In my tradition a pure white lamp represents the sacramental presence of our Lord. (I honestly believe that God doesn't care much about such stuff. )

We have a Savior who takes us out of that. Take to heart the message of the music you shared. The good news is for you.

Let's find a way to learn one another's stories, if possible.

We all have our less presentable sides. I know I do.
But that doesn't obscure your beautiful godliness.

Josh, you are a beautiful soul.
Thank you for sharing this music.

I was trying to figure out the language of those beautiful, multicolored heavenly singers.

I know that as FAIREST LORD JESUS.

When I get up at 6:30 am I'll say Prayer Book Morning Prayer with a cup of coffee, then attend the streaming service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. (They are how my soul survived the isolation of the pandemic.)
Then I'll shower and attend my beloved St. Gregory's Church in person.

When we meet at the heavenly banquet, please address me as Dean, which is my middle name. (Perhaps we'll meet before then.)

It's a small world. And we are blessed to have been brought here by our loving almighty Lord and God.

I was prompted to look at the Bible my paternal grandmother gave me at confirmation, still in the original green cardboard box from the Cambridge University Press. I keep all relevant cards in that box with the leather bound King James Bible.

Bill Doubleday was an ally here in Los Angeles.

I was baptized at age 10 in Houston. I was confirmed on a Saturday a few years later at Luke’s in San Antonio, and I received the Holy Communion for the first time with my confirmation class the next morning at the 8 o'clock service.

I'm a person who needs to be forgiven more times than that.

With the greatest respect to the framers of our 1979 Prayer Book, I dislike the term, Last Sunday after Pentecost, because there have been many, many more Sundays after Pentecost since they proclaimed it to be the LASTL

How about "The Sunday Next Before Advent"?
Yes, I'm that old.