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Come, LorD Jesus, Be our Guest By Jane JaCoB
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uring the season of Advent, we turn our minds to Jesus, and focus on the first and second coming of Christ. We contemplate that He was born in Bethlehem thousands of years ago, and will eventually return to earth in glory. While it is good to meditate on the Scriptures about these two events, we can also reflect on the reality of Jesus’ presence in the here and now.
We often think of God’s presence while at church; stained glass, candles, and crosses surround us, all declaring that we are in a house of worship. It is God’s house and we know that He is present, because, as Jesus says in Matthew 18:20, “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them.” We also encounter His presence in a physical way each time we partake in communion. THE CANADIAN LUTHERAN November/December 2021
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