December 20, 2013

My Journey to God

Music

(Dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe)

Music comes from heaven
For the night our Savior came
A band of holy angels
Sang praises to his name.

Their voices blended sweetly
In melodies of prayer.
And filled with peace, and love, and joy
The shepherds watching there.

Such music man had never heard!
So strong! So true! So bright!
For ages had the angels sung
In practice for that night!

They made no vocal error
As when we mortals sing
They had for their director
A mighty infant King.

He lay there in a manger
And simply moved his hand,
And all those great musicians
Were made to understand.

By Louis John Kiefer
 

(Now deceased, Louis John Kiefer was a member of St. Ambrose Parish in Seymour. His daughter, Mary Jane Kiefer, a member of Our Lady of Greenwood Parish in Greenwood, submitted this poem to The Criterion.) †

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