The Eve of the Nativity of Our Lord 2017

There is a traditional English carol called “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day.”  It’s a carol that tells the story of Jesus’ life, as told by Jesus.  In its full version it takes you from the Incarnation through the Ascension.  In the refrain at the end of each stanza, each piece of His redemptive work, Jesus sings “This have I done for my true love.”  What we have heard tonight in Holy Scripture, what we have sung of together, is what Jesus has done for you, His true love.  Tonight, you heard salvation history.  You heard of the Fall into sin and God’s promise of a Savior from sin, and the death which sin brought with it.  You heard that God’s Light will break into our darkness, bringing with it the Mighty God, the Prince of Peace.  You heard that the Light will shine forth in little Bethlehem, the Son of a Virgin, conceived by the Holy Ghost.  This has Christ done for His true love!

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