“A single note hanging there, unwavering…”

In the film Amadeus, Salieri gives a wonderful description of Mozart’s music. You can listen to it here:

It reminds me in many ways of the first two chapters of Luke’s gospel. Luke tells a story that will eventually record the confrontations of the gospel with power in Jerusalem (Luke 22-24) and Rome (Acts 28). But it doesn’t begin there. It begins (like 1 Samuel, The Godfather Part II and Mozart’s Serenade for Winds) in a small way. With small people. Simple families. Personal struggles. A ‘single note hanging there…” with the good, righteous poor waiting for the consolation of Israel (Luke 2:25).

This will be our text at church this Sunday. Can’t wait.