Christmas Night


Dancing stars and joyful angels with God's glory fill sky.
Proclaiming to care worn shepherds that the Father's Son is nigh.



A billion stars then gladly gather to appoint a sun most bright,
To guide the querying Magi on a cold and cloudless night.


Round the manger beasts are honored to recieve Creation's Lord.
the Child's parents with glad praises know that God has kept his Word.


Mid the blessing and celebration of the wondrous Christmas night,
Our Heavenly Father sheds a tear, for the precious One must die.


All who gather at the manger join the angel's glad refrain.
Yet as we sing let us remember that for our sins the Lamb was slain.


2010 pb





Every Advent and Christmas season I try to write some type of verse. Rarely is anything shared. However, this year, perhaps because I am less focussed, writing seems a good way to bring more positive energy to the season. Writing also helps to assert again, those things we know to be true, but can often be obscured by other lights.
Surely, one of the delights of the Advent and Christmas season is the poetry and hymnody of the Church. Through the centuries, the melodies and songs have come and gone with only the most meaningful and beautiful being retained. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, for instance, with its haunting melody and phrases of hope and longing, continues to be relevant in every generation.
O Come, All Ye Faithful remains the call to worship on both Christmas Eve and Day. And each of us has our favorites which must be sung in order for Christmas to be complete.
My simple advice is sing as many as you like, sing them all, for each speaks of God's love coming to a world in need. How great is that?