Hymns to Him

“Angels we have heard on high / Sweetly singin' o'er the plains.”

Are you singing those words in your head? Of course you are. Carols are the soundtrack of our Christmases: They exist not only in the church, but in the kitchen and the dining room; they're there when we meditate on the glorious gift of the birth and also when we hungrily rip the wrapping off our presents. And in a very profound way, they are also the most personal of all the hymns we know. “Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!”