her around the world.
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church 
Thank you Pastor Zachary for the Matins today. I appreciate being able to see the Matins and be part of this. Blessings always. Yours in Christ, Lavona
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