Messiah

On Friday night, Ishmael and I went to see Handel's Messiah.  I had never heard much less seen the entirety of this famous work.  I was pleasantly surprised to find just how much I enjoyed it.   I was pleased to find that the words were printed out in the program, and the scripture passages they came from were noted at the end of each section.  I can only hope that the Word of God transmitted to the audience through music was transformative to all of us watching and listening.  Handel's Messiah is unique in that it is a piece of music based in scripture  and its lyrics are in English; not only that, but it brings in many  non-believing audience members each Advent--I pray it has helped in turning at least one person to God this Advent.