Sunday, December
22, 2024
WHAT MADE THE ANGELS SING?
Luke 2:8-10
8 And there were
in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their
flock by night.
9 And, lo, the
angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about
them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel
said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you
is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall
be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying
in a manger.
13 And suddenly
there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and
saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
It was not glitter but glory that
caused the angels to sing or, rather, to SAY. What might that have sounded like?
Countless voices shouting in spontaneity regarding the wonder of the beginning
of redemption must have been quite a hum.
Oh, I am not
condemning the attempt to remanufacture that at Christmas time. I am definitely
not a humbug guy, but all our celebratory attempts fail when compared to that
night on shepherds’ hill.
Angels we have
heard on high
Sweetly singing
o’er the plains
And the mountains
in reply
Echoing their
joyous strains
Gloria, in
excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in
excelsis Deo!
Come to Bethlehem
and see
Him Whose birth
the angels sing;
Come, adore on
bended knee,
Christ the Lord,
the newborn King.
Gloria, in
excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in
excelsis Deo!
Lord, although our attempts to sing glorias fail to attain the heights
of those angels, let us lend our feeble sounds to theirs. Glory to God in the
highest. AMEN
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