The First Sermon, March 9, 1522, Invocavit Sunday¹*

*From Luther's Works, vol. 51, pp. 70-75, Muhlenberg Press, Philadelphia, 1959. Used with permission of Augsburg Fortress Publishers. The summons of death comes to us all, and no one can die for another. Every one must fight his own battle with death by himself, alone. We can shout into another's ears, but every one must himself be prepared for the time of death, for I will not be with you then, nor you with me. Therefore every one must himself know and be armed with the chief things which...