Everyone knows the Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s work Messiah The classical work, however, doesn’t end there. The third portion of Messiah is oft-forgotten and neglected, perhaps because it covers the resurrection of Christ and our resurrection when we will meet him in the air and Messiah is often associated with Christmas when people are focusing more on the anticipation, birth, and life of Christ.

This morning at church our choir and orchestra played the amazing final piece of the orartorio named “Worthy Is The Lamb” and I loved every second of it. The music and service reminded me today that as I am a lover of history, I often muse on the life of Christ and the crucifixion of Christ, but I have to be reminded that Christ also is alive and he reigns over all, even today. Christ is risen. Hallelujah.