“For this I will extol you, O Lord, among the nations,
and sing praises to your name.” -Psalm 18:49
We had an interesting situation at our 10am service this morning. I ended up at the 10am service because I had to work this morning, or at least be on-call early. Our music director is taking a couple of well-deserved weeks off, but this morning we had two Baptisms and we enlisted our Spanish speaking music director Ramon for the service.
A few moments into our opening hymn, Here I Am Lord, I was a bit confused. Ramon was singing the song in Spanish, and I was briefly back in pre-epiphany land. Having quickly realized that brief regression, I realized the brilliance in what was going on. Ramon was leading the song, period, music and lyrics. And we non-Spanish speaking folks followed along in English according to his cadence. It was brilliant! The whole “not about me” thing is working out quite well for me indeed!
During Communion, Ramon led I am the Bread of Life in Spanish and on his guitar. The hymn was not printed in the bulletin, but we knew it, and we sang it, and it was so, so, so beautiful. It is my favorite Communion hymn.
God has given me the grace to realize and actualize this epiphany, and to bring me back to this church with a new heart and a new spirit.
Thanks Be To God.
Peace.
pangelinguagloriosi 