The First (and Last) day of Advent...

 

        And here ends advent for 2022. Thank you for joining me along the way. Tonight marks the beginning of our Christmas celebration. I want to close with perhaps one of the most beautiful contemporary choral Christmas works I have heard. I had the great pleasure of singing in the recording you'll hear which we performed for the 2019 Christmas at Christ Concert. It was the centerpiece for that concert and remains one of the most moving of any of the Christmas pieces I have sung with that choir. 

Night of glory, night of grace,
Earth and heaven in one place,
We behold our Maker's face,
Night of glory, night of grace.

Night of glory, so divine,
Ageless king steps into time,
To seek and save a life like mine,
Night of glory, so divine,

Gloria, gloria, glory in the highest.

Night of glory, He is here,
No more longing dry your tears,
Angels tell us have no fear,
Night of glory, He is here!

Night of glory, night of grace,
Earth and heaven in one place,
We behold our Maker's face,
Night of glory, night of grace.
        
       Tonight is indeed the celebration of a great night of glory and grace. Some of those lines are so poignant, "Earth and Heaven in one place," "Ageless King steps into time."
        Let is rejoice together tonight. I hope that all over the world, indeed, probably starting sometime around last night, we have had an endless succession of people singing carols of praise and joy to our Saviour in practically every timezone, latitude, and language. May He receive all the glory for this magnificent night of grace He has brought to us. Gloria in Excelsis Deo!


             


                Merry Christmas!

                            ~ Christianna

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Bridgette said...

Merry Christmas!