Carol: "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" - 15th
Century German
Tune: ES IST EIN ROS’
We are in the season of Advent. In most of our churches, we will
light candles each week as we make our way from darkness to light… make that to
THE Light! Choirs will process, lessons supporting each week’s theme will be
read from the Old and New Testaments -- and someone needs to stand and say “Let
the anticipation begin!” (Okay, yes: I saw THE
HUNGER GAMES film series and read the books!)
If no one at your church makes that proclamation in the
service, say it to yourself… on this and every day from now until Christmas
Eve. Anticipation is a great motivator… and not just with ketchup bottles!
In this wonderful, beautiful fifteenth century hymn set to a
sixteenth century tune, we find today’s hymnline. She (Mary) brought forth her
Son in order to show God’s love appropriately – showing fallen humankind how
God’s love acts! Like the rest of us, she couldn’t make that kind of exposure
on her own. You and I are called to show God’s love aright, also. No archangel
showed up at the foot of our bed, but a messenger of God – his Spirit – came and
set us onto the path toward kindness, compassion, mercy… and, of course, love.
Though we don’t bring Christ into the world physically as
Mary did, we DO display him through our lives to people who walk in darkness –
when half-spent is their night.
This Advent season, let’s set as one of our major goals
showing God’s love aright – properly, authentically.
Let the anticipation begin.
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