12/21/2025
Hymn Spotlight: Silent Night
This Christmas week, we pause in stillness and awe with Silent Night, the world’s song of peace.
Background: On Christmas Eve 1818, in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, a broken church organ threatened to cancel midnight mass. Priest Joseph Mohr shared his poem with schoolmaster Franz Gruber, who set it to music for guitar. That night, “Stille Nacht” was first sung by candlelight.
Meaning: The hymn captures the quiet miracle of Christ’s birth—the night when heaven’s peace entered earth’s darkness.
Verse Highlight:
“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.”
Why it still matters today: God’s peace still meets us in life’s still moments. This song invites us to breathe, to rest, and to adore.
Experience the stillness of Christmas. đź“» Listen on Rejoice Radio: https://www.rejoice.org/ways-to-listen/streams/
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