Christmas Day (Page 2)

[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father’s and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the text comes from the Gospel reading this morning. May we be seated. Though this is a very joyful day for most of us, as we prayed last night in the prayers of the church, it is a very lonely day…

[Machine transcription] Merry Christmas, just in case you didn’t hear that. We are glad you’re with us this morning. Welcome home to the place where God nourishes you, where his holy manger lies, and we feed upon the bread from heaven, our Lord. Bells have been ringing for hours around the world, joyful celebrations of Christians gathering either in homes,…

Grace, mercy, and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on this blessed day of His birth. Amen. Do you remember your first Christmas? Well of course you don’t, but your parents, by golly…your parents sure do remember your first Christmas, for they saw in you the wonder of a child’s eye and that enthralled…

Grace, mercy, and peace to you on this blessed Christmas morn. Brothers and sisters, the text for this morning comes from the Gospel reading. Welcome home and merry Christmas to you all. Though many of you may not live in this town or attend this parish regularly, this is home for us as fellow believers in Christ. Knit together in the one communion of which we confess in…