CBS News Sunday Morning - 1995-12-24 (partial)
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[0:18] origins and significance at the
[0:20] Cathedral of St. John the Divine here in
[0:22] New York. The differences as well as the
[0:24] similarities with the occasion last week
[0:26] for a splendid celebration called Bible
[0:29] Live.
[0:30] Anthony Mason takes us to hear the
[0:32] soaring music and above all the ancient
[0:34] words presented in a new translation.
[0:41] and [music] the glor [singing]
[0:43] glor of the
[0:46] glor.
[0:48] [singing]
[0:49] [music]
[0:50] >> Within each of their traditions,
[0:53] Christians and Jews pause this time of
[0:56] year to celebrate the sacred gift of
[0:58] faith and the rewards of its promise.
[1:04] For Christmas and Hanukkah are holidays
[1:07] that celebrate the triumph of light over
[1:10] darkness.
[1:12] [singing]
[1:14] [music]
[1:21] God said,
[1:23] "Let there be light." And there was
[1:26] light.
[1:28] God saw the light that it was good.
[1:38] [chanting]
[1:42] >> [singing]
[1:42] [music]
[1:46] >> A celebration of the light, a
[1:49] celebration of the unity of Christians
[1:51] and Jews took place this past week at
[1:53] New York's Cathedral of St. John the
[1:55] Divine.
[1:58] >> St. John's has long been recognized as a
[2:01] house of prayer for all people, a world
[2:04] monument, a [crying] symbol of unity.
[2:14] >> [singing]
[2:20] >> the reverence for traditions and the
[2:22] rituals that bring them once again to
[2:24] life were honored at St. John's.
[2:31] [singing]
[2:33] [music]
[2:39] >> [music]
[2:40] [singing]
[2:43] >> But the essence of the evening was found
[2:46] in the reading of a selection of stories
[2:48] from the first five books of the Bible,
[2:51] a literature common to Christians and
[2:54] Jews.
[2:55] >> Thus separated the light from the
[2:57] darkness.
[3:00] God called the light day
[3:03] and the darkness he called night.
[3:07] There was setting.
[3:09] It wa