Various observations by the church through a calendar year may bring helpful themes to mind, but they should never eclipse the central theme that is constant reality. Nick Batzig writes about Lent, concluding: Wherever one falls on the spectrum of adherence to elements of the Liturgical Calendar, we must learn to live our Christian lives …
Christians Awake, Salute The Happy Morn is my favourite Christmas Day hymn, I think.
We finished our carols and readings service tonight with Angels We Have Heard On High. I just heard Marina Prior sing the same arrangement of Angels that she sings every year at the Melbourne Carols By Candlelight. It’s a pretty cool arrangement. Here’s Fernando Ortega’s version. A good finish for today and tomorrow’s coming.
In The Bleak Midwinter has some of the finest poetry and music of all Christmas carols. There may be better examples of theology, more memorable phrases and melodic hooks, but Rosetti’s words and Holst’s tune CRANHAM are superb from beginning to end. Shawn Colvin does it complete justice with this rendition.
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