I remember the sound
of angels singing in my backyard years ago. They must have been around three
and five at the time and from somewhere inside the castle their father built
for them they were singing “This is the feast of victory for our God.
Alleluia!” That’s the only part they knew so they just sang it over and over
again. Maybe that’s the only part we need to know when it comes right down to
it. The Lamb who was slain is worthy and has won the victory over death so that
songs of rejoicing might spring forth from children and angels alike. To that
the living creatures say Amen which means Let it be so. To live into let it be
so invites the future into the present so that we hear and sing the song in our
everyday. Granted it is more difficult when life is anything but playful. In
those times the invitation is a prayer and this is the feast is sung through clenched
teeth. Which is why it’s the only thing we need to know. Despite all the
difficulties of the day the battle is done, the final victory won. One day the
feast of victory will be for all of us as children playing and singing this is
the feast over and over again and the sound of suffering and sorrow will be
stilled. And so the memory of angels singing in the backyard in the past enters
the present of this day so that one is reminded of the future. Amen. Let it be
so.
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