Echo of the Angels’ Song

What is this voice of singing
So jubilant and bright
Which from the fields is ringing
This joyful Christmas night?

The sound of angel voices
So beautiful and clear –
Oh, how my heart rejoices
For what my ears now hear:

“Fear not, I bring you tidings
Of joy with glad refrain:
The Lord is now residing
Among the sons of men.

“To you, as to all people,
A Savior has been born;
He lies in yonder stable
To greet the break of morn.

“This is the Lord, Messiah,
In David’s city see,
Fulfilling words from Micah
And every prophesy.”

Then, suddenly appearing,
A band of angels sang
To shepherds gladly hearing –
The very heavens rang.

“To God Most High be glory,
And peace upon the earth.”
’Twas thus they shared the story
Of Christ our Savior’s birth.

I hear the glorious singing
Resounding from that night,
Its echo ever ringing
In carols glad and bright.

Christina Joy Hommes
Christmas 2015