{"id":1748,"date":"2013-12-11T07:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/?p=1748"},"modified":"2024-12-27T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:25:19","slug":"still-still-still-a-beautiful-austrian-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/still-still-still-a-beautiful-austrian-christmas-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"Still, Still, Still &#8211; A Beautiful Austrian Christmas Carol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>by Chris Banescu &#8211;<br \/>\nBeautiful music often reflects the beauty and majesty of God.  It touches our minds, hearts, and souls and gives us a glimpse of the divine. Music is a mystery of creation that reveals part of God&#8217;s infinite creativity and love for us.<\/p>\n<p>Pope Benedict XVI once observed that when words are not enough, beautiful music can express the joy and mystery of God\u2019s love. \u201cIt is hard to find words to convey the sheer joy of the soul\u2019s loving encounter with God; indeed, the great mystics could only remain silent before the mystery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas season I heard &#8220;Still, Still, Still&#8221;, an Austrian Christmas carol, for the first time.  The very beautiful and moving performance by the orchestra and choir touched my heart and soul.  The angelic rendition reminded me of a church hymn.  I searched and found the words to share with you.  The video of the orchestra and choir is also provided below.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqD2Cqk9AsE\"  width=\"850\" height=\"460\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still, Still, Still &#8211; Austrian Christmas Carol<\/strong><br \/>\nStill, still, still,<br \/>\nThe child\u2019s eyes softly close.<br \/>\nAnd Mary breathless, draws Him, weeping,<br \/>\nTo her heart made pure for keeping.<br \/>\nStill, still, still,<br \/>\nThe child\u2019s eyes softly close. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sing, sing, sing,<br \/>\nHe hears and sweetly smiles.<br \/>\nAnd kneeling Joseph joins in chorus<br \/>\nWith the angels bending o\u2019er us.<br \/>\nSing, sing, sing,<br \/>\nHe hears and sweetly smiles.<\/p>\n<p>Sleep, sleep, sleep,<br \/>\nHe breathes a tender sigh,<br \/>\nFor soon He\u2019ll wake the world from slumber,<br \/>\nBring life and endless wonder.<br \/>\nSleep, sleep, sleep,<br \/>\nHe breathes a tender sigh.<\/p>\n<p>Sleep, Holy Jesus, sleep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Nativity_Manger-01_960x720-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Chris Banescu &#8211; Beautiful music often reflects the beauty and majesty of God. It touches our minds, hearts, and souls and gives us a glimpse of the divine. Music is a mystery of creation that reveals part of God&#8217;s infinite creativity and love for us. Pope Benedict XVI once observed that when words are &#8230; <a title=\"Still, Still, Still &#8211; A Beautiful Austrian Christmas Carol\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/still-still-still-a-beautiful-austrian-christmas-carol\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Still, Still, Still &#8211; A Beautiful Austrian Christmas Carol\">[read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[62,10,72,71,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty","category-christianity","category-christmas","category-music","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxnet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}