“Silent Night, Longest Night”

– Artwork: “The Mummers” by Rima Staines

Today I celebrate the winter solstice by sharing Rebekah Myers’ beautifully adapted lyrics to “Silent Night.” Happy Solstice!

Silent night, longest night
Deep the dark; still and quiet
Though in shadow our hearts still a-glow
Star-light glistens on sparkling snow
Sleep and rest through the night
Sleep and rest through the night

Silent night, longest night
Shortest day, gone the light
Will the golden sun ever return?
While in darkness, what lessons to learn?
In the darkness is peace
In the darkness is peace

Silent night, longest night
Mother-God holds the light
Bright, Her love for us, mighty, yet mild
Safe within sleeps her golden child
Morning sun will be born
Morning sun will be born

~ Rebekah Myers, “Silent Night”
Copyright ©️ by Rebekah Myers, 2023

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Winter Solstice Blessing
• Solstice Eve: Honoring the Darkness While Remembering the Light
• Brigit Anna McNeill on the Meaning of Winter Solstice Time • Brigit Anna McNeill on “Winter’s Way”
• Brigit Anna McNeill on Hearing the Wild and Natural Call to Go Inwards
• Winter Light
• That Quality of Awe
• To Dream, to Feel, to Listen
• Reclaiming the “Hour of God”
• Celebrating the Coming of the Sun and the Son
• Winter . . . Within and Beyond (2020)
• Winter . . . Within and Beyond (2019)
• Winter . . . Within and Beyond (2017)

Image: “The Mummers” by Rima Staines.