purred on by Bruce Benedict’s post Songs for Epiphany, here is an arrangement of At the Name of Jesus to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ outstanding tune, King’s Weston.
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At the Name of Jesus

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ere is a hymn of John of Damascus (circa 6th century) for Easter:
Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
Of triumphant gladness;
God hath brought His Israel
Into joy from sadness.
‘Tis the spring of souls today:
Christ hath burst His prison
And from three days’ sleep in death
As a sun hath risen.
Now the queen of seasons, bright
with the day of splendor,
with [...]

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Read:
Colossians 1:15-20
“For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell…”
Reflect:
In John chapter 14, the disciple Philip says to Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” I love the often-clueless boldness of the disciples. Jesus replies to him, “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after [...]

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Read:
John 1:1-18
“He came to his own, but his own people did not receive him.”
Reflect:
John’s Gospel opens curiously. He begins the same way Genesis, the very first book of the Bible, begins and yet he quickly introduces a new wrinkle into things. In all of the prophecies about the coming Messiah, in all of [...]

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Read:
Micah 5:1-5
“And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.”
Reflect:
I remember watching a late-night movie on Channel 13 many years ago, back when the station still ran the “Million-Dollar Movie” between 1 and 3 AM.  There wasn’t much memorable about [...]

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Read:
Isaiah 52:8-10
“The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”
Reflect:
In his covenant with Abraham in Genesis 12, the Lord promises that through Abraham’s descendants, all the families of the world would be blessed. Salvation was never [...]

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