by Sinead O’Connor
Surprisingly, from an anti-Catholic singer comes this is a hauntingly beautiful version.
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love’s pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
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Very cool song. Glad to see Sinead did some songs that were Christian. Thanks for the music.
Just because she’s “anti-Catholic” or more correctly a Catholic who has a rotten attitude toward her Church, doesn’t mean she can’t sing.
She’s still a Christian, and she’s still a Catholic, albeit a bad one. It’s just she needs to get back to the Church where she belongs.
Every Christmas Eve, there are candlelight services at the graves of Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber. Fr. Mohr wrote his six-stanza poem in 1816 while stationed at a pilgrimage church in Mariapfarr, Austria. Two years later, he asked Gruber to write a melody on guitar accompaniment for his poem. With Mohr playing his guitar, the two men sang the new song on December 25, 1818 in St. Nicholas Church, in Oberndorf, Austria.
An Episcopal priest, John Freeman Young, translated three of Fr. Mohr’s verses and published them in a booklet, “Carols For Christmas Tide” in 1859. These are the verses we find in most hymnals in English-speaking nations. Rev. Young went on to become Episcopal Bishop of Florida in 1867. There are no Christmas Eve candlelight services at his grave in Jacksonville, Florida. He’s mostly forgotten by the church he served and unknown to the people of the city he loved.
Danielle,,,,i heard this song a few days before Christmas and realized it was Sinead. I was also struck by both thoughts as well: how incredibly beautiful and moving it was and then the fact that she is so anti-Catholic We need to add her to our prayers!
May the words of this song bring her peace and Mary wrap her in her mantel and bring her back to THE church.
Amen to the last two posts.
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