IT'S CHRISTMAS!
JOY TO THE WORLD!
Today and tomorrow are going to be busy days of prayer and celebration for all of us, and I do realize that reading another flocknote might not be on your Christmas agenda. However, the great news is that we celebrate the GREATEST, GOOD NEWS of ALL TIME until January 12 this year, and perhaps you will have a few moments to enjoy these 3 videos sometime during the Christmas season.
First, my all time favorite story from Paul Harvey about why the INCARNATION, why EMMANUEL, why the God of all time and space and creation came to be with us as one of us:
Second, a fun look at how the GOOD NEWS may have been announced if the Incarnation had happened in the 21st Century:
And FINALLY a song! You might think, based on the title of the note, that it's going to be JOY TO THE WORLD, but SURPRISE, it's actually Josh Groban's version of O HOLY NIGHT. The lyrics just seemed so appropriate for our Covid Christmas:
"The thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks, a new and glorious morn"
AND for our Corporal Works of Mercy Theme:
"Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother and in his name all oppression shall cease"
I pray that each of us will always leave room in our hearts and lives for the little one who came into the world on that cold, silent, holy night - to bring light and warmth to a dark world and to save us all.