VIDEO 111 - HN20221204 SILENT NIGHT - HOLY NIGHT!!! by Fr Trevor D'Souza, OFM (Franciscan)

VIDEO 111 - HN20221204 - ENGLISH
SILENT NIGHT - HOLY NIGHT!!!
by Fr Trevor D'Souza, OFM (Franciscan)
Notes and Video by Fr Trevor D'Souza, OFM (Franciscan)

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The night must have been silent, because no one knew that He had arrived. The night had to be silent, because the King of kings was to be born! The night had to be silent, as if ashamed that no one had a place to offer the King to be born. He had to be born in the silence of the night, because his enemies, the likes of king Herod were waiting to destroy him.

When the prophet Elijah wanted to meet God, he discovered him in the gentle and silent breeze (I Kings 19:10-18). Be still, be silent and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10).

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! Son of God, Oh, what light!
Radiates from thy manger bed;
Over realms with darkness spread,
Thou, in Bethlehem born! Thou, in Bethlehem born!

God comes in the silence of the night.
Have you not heard those silent steps, have you not heart those silent steps,
He comes, he comes, ever comes!