My favorite Christmas carol for the last few years has been an arrangement on piano by Liz Story of Once in Royal David's City.
Seven years ago or so, my little brother Jacob gave me the Windham Hill Christmas CD called "The Carols of Christmas II" that my favorite version is on. I am always excited to pull this particular CD out at Christmas time.
The Christmas of 2004 I was expecting Abby and realized that I was feeling perhaps a tiny portion of what the pregnant Mother Mary must have been feeling close to the time she was to give birth to her Child. That Christmas, and each Christmas since, carols about the bond between this Mother and her Child have been even more meaningful.
Once in royal David's city,
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
Here is my favorite version: (if the Rhapsody site asks you to join- click no- you should be able to listen to it for free with no problems.)
http://www.rhapsody.com/player?type=track&id=tra.1689107&remote=false&page=&pageregion=&guid=&from=&hasrhapx=false&__pcode=
1 comment:
both years I had anna and cate I really felt that whole having-a-baby-like-mary feeling...it really has made christmas magical and more meaningful for me.
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