Come and lay your head upon my shoulder
Look outside, the stars are shining bright
Even though it’s turned a little colder
We can light a fire, stay inside
Hear the angels sing, hear the angels sing
Hallelujah from above
Singing peace on Earth, there’ll be peace on Earth
If we open up our hearts and give a little love
This Mat and Savanna Shaw song brings together the ordinary and the extra-ordinary, people on earth and angels from heaven, the smallness of a family home, and the bigness of the super-natural ‘Hallelujah’.
The heart of this song is that we receive peace if we give love. It’s the prayer of St Francis: ‘Lord, make me and instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love… for it is in giving that we receive.’
Gather friends and family ’round the table
Remember those we love no longer here
Together, take a moment and be grateful
For the joy, for the tears.
For many the joy of Christmas will include memories of good times no longer possible, people no longer present. Peace, love and gratitude is mixed with tears…
In his Christmas message the Bishop of Norwich says:
‘…I pray that peace is the gift we will all receive from God this Christmas. Peace in our families, peace in our communities, peace in our churches, peace in the world.
Having been in Gaza and Israel in early October, at the time Hamas launched its atrocious attack and the war in Gaza began, I long for peace in that region…
The land where angels announced good news to the shepherds… The land where the ancient prophet Isaiah spoke of a Prince of Peace being promised…
The Prince of Peace was not found in an army general, a national leader or a world diplomat, but in a baby…’
Hear the angels sing, hear the angels sing
Hallelujah from above
Singing peace on Earth, there’ll be peace on Earth
If we open up our hearts and give a little love.
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