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for all the saints

'For All The Saints' is one of my favorite hymns. My favorite songs, really. And we only ever get to sing it once a year, on All Saints' Day, which it basically is.

So, this morning, after much other singing, it was the very last hymn we sang in church. Because it was a big choir Sunday, I was sitting with two middle school people, whose parents were both in the choir. I explained to them how cool this hymn was. They said they had never heard of it. I said, "Oh, yes you have. You'll recognize it. Just wait."

Then, as the organist played the introduction, one of them turned to me, jaded, and said, "Oh, this. We sing this like _all_ the time."

I explained that, no, we didn't actually sing it all the time, but only once a year, every year, on this day. Kind of like we sing 'Silent Night" all the time, I thought. I was about to explain that my friend Ellen calls me every year on this day from Connecticut to sing me this hymn over the phone, but then more church stuff happened, so I had to shut up.

When we got home, the following message was on our answering machine:

blah blah blah BLAH. . blah BLAH blah BLAH blah BLAH

BLAh blah blah BLAH BLAH, BLAH blah blah blah BLAH

Thy names, Mike and MEREdith, be forever sucky,
A - aa-le-LU-ia
Oh yes, they do-ya

When I called Ellen back, I left the following message:

blah blah blah BLAH, blah BLAH blah BLAH blah BLAH
We feebly struggle, Ellen in glory shines
She SUCKS twelve DONkeys, through a PLASTIC straw
A-a-leluia
Sock it to ya

Heathen blog readers, I'm sorry you don't get it. I promise I'll write something about how HP Lovecraft sucks twelve donkeys next time. I promise.

When the middle school folks asked why I liked this song so much, I explained that it was one of the few songs where God gets to kick some butt. I said I thought He should get to do that more often. Then, they yelled at me for calling God "He."

Also, I fit into the skinny pants this morning that didn't fit at Christmas. Life is good.

Posted by Meredith at November 3, 2002 02:20 PM