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During the 12 days of Christmas, Lutheran Public Radio, Lutheranpublicradio.

Join the time. St. Luke tells us that when Christ entered the world through the womb of the Virgin Mary,

the angels herald his birth. And those angels came

with heavenly glory, the glory of God. They even spoke of it. Not only did they bring it,

they saw it, and the shepherds did as well. And yet there was a greater glory awaiting

the shepherds in the manger.

Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, on this second day of Christmas, Friday afternoon,

December the 26th. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us. And we're going to be studying the Christmas, him Breakforth, O Beauty, it's Heavenly Light with Pastor Will Whedon of the Word

of the Lord endures forever. Then in hour two, we'll look forward to the first Sunday after Christmas, according to the three-year lectionary with Pastor Peter Bender of the Concordia Catechetical Academy. Pastor Will Whedon is assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamill, Illinois. He formerly served as director of worship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Senate. He's author of the books, Celebrating the Saints, Thank, Praise, Serve, and Obey,

and See My Savior's Hands. And he hosts the daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio, called The Word of the Lord Endures Forever. Well, welcome back. Hey, thank you, Todd. I noticed that in Lutheran's service book, along with this hymn break forth, O'Buteus, Heavenly Light,

there is a collict listed.

What is it?

And why is it there?

Okay, now, this may just not be so profound.

It might be they had a space that they needed to fill and they put it in there,

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