Every year, there is a point in the Christmas season when a particular Christmas carol deeply touches my emotions.
A significant word is missing from the hymn that is referenced...
Line for...Blood will NOT darken...
Thank you.
But blood did darken the incarnation with Herod's slaughter of the innocents. The wood of the manger is the wood of the cross.
Sounds like we might have been there the same night. Sorry to have not run into you all.
Thank you for sharing that moving anthem. It was new to me and so meaningful; so moving.
I too, have those break in moments, often accompanied by tears of joy. What blessings they are!
Oh, thank you!
This was my first time hearing this song. I hope it will become very familiar to everyone.
Yes. Enter into the mystery.
Should it be: NO blood will darken? That line feels jarringly out of place.
Blood did darken the incarnation with Herod's slaughter of the innocents. The wood of the manger is the wood of the cross.
What a couplet!
"Bring the dream Isaiah saw:
Justice purifying law."
May we all enjoy the peace of Christmas.
A significant word is missing from the hymn that is referenced...
Line for...Blood will NOT darken...
Thank you.
But blood did darken the incarnation with Herod's slaughter of the innocents. The wood of the manger is the wood of the cross.
Sounds like we might have been there the same night. Sorry to have not run into you all.
Thank you for sharing that moving anthem. It was new to me and so meaningful; so moving.
I too, have those break in moments, often accompanied by tears of joy. What blessings they are!
Oh, thank you!
This was my first time hearing this song. I hope it will become very familiar to everyone.
Yes. Enter into the mystery.
Should it be: NO blood will darken? That line feels jarringly out of place.
Blood did darken the incarnation with Herod's slaughter of the innocents. The wood of the manger is the wood of the cross.
What a couplet!
"Bring the dream Isaiah saw:
Justice purifying law."
May we all enjoy the peace of Christmas.