*taking a huge drag of my incense cigarette* And Holy Saturday

Of the Father’s heart begotten, ere the world from chaos rose, he is Alpha: from that fountain all that is and has been flows; he is Omega, of all things yet to come the mystic close, evermore and evermore. ⚓️✝️

I take it back. I got like 5 hours of sleep but I’m always left on a high after 😩

Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King. Amen and amen. #9lc

Ooh, it’s a crime to cut that organ voluntary short, Radio 4 #9LC

I always forget how much I actually do enjoy Hark, right after O Come. It gets so overshadowed but it’s a BANGER with its own descant. #9LC

Crying about the incarnation again. He gathered into one things earthly & heavenly! #9LC ⚓️

People come to church expecting a cute stable scene and we are like SURPRISE! It's the Nicene Creed #9LC

WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #9lc 🕯️

That chord is the sound of the Incarnation. #9lc 🕯️

YEA LORD WE GREET THEEE MERRY CHRISTMAS, BLESSED FEAST OF THE NATIVITY ONE AND ALLLL 😭❤️🕯️ #9LC

Fain we embrace thee, with awe and love; Who would not love thee, Loving us so dearly? 😭❤️‍🔥🕯️#9LC

Again I’m in bed for #9LC, yet I bowed my head at “and the word was made flesh” 😅🕯️

"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." In case anyone forgot, THIS is the reason for the season. It's always about grace. It's always been about grace. It will always be about grace. #9lc

HERE WE GOOOOO O COMEEE ALL YE FAITHFULL #9LC

As I said last year… #9LC

YES THREE SHIPS THE VIOLENTLY ENGLISH CANON HAS ARRIVED #9lc

He heard yall complaining about syrup and sweetness and he RESPONDED #9LC

Just got the baby to sleep, and now we're waking him up with a frantic shipping report. #9LC

JOHN-JOHN! What is this SUMPTUOUS cadential figure??? #9LC

That opening to 3 ships WOKE me up #9LC (no complaints lol)

I think the fact I always listen to #9LC before sunrise here bleary eyed in bed wrapped up cosy in flannel affects my opinion on the Rutter. I AM here for nice vibes and pretty notes! Plus the lullaby dormi is helpful for when I probably will go back to bed after 😂

There was real character in this and I laughed! You can add so much to lecturing and they’re doing a master class showing it off. #9LC

BTW, this is *so* much better than "bands of cloth": "And this shall be a sign unto you; ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger." #9lc 🕯️

“Forget us not who linger here!” 🙏🏼 #9LC

For my part I prefer my Rutter more cheesy not less. #9LC

Sue me - I love me some Rutter at Christmastime. Just a warm cozy mug of hot cocoa and a soft blanket. #9LC

"King of quires supernal" is an amazing attribution! #9LC

Woah that 3rd verse reflecting the text. That caught me off guard. But is appropriate - I dig it I think? #9LC

Yeah, Britten wrote this when he was 19. And what have you done with your life? #9lc

Britten!! But the tempo dragged just a wee bit for me #9LC

The best part of Christmas Eve morning is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College, Cambridge. It's really moving thinking about people throughout the world—separated by language and politics and culture and creed—all sitting down to listen to something together. #9LC

Ohhh I’m liking this there is no rose #9LC

Portman’s commissioned carol- exquisite. The solo boy soprano voice and when the baritone came in on “at once a voice arose”… I hope this piece gets into choral rep rotation. #9LC

HEROD UNGODLY ENEMY #9LC

ADAM LAY YBOUNDEN chillssssss Why does hearing it here sound so much better than any recording? #9LC

"All this did he for us freely, For to declare his great mercy; All Christendom be merry therefore, And give him thanks for evermore." This is the Gospel, the real meaning of Christmas. #9lc 🕯️

upon another shore and in a greater light, that multitude which no man can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh Will always hit me so hard 😭❤️ #9LC

"...let us at this time remember in his name the poor and the helpless, the cold and the hungry, the abused, the exploited, the hated, and the oppressed..." This is the posture of Christ. We must seek the well-being of all people, never using faith to justify abuse, exploitation, and hatred. #9lc 🕯️

Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit

O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: Come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay

O come, De­sire of na­tions, bind In one the hearts of all man­kind; Bid Thou our sad di­vi­sions cease, And be Thy­self our king of Peace.

Karl Barth wasn't an iconoclast full stop. He just believed icons should be placed ad orientem and not versus populum. Basically he was a trad, in his way. Literally the funniest iconoclast ever.

The wood of the manger is the wood of the cross

Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.

This is the movie we need for 2026.

new argument for the use of crucifixes over crosses: makes it more difficult to put something else on there instead

Become ungovernable