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December 24, 2008, 1:20 pm

Posted by Grant Gallicho

O Come O Come Emmanuel – Sufjan Stevens

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1. Bill Mazzella 12/24/2008 - 2:03 pm  subscriber

   Nicely done. Rejoice indeed. God is glorified and wo/man is reconciled. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

2. Michael E. Miller 12/25/2008 - 10:46 am  subscriber

   “Every person and every diverse sort of person exists for a unique joy, the joy of being who they are in relation to God, a joy which each person will experience differently. And when I encounter another, I encounter one who is called to such a unique joy; my relation with them is part of God’s purpose in bringing that joy to perfection – in me and in the other. This doesn’t rule out the tension and conflict that are unavoidable in human affairs – sometimes we challenge each other precisely so that we can break through what it is in each other that gets in the way of God’s joy, so that we can set each other free for this joy.

   “This, surely, is where peace on earth, the peace the angels promise to the shepherds, begins, here and nowhere else, here where we understand what human beings are for and what they can do for each other. The delighted reverence and amazement we should have towards the things of creation is intensified many times where human beings are concerned. And if peace is to be more than a pause in open conflict, it must be grounded in this passionate amazed reverence for others.

   “The birth of Jesus, in which that power which holds the universe together in coherence takes shape in history as a single human body and soul, is an event of cosmic importance. It announces that creation as a whole has found its purpose and meaning, and that the flowing together of all things for the joyful transfiguration of our humanity is at last made visible on earth.

   “‘So God henceforth will be human, and human beings caught up in God. He will walk around in their company, eat with them and drink with them. He will stay with them always, the same for ever alongside them, until this world is wrapped up and done with’.

   “Glory to God in the highest , and peace on earth to those who are God’s friends…”

   ~ Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury

   http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/1372

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