Between Sundays for Week of December 25, 2023
This Christmas we share a message of peace from Elizabeth Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
May Christ’s presence be known to you this Christmas and every day.
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Ponderings
Love has come—a light in the darkness!
Love shines forth in the Bethlehem skies.
See, all heaven has come to proclaim it;
hear how their song of joy arises:
Love! Love! Born unto you, a Savior!
Love! Love! Glory to God on high.
Love is born! Come, share in the wonder.
Love is God now asleep in the hay.
See the glow in the eyes of his mother;
what is the name her heart is saying?
Love! Love! Love is the name she whispers;
Love! Love! Jesus, Immanuel.
Love has come and never will leave us!
Love is life everlasting and free.
Love is Jesus within and among us.
Love is the peace our hearts are seeking.
Love! Love! Love is the gift of Christmas.
Love! Love! Praise to you, God on high!
Love Has Come, words by Ken Bible (ELW 292)
