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Jesus Comes Today with Healing

Jesus comes today with healing

Jesus Comes Today with Healing is a hymn text by Margaret Clarkson (1984) in 8.7.8.7 D meter. Found in CW21 668, elw 461, lsb 620. Sung to EBENEZER.

The hymn celebrates the sacramental nature of Communion as a means of grace through which Christ actively heals and sustains believers. It reflects Lutheran understanding of the Real Presence and the power of the Gospel to transform and restore.

History & Background

Written by Canadian hymnodist Margaret Clarkson in 1984, this modern eucharistic hymn emphasizes Christ's healing presence in Holy Communion. It was first published in Lutheran hymnals in the late 20th century and reflects contemporary evangelical-Lutheran hymnody.

Hymnal Appearances

  • Christian Worship: Hymnal — 668
  • Evangelical Lutheran Worship — 461
  • Lutheran Service Book — 620

Bulletin Note

Written by Margaret Clarkson in 1984, this hymn celebrates sacramental healing, reflecting Lutheran theology of Real Presence and the power of the Gospel to restore the broken human heart.

Preaching Connection

This hymn embodies the Lutheran conviction that the Gospel is not merely proclaimed but *enacted* in the sacrament, transforming the hearer's experience of Christ's healing presence from intellectual assent to embodied encounter.

Catechism & Confessional Connections

Stanza Arc

The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: Law to Gospel: from separation and judgment to gracious invitation, communion, and eschatological hope

In the Church Year

Suggested in the one-year series

  • Trinity 13 (3×)
  • Epiphany 3 (2×)
  • Lent 1 (2×)
  • Trinity 12 (2×)
  • Trinity 19 (2×)
  • Trinity 2 (2×)
  • Easter 4 (1×)
  • Lent 3 (1×)
  • St. Luke (1×)
  • Trinity 14 (1×)
  • Trinity 20 (1×)

Suggested in the three-year series

  • Proper 17 (3×)
  • Epiphany 4 (1×)
  • Proper 12 (1×)
  • Proper 25 (1×)
  • Transfiguration (1×)

From LCMS Worship's published hymn suggestions, 2014–2026. The count is how many of those yearly lists suggested this hymn for that day.

Themes

Christ's healing presence Sacramental grace Communion Redemption Divine mercy

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