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Silent Night
Silent night (silent night)
Holy night (holy night)
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
EDITH BERGDAHL, JOSEPH MOHR, FRANZ GRUBER
When is the world actually silent? Never. It would take an incredible act of God for the world to be absent of all noise and that’s exactly what the carol Silent Night describes.
The birth of Jesus appears in many places in the Bible. Isaiah 7:14 talks about the fulfilment Jesus brings. Isaiah 9:6 foretells of His coming and significance. Daniel 7:13 prophesies about God’s gift of the divine man. Luke records more details than anyone else about Jesus’ birth – the angels declaring His birth to kings and shepherds, and angels singing praises to God. None of this is quiet, let alone silent. So, what does this carol allude to? As I sing it each year it takes me straight to a humble animal shelter where a young mother births God’s Son into the world. Labour is not quiet. I’m sure the animals around them were not quiet. It’s like when someone hits pause in the middle of an amazing moment in a movie. A moment that is so splendid you cannot move on without stopping to acknowledge and take note of every detail of this incredible thing happening!
Silent night. Holy night. All is calm. All is bright. Stop and take note, God is at work. He is bringing peace and hope in this moment! In this child who answers all the prayers of the world. That is what we’re singing about. That’s a moment worthy of hitting the pause button!
Written by KATIE SMITH
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Every year, during the Christmas season (and at times outside of the season), Christmas carols can be heard on high rotation in shopping centres, on the radio, in homes, and in churches. Songs that are so familiar that friends and family who are not Christians still know the lyrics and the melodies. These Christmas carols have become so familiar in society that sometimes it can seem like we are singing them by rote, forgetting the message of the Gospel that inspired the words we are singing. We hope in this plan, you have time to reflect on the lyrics of these songs that bring joy, hope, and life in Christ.
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