The opening chorus of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio:

Rejoice and be glad! Come, praise the days//Glorify what the Lord has done this day.Cease being fearful, banish lament//Raises your voices full of rejoicing and gladness.Serve the Lord with wondrous chorus//Let us worship the Lord’s Name!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w07Lj8HYICc&feature=related

Pax et bonum hominibus bonae voluntatis.

Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, has contributed to Commonweal for fifty years. A selection of his essays and reviews, some of which first appeared in Commonweal, has been published as Christ Brings All Newness (Word on Fire Academic).

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