What does LW stand for?

Bringing the Gifts Forward Rubrical language in Evangelical Lutheran Worship shows some squeamishness on this point, as we will note below.

Thanks to the work of the Roman Catholic International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) and the International Commission on English Texts (ICET), the translations of the "Lord, have mercy," the "Glory to God," the Nicene Creed, liturgical greetings and responses ("The Lord be with you/And also with you"), the "Holy, Holy, Holy," and the "Lamb of God," appearing in the 1973 (and current) Roman Missal, were used in the publication of new worship books in other Christian communities produced in the 1970s and beyond, including the most recent Evangelical Lutheran Worship in 2006.

Peter Mikelic (New worship book is respectful of diversity; April issue), the Canadian response to the new Lutheran worship book Evangelical Lutheran Worship "has been overwhelmingly positive.

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing," Evangelical Lutheran Worship #807.

Examples of thankful praise are found in a hymn referred to in the Book of Concord (All Mankind Fell in Adam's Fall, Lutheran Worship #363), hymns by Paul Gerhardt (Awake, my heart with Gladness, LBW #129; Evening and Morning, LBW #465), a post-communion prayer from Luther (LBW #74), and the text of a Bach cantata (The Heavens Declare the Glory of God).

Published in 2006, Evangelical Lutheran Worship contains hymns from a global community far beyond the reaches or imaginations of LBW.

Such questions have long been with us, but with the publication of Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW) they have a fresh urgency.

I am glad that Luther's Small Catechism is included in the assembly edition of Evangelical Lutheran Worship and the pew edition of Lutheran Service Book.