Ah,
This is Cindy Palus and I'm continuing a series about Love Conquers All and the book,
The Christmas Gift.
And I wrote The Christmas Gift book because there was so much going on behind the making of the album Love Conquers All,
Which I did with Stephen Melillo.
And this next piece that I'm going to delve into here is called Mary's Lullaby.
So if we can imagine for a moment the moment that Christ was born and Mary held Jesus in her arms.
There's always this amazing moment,
This magic moment when a mother sees her child for the first time and there's this bond that happens.
Now take that along with the fact that there are angels and there's a star that's so bright that it's drawn the wise men forth and the shepherds have seen it and the star is down shining its beautiful light,
So bright.
And God is present.
God's presence is there alive in man.
So what would the,
What would the lullaby,
What would Mary's lullaby with the presence of God,
The angels and the stars be like?
I mean,
I had this vision that encapsulated some of that as I thought about that moment of Christ's birth.
What would the lullaby be like?
Now I've had a presentation from Mary and when I saw Mary,
One of the things that struck me that I'll always remember is this crown of stars.
Now when you see pictures of Mary,
You often see a crown of stars over her head,
But we see that as a picture.
We don't really think of it as real stars,
But let's get into the symbolism and where that might have come from.
When the crown of stars was placed over Mary's head,
Where did that idea come from?
Time after time,
You'll see hundreds of paintings of a crown of stars over Mary's head.
And when I saw her,
I saw that crown of stars and the crown of stars weren't flat,
They weren't a painting,
They were actual living stars,
As if you were looking up in the sky at the brightest stars and you could see those stars come to earth around a crown of Mary's head.
There's cosmic implications that come into my realization when I saw that and I think of that still.
And if you tie that in with the star of wonder,
That star so bright that so many songs have been written about,
Then we can imagine that that star and those stars actually were present at the time that Jesus was born.
I also had a vision when I was working on this of what Mary would have seen.
You know how often people imagine what their child will become.
Yet I believe that Mary had a knowledge and that she had at the visitation,
That moment where she remembered why this angel came to her,
Why it was so very important that this heaven merged with earth,
That the Christ brought the light from the source of all,
The light of God coming to earth.
And if you can imagine God's presence there in Christ and Mary,
What would the melody,
What would the lullaby,
What would the angelic presence bring forth at that time of birth – that was the concept behind working with this idea that was brought forth with the music of Stephen Malillo and with the words that I wrote about this magical moment.
The Lord once heard the stars sing forth at his time of birth,
Echoed in the living light brought down here to earth.
As Mary sang her lullaby,
The angels prayed along.
Heard across the universe was heaven's perfect song.
The blessings of his holy light bring us eternal life.
It's finally time to hear that song,
The hymn of love divine.
Listen to the lullaby echoed in our soul.
Celebrate the joy and hope these sacred blessings hold.
The majesty,
The glory of this miracle on earth,
The everlasting story of our holy Savior's birth.
The Lord hears the stars song,
A song of God and man,
A symphony of light and hope in Mary's loving hands.
The prophecy of ancient times,
The word foretold of Christ.
A lullaby that saves our soul brings us to his light.
And brings eternal life.
Amen.
