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87 | Glory to God#88 | 89 |
Text: | O Come, O Come, Emmanuel |
Tune: | VENI EMMANUEL |
Adapter: | Thomas Helmore |
Arranger: | John Weaver |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 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 thee, O Israel.
2 O come, thou Wisdom from on high,
who orderest all things mightily:
to us the path of knowledge show;
and teach us in her ways to go. [Refrain]
3 O come, O come, thou Lord of might,
who to thy tribes on Sinai’s height
in ancient times didst give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. [Refrain]
4 O come, thou Root of Jesse, free
thine own from Satan’s tyranny;
from depths of hell thy people save
and give them victory o’er the grave. [Refrain]
5 O come, thou Key of David, come,
and open wide our heavenly home;
make safe the way that leads on high,
and close the path to misery. [Refrain]
6 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer
our spirits by thine advent here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
and death’s dark shadows put to flight. [Refrain]
7 O come, Desire of nations, bind
all peoples in one heart and mind;
bid envy, strife, and discord cease;
fill the whole world with heaven’s peace. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O come, O come, Emmanuel |
Title: | O Come, O Come, Emmanuel |
Refrain First Line: | Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel |
Meter: | LM with refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Comfort; God's Covenant with Israel; Jesus Christ: Advent(3 more...) |
Source: | Latin prose, pre-9th cent.; Trans. composite |
Notes: | One stanza of this paraphrase of the great O Antiphons may be sung on each of the last days of Advent as follows: Dec. 17: O Wisdom (2); Dec. 18: O Lord of might (3); Dec. 19: O Root of Jesse (4); Dec. 20: O Key of David (5); Dec. 21: O Dayspring (6); Dec. 22: O Desire of Nations (7); Dec. 23: O Emmanuel (1) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VENI EMMANUEL |
Adapter: | Thomas Helmore (1852) |
Arranger: | John Weaver (1988) |
Meter: | LM with refrain |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Plainsong |
Copyright: | Arr. © 1990 John Weaver |
These titles of the coming Christ appeared in daily Vesper antiphons sung during the week before Christmas; their roots date at least to the reign of Charlemagne. Both text and tune are the fruit of 19th-century efforts to reclaim Christian treasures from pre-Reformation sources.
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