In honor of Reformation Day, I'm posting a hymn stanza I wrote back in 1996 for the 450th anniversary of Luther's death (February 18, 1546). It is to be used as the second stanza of "By All Your Saints in Warfare" (
Lutheran Worship, Hymn 193/194).
MARTIN LUTHER, DOCTOR AND CONFESSOR
(Tune: "King's Lynn," LW 193/194)
All praise for blessed Martin,
Our teacher in the faith,
Confessor of the gospel
That saves from sin and death.
You were his mighty fortress,
Though devils filled the land.
Now may we say with Luther,
"God help me. Here I stand."
© Charles M. Henrickson, 1996
Martin Luther was a man who made solemn lifetime vows BEFORE GOD to never marry. He then rejected those vows. I could never follow any man who made vows to God and then rejected them. I thank God every day that I have been given the grace to be a Roman Catholic with her sacred Magisterium to guard us in the truth.