Nine Lessons and Carols: Kings College Chapel
24 December 2005 03:53 PM | Personal
Christmas is not complete until I hear Nine Lessons and Carols from
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England. The
quote below, from the Bidding Prayer, is some of
the most beautiful use of the English language I
have ever heard.
I cannot sum it up better than that.
And let us at this time remember in his name the poor and the helpless, the cold, the hungry and the oppressed; the sick in body and in mind and them that mourn; the lonely and the unloved; the aged and the little children; and all who know not the loving kindness of God.Lastly let us remember before God all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no man can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom we for evermore are one.
I cannot sum it up better than that.
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