Voices United ‎#45

45. Joy Is Now in Every Place

1 Joy is now in every place,
Christmas lightens every face;
now be with us, in your grace,
O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus.

2 May the star that shone that night,
making your poor stable bright,
fill our hearts with love and light,
O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus.

3 Through the New Year let it stay,
leading us upon your way,
making Christmas every day,
O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus.

4 Now and ever may we find
your good news to fill our minds:
peace and love to humankind,
O hear us, bless us, holy Jesus.

Text Information

• First Line: Joy is now in every place
• Title: Joy Is Now in Every Place
• Author: Unknown
• Refrain First Line: 7 7 7 6
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Christmas; Good News, Gospel; Holiness; Jesus Christ: Birth and Infancy; Joy; New Year; Star(s)

Tune Information

• Name: RESONET IN LAUDIBUS
• Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: German carol melody, ca. 1500
• Copyright: Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press