{"id":858,"date":"2024-06-17T14:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sacredinsightsbymichaelangelo\/?p=858"},"modified":"2024-11-04T20:48:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T01:48:53","slug":"the-church-bells-were-unrung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sacredinsightsbymichaelangelo\/2024\/06\/the-church-bells-were-unrung\/","title":{"rendered":"All The Church Bells Were Unrung"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Have you ever paused to wonder what happens or what would happen, if all the bells of history were Unrung ?<\/p>\n

Or not even be able to ring?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would not make it to work on time?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would not get to the church on time?\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Who would not know the sweet sounds of freedom?\u00a0 <\/span>Does freedom not ring ?<\/span><\/p>\n

What exactly would resound through the countryside, from hill to valley?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would not make it to the next class from springtime playgrounds ?<\/span><\/p>\n

What villagers would not run for their lives if the town bell was silent?<\/span><\/p>\n

What sleepy-eyed monk not make it to morning prayer?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who might not bend a knee at time of worship?<\/span><\/p>\n

And Christmas morning would sound like a dark Monday in February. <\/span><\/p>\n

New Years would be just another year.<\/span><\/p>\n

And not one student would be saved by the bell which never rang.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone would miss the ice-cream truck.<\/span><\/p>\n

And what would there be to jingle?<\/span><\/p>\n

Would there be a need for Big Ben?<\/span><\/p>\n

What would jesters have at the end of their shoes?<\/span><\/p>\n

What baby would be sad when the little\u00a0 <\/span>bell above its crib simply would not ring?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would not ring the golden bell after treatment ?<\/span><\/p>\n

Who would overcook the Easter ham?\u00a0 <\/span>Better yet, undercook the eggs?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Liberty Bell would be always be unbroken .<\/span><\/p>\n

Would grandfather\u2019s clock just chirp on the hour?<\/span><\/p>\n

What would summon the farm workers to lunch?<\/span><\/p>\n

Would the announcement of the end of World Wars stay mute and lose their sudden glory?<\/span><\/p>\n

And, God forbid, would Angels EVER get their wings?<\/span><\/p>\n

We may never really know. \u00a0 <\/span>And never know for whom and why that bell tolls \u2013 but thank God it does!<\/span><\/p>\n

May the bells of our lives always ring and resound\u00a0 <\/span>\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

because if not, somebody might just undercook the turkey.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4762,"featured_media":861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[354],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-church-bells-god"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Church Bells were Unrung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you ever paused to wonder what happens or what would happen, if all the bells of history were Unrung ? Or not even be able to ring? 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