The second Sunday in Advent is focused on preparation and peace. Peace, at the moment in our world, seems rather in short supply. Notwithstanding the most corrupt organization in professional sports awarding a gaudy but pointless peace prize to the most corrupt president in US history.
So let’s go with preparation.
The musical Godspell appeared on the scene
a year after Jesus Christ Superstar. The latter was flashier and
way more bombastic because Andrew Lloyd Webber. But I always liked the rather
whimsical hokiness of the former.
I once saw a production of the play at Cal State LA. The
review I turned in to the entertainment editor of the paper I worked for was so
positive, she didn’t want to run it. But it’s the kind of show that allows for
the cast streaming through the audience with balloons, and I think we could use
some of that kind of whimsy these days.
“Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord” is John the Baptist’s call, presaging the arrival of the Messiah. So it seems legit for Advent. It's direct and simple; even evangelicals could get the message. This is from the original cast recording.
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