A Daily Dose of Good News

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Minister of Music Joshua Brodbeck’s musical meditation is available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx48mhdSEhY

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.

Refrain
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you, O Israel.

O come, O Wisdom from on high, embracing all things far and nigh:
in strength and beauty come and stay; teach us your will and guide our way.  Refrain

O come, O come, O Lord of might, as to your tribes on Sinai’s height
in ancient times you gave the law in cloud, and majesty, and awe.  Refrain

O come, O Branch of Jesse, free your own from Satan’s tyranny;
from depths of hell your people save, and give them vict’ry o’er the grave.  Refrain

O come, O Key of David, come, and open wide our heav’nly home;
make safe the way that leads on high, and close the path to misery.  Refrain

O come, O Dayspring, come and cheer; O Sun of justice, now draw near.
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadow put to flight.  Refrain

O come, O King of nations, come, O Cornerstone that binds in one:
refresh the hearts that long for you; restore the broken, make us new.  Refrain

O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel,
that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.  Refrain

Text: Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Köln, 1710; tr. composite
Text sts. 2, 6, 7 © 1997 Augsburg Fortress.