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8 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, December 19, 2022
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lights that represent the dazzling heavenly
light of that night. Enjoy every manger scene
that represents our first Christmas. Enjoy
every Christmas Carol and Christmas card
that remind us of the Blessed birth. Jesus will
bless every family gathering, and the precious
loving gifts exchanged, but we must remember
why we gather and give gifts. God is love. We
must remember that Christmas is a lifeline
for many businesses, but without Jesus’ birth,
there would be NO CHRISTMAS. Look past
the modern commercialization and look only
at your Savior Jesus, this Christmas and always.
CHRIST IS CHRISTMAS.
JACK ROBSON, Deacon, Last
Mountain Anglican Parish
The Symbols of Christmas
May these symbols bring us the real meaning
of Christmas that seems to be forgotten.
The pure green colour of the stately fir tree
remains green all year round, depicting the
everlasting hope for humankind. All the needles
point Heavenward, making it a symbol of
human thoughts turning toward Heaven. The
star was the Heavenly sign over the manger
of promises long ago. God promised a Saviour
for the world, and the star was the sign of
the fulfillment of God’s promise. The candle
symbolizes that Christ is the light of the
world, and when we see this great light, we are
reminded of He who displaces the darkness.
The wreath symbolizes the real nature of love
Christ showed for us. Real love never ceases.
Love is one continuous round of affection. The
holly plant represents immortality. It represents
the crown of thorns worn by our Saviour.
The red berries represent the blood that
He shed for us. The Gift given was that God
so loved the world that God gave God’s only
Son so that everyone who believes in him shall
have everlasting life. (John 3:16) The wise men
presented Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense
and myrrh. The candy cane represents
the shepherd’s crook. The crook on the staff
helps to bring strayed sheep back to the flock.
We are our sister and brother’s keeper. It was
the angels that heralded the glorious news of
the Saviour’s birth. The angels sang “Glory to
God in the highest and on earth peace to people
of goodwill. May the peace of Christmas be
with you in the coming year. God’s Blessings
SUBMITTED BY MARY ANNE
GRAND,layperson, Raymore United Church
The start of great things
This Christmas Season, may it enchant you
with feelings of mystery, hope, and wonder.
I wish you peace, love, goodwill, and all the
other blessings of Christmas. As the story of
Jesus teaches us, Christ is the reason for the
season. In our busyness, let us S-L-O-W down
and remember Christmas can be the start of
great things. The promise of the Christ child is
that our God will come again.
I hope there are many great things and
blessings in store for us in the coming years.
God Bless you all.
MURRAY PATZWALD, Quad Parish
(Authorize Lay Minister)
GOVAN, Duval, Quinton and Raymore
Preparing for Christmas
Greetings
of the
Season
How prepared am I? Christmas is coming.
We are celebrating the coming of Jesus. When
someone is coming, we generally prepare for
their coming. We prepare food. We prepare
for overnight stays. We prepare activities. We
certainly do some cleaning and tidying.
Commercialism has certainly prepared a
plan to make sales. Many people have started
preparing for Christmas with decorations,
Christmas lights, shopping for gifts and so
on. These are all external things. How are we
preparing internally, our heart, our mind, our
soul? After all Christmas is about the coming
of Christ, our saviour and redeemer. How are
we preparing for him in our lives? The time
before Christmas is a time to prepare for the
coming of Jesus. How might we prepare our
heart and soul at this time for his coming?
Just as you prepare for a guest coming, you
might prepare food for the soul by doing some
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Merry
Christmas !
From the Council and Staff at the
R.M. of Lumsden
‘Tis covered with snow,
O’er hills and below,
Just in time for the big day.
And hearts are aglow,
Because they all know,
St. Nick’s on his merry way!
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