Sermonette IV – Christmas Psalms From Rent And Seussical

Being Christmas Eve, sources outside the philosophical canon have been chosen for the sermonette and to embrace the spirit of the season psalms have been selected.

Firstly, a psalm from Jonathan Larson’s Rent:

Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
How time flies
When compassion dies …

- Jonathan Larson,
‘Finale’,
Rent.

Secondly, a psalm from Ahrens and Flaherty’s Seussical The Musical:

– And the Grinch, with his feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling: ”How could it be so?”
– “It came without ribbons”
– “It came without tags”
– “It came without packages, boxes or bags!”
– “Maybe Christmas”, he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more”

- Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty,
‘Into The Whos’ Christmas Pageant’,
Seussical The Musical.

I’m aware that the first is from a show that SD has no great regard for, but seems apt presently. The second has been haunting my sleep for nigh on nine months now, for various reasons, and I thought to share it.

Joyeux noël.