Wednesday, December 5, 2012
All Flesh Redeemed
"All flesh will see the salvation of God." (Luke 3:6)
"Put on the beauty of God's glory forevermore...
for God means to show your splendor to every nation under heaven."
"...the Holy Spirit in a manner known only to God offers to every human being the possibility of being associated with this Paschal Mystery." (Vatican II's Church in the Modern World #22)
Alfred Burt captured similar thoughts with his lovely Christmas Carol, Some Children See Him.
Here are a few of the stanzas:
Some children see Him bronzed and brown,
The Lord of Heav'n to earth come down;
Some children see Him bronzed and brown,
With dark and heavy hair.
Some children see Him almond-eyed,
This Savior that we kneel beside;
Some children see Him almond-eyed
With skin of yellow hue....
The children in each different place
Will see the baby Jesus' face,
Like theirs, but bright with heav'nly grace
And filled with holy light.
O lay aside each earthly thing,
And with your heart as offering,
Come worship now the Infant King,
'Tis love that's born tonight.
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