Glory Center Posting– December 2020

Luke 2:9–11

 

9 Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people" 11 to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.

 

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

 

It came upon the midnight clear

That glorious song of old

From angels bending near the earth

To touch their harps of gold

Peace on the earth, good will to men

From heaven's all gracious king

The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear the angels sing

 

Still through the cloven skies they come

With peaceful wings unfurled

And still their heavenly music floats

O'er all the weary world

Above its sad and lowly plains

They bend on hovering wing

And ever o'er its Babel sounds

The blessed angels sing

 

And ye, beneath life's crushing load

Whose forms are bending low

Who toil along the climbing way

With painful steps and slow

Look, now for glad and golden hours

Come swiftly on the wing

O rest beside the weary road

And hear the angels sing

 

For lo! the days are hastening on,

By prophet seen of old,

When with the ever-circling years

shall come the time foretold

When the new heaven and earth shall own

The Prince of Peace their King

And the whole world send back the song

Which now the angels sing.

 

~Posted by Rev Kathryn Bindig, MDiv. MS; Pastoral Care Minister