star light

star bright

star resting over the Cross this night

i wish i may

i wish i might

have only that which “is needful” in Thy sight

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the song below is  our family’s favorite version of silent night

the local youth choir where our kids sing recorded it with the Washington Symphobic Brass

at the concert, the composer told us he used a minor setting because he really wanted to capture the mystery of the Nativity

he nailed it