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Okay...this is a follow up entry on what I did last night
Last night was truly spiritual and wonderful...
There was a choral service at St. Machar's Cathedral
last night at 8 so me and Dana decided to go for it.
I am glad I went for it, worth trudging through the dark streets
and braving the dark wooded and infamously dangerous
SEATON PARK after the service at 9.30pm.
Oh and did I mention the horrid cold gales???
Well, at last night's service, the University's choir was
there to sing carols and hymns that were interspersed throughout the
service.
When we entered the cathedral I was just
blown away by the beautiful stained glass panels, the
cobbled floors and high ceilings,
the pipe organ, the oak pews and the numerous family crests that
adorned the ceiling.
IT was just so spectacular.
oh and there was this massive christmas tree as well. :)
SO before the service, the pastor was leading the entire congregation
in singing christmast carols and was basically
amusing us with his funny accent and anecdotes.
At 8 the lights went off and the entire procession consisting of the
choir and other members of the clergy and the university went down
the middle of the aisle and took their seats.
So the usual sequence of a proper service
and the choir performed in between readings of the gospel.
My goodness! They must have been the best school choir I have
EVER heard.
Granted that the organist was a bit wanky at bits but the soloists
and the choir as a whole were SUPERB.
Between readings we were also made to stand and sing certain hymns and carols and it was so fun and lifted the spirits
and souls of everyone there.
It's just so fun and uplifting to sing in such an ancient cathedral.
The readings from the gospel were very nice and apt
but I think the meditation bit was the most poignant.
IT's was a truly wonderful experience.