Christ the Morning Star: Light breaking into darkness

Based on Revelation 22:16 - Jesus, the Bright and Morning Star, ushers in the dawn of a new creation and the reign of the Messiah. As we prepare for Holy Communion, we remember that this sacred act not only commemorates our liberation from sin but through the merit of Christ, we are also strengthened to resist evil (the “merit of Christ” is the infinite redemptive value and righteousness of Christ’s sinless life, suffering, and death).

Here, at the meeting of darkness and light, we behold Christ’s sacrificial love, the light of redemption breaking through betrayal, calling us to live as children of the new day.