2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isaiah 60:2-3.
Isaiah got to see things rarely revealed and to write them down for us. G.F. Handel was given the gift of putting Isaiah and other biblical writers to music in his Sacred Oratorio. I once sang in a community chorus that performed The Messiah every year. This performance reminds me of those good days of volunteer musicians and singers working overtime during the holidays to make something beautiful for God.
Jesus, like His saints, comes to us when we have almost come to the conclusion that He does not exist or does not care. This year I celebrate the Feast of the Nativity without the woman who gave me my own. She is not here to sing, so here is Kathleen Battle and Christopher Parkening singing the Bach/Gounod "Ave Maria."
Merry Christmas to everyone!
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Are your initials C.O.?
Nein. I'm trying to think of a good hint that wouldn't blow my anonyminity, but I cannot think of one at the moment.
Merry Christmas!
ah. I was reading a biography of Kirk right now and the book mentions that one of his assistants, Christopher O'Brien, became a lawyer of note. Thought that might be you!
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