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Advent Word 2017, Day 14 ‘among’

December 16, 2017 Catherine Lee Leave a comment

#AdventWord #among

‘In faith we know that God has already come AMONG us. This is no speculation. That God is AMONG us is Gospel truth. The shadow of the Cross falls even on Bethlehem’s cradle. This is the care of God—in the first Advent and for the last Advent.’

Visit to the Taiwan Episcopal Church 台灣聖公會 of Bishop John A. Pinckney from Taiwan’s Companion Diocese, the Episcopal Diocese of Upper S. Carolina (EDUSC), October 1965.

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