For many, the music of Christmas is an important part of the holiday. This music can be heard from people caroling, background music or special musical events. It is another opportunity to find the real meaning and significance of the special occasion. For example, as we listen carefully to the words of many of these songs, the glad tidings of a new life are revealed.
One such example is heard in the carol, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. In the first verse, we’re told of angels long ago bending near the earth to share the Good News of “Peace on earth, goodwill to men, from heav’n’s all gracious King.” The second verse tells us that still today, “O-er all the weary world…The blessed angels sing.” The final verse says that “When the new heav’n and earth shall own [claim] The Prince of Peace their King, the whole world sends back [joins in with] the song the angels sing.”
Father, we thank you that we may listen and really hear, if even for the first time, the Life giving message of the angels. Amen.
