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25-Dec-22 (John 1:1-14)

There are a lot of things we can say about God, but one thing I'm sure of is that God wants us to know who God is. So, when all the ways that God had tried over the years to speak to us, never quite got through to us, God spoke to us in an amazing way: God sent us Jesus. Jesus said the things that God had always wanted us to know, and central to that, how very much God loves us. Everything that Jesus said, everything that Jesus did communicated God's love for us in ways that we might finally hear.
Which brings us to this table. Here we see the love of God spoke clearly. God loved us so much that the cross itself would not silence God from speaking God's love and even death could not really kill that love.
That love is for each and every one of us, so each and all are welcome to this table. Come, take, eat, and hear again God's Word of Love.
Let us pray.

Prayer:

God, who spoke to us through Jesus, we thank you for this table and these elements of bread and cup that remind us of how much you love us. We ask you to help us hear and remember that Word of Love. Help us remember the One you sent to speak that love to us.
As we take this bread and cup, fill us again with that Spirit that empowered Jesus to face even death to speak your love to the world. As we go from this place, help us also to speak your Love in this world.
In the name of Jesus, your perfect Word, Amen.