TRISTAN SHERWIN

Good Chris­tian men, re­joice,
With heart and soul and voice;
Now ye need not fear the grave:
Peace! Peace!

Je­sus Christ was born to save!
Calls you one and calls you all,
To gain His ev­er­last­ing hall.
Christ was born to save!
Christ was born to save!

As the dawning of a new day approaches, as we linger in the twilight hours of Christmas Eve, here’s a verse from Good Christian Men Rejoice (to the tune of In Dulce Jubilo).

As I said recently at one of our MCC Bury Christmas services; What started in that manger in Bethlehem was an all-out war against the forces holding us and our world captive.

C.S. Lewis, the author of the Chronicles of Narnia, described Jesus’ birth, life, death and resurrection as the story of how the rightful ruler has come, in disguise, like Die Hard’s John McClane, I suppose, into enemy-occupied territory in order to liberate hostages and invite those liberated hostages to take part in a great campaign of sabotage against all evil.

May you have a blessed Christmas this year, filled with grace and peace of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

T