The following is a translation of Martin Chemnitz’s homily summary found at the end of his postil for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Postilla, Volume II, pg. 316).
“We have now heard the teaching of these two accounts of today’s Gospel.
- First, we ought to learn to pray rightly in all our needs and bring them to God our heavenly Father in Christ that we may be graciously heard by Him.
- Second, thereafter, what kind of faith must have in order to trust Christ with certainty, that He can and is able to do all things and that He will accept us, not for the sake of our merit and worthiness, but rather according to His grace, and give us what is useful, blessed, and good for us in body and soul, for this life and for eternal life.
May God our heavenly Father grant this to us in His grace, for the sake of His beloved Son Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer, through His Holy Spirit. Amen.”
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