This morning I went up to my parish’s chapel choir loft for a funeral. It was the first time I had been up there since I returned from my summer studies away. To my surprise, I found that that the devil had worked out a plot to take my life, only he must not have known that I was going to be away.
Exhibit A, faux organ pipes in chapel loft:
Exhibit B, organ bench; faux pipe lying on ground:
Exhibit C, organ bench with large scar where I would have been sitting, had I been there:
Thank God that I pray this prayer with my daughters every night!
Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
To whom God’s love
commits me here,
Ever this day,
be at my side,
To light and guard,
Rule and guide.
my guardian dear,
To whom God’s love
commits me here,
Ever this day,
be at my side,
To light and guard,
Rule and guide.
Amen.
I thank the good Lord that you weren't there, too! The deeper issue is the FAUX pipes! We organists know that only the REAL thing should be in a church choir loft. A gremlin probably got behind that phony pipe, and with an evil giggle, sent it crashing down. Angels hang around real pipe organs…they know a good thing when they hear it.