Christmas Illustration re Simeon

[Colin Pye]

"John Coltraine , the jazz saxophonist, is famous all over the world for his beautiful music. The interesting thing about Jazz is that, more than any other kind of music , every performance is unique. One night, Coltraine performed ‘A Love Supreme’, one of his most famous pieces, and as he played, every last ounce of his skill and musicianship seemed to come together in an absolutely magical performance. Just that one time, he was even better than the best. Everything about that performance was sublime, and when he’d finished, as he walked off stage, his drummer heard him breath two words: ‘Nunc Dimittis’. It was a unique moment of glory and Coltraine recognised that there was something beyond human accolades going on. Somehow he had touched heaven and he knew that he had done what he came for. The glory of God is revealed in those magic moments when we are touched by something beyond human achievement, when we see the presence of God break into the ordinary and there is a sense that life has been fulfilled. Heaven and earth collide." from Beginnings & Endings Maggi Dawn pg 145