Christmas carols

24 December 2011 

The birth of Jesus Christ is announced by angelic choirs in the heights of heaven. Later the joyous news is repeated afterwards by the shepherds in fields near Bethlehem. Meanwhile, a new born child  is laid in a manger in the inn, among livestock.(since people has hardened heart by denying room in the inn).


 The entire circumstances were unusually humble, meek and filled with serenity. In that occasion the angels’ sang:

 “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 
       "Glory to God in the highest, 
      And on earth peace, goodwill toward men”. Luke 2:13-14

Let all Join by singing the carol :

O Come All Ye Faithful

Joyful and triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.

Come and behold Him,

Born the King of Angels;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

O Sing, choirs of angels,

Sing in exultation,

Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.

Give to our Father glory in the Highest;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,

Born this happy morning,

O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored.

Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

GOD BE WITH YOU            

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Christmas carols

22 DECEMBER 2011

The text to the Carol O Come All Ye Faithful was originally written in Latin (Adeste Fideles) and was intended to be a hymn, it is attributed to John Wade, an Englishman. The music to O Come All Ye Faithful was composed by fellow Englishman John Reading in the early 1700s. 

O Come All Ye Faithful
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

O Sing, choirs of angels,
Sing in exultation,
Sing all that hear in heaven God's holy word.
Give to our Father glory in the Highest;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.

All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning,
O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

GOD BLESS

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Christmas carols

 20 DECEMBER 2011

Christmas carols  always fills our heart with joy.There is a Christmas carol that proclaims, "While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground; the Angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around." 


This is an account of the announcement of Jesus' birth, as recorded in the Bible, When it happened the shepherds "were all afraid."

“While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night” was written by Nahum Tate, an Irishman who served as the poet laureate of England. The carol’s brings the meaning of the angel’s words as  

“Glory to God in the highest heaven",  
  and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14.

It states the important matter that the peace given to all mankind that night would “never cease.” Peace That Will Never Cease. 
What kind of peace never ends?

• “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.  I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27
• “we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,  through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand” Romans 5:1-3.
• “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

Read the lyrics  “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night”, and sing joyfully.

1.    While shepherds watched their flocks by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down,
And glory shone around.

2.    “Fear not!” said he, for mighty dread
Had seized their troubled mind;
“Glad tidings of great joy I bring
To you and all mankind.

3.    “To you, in David’s town, this day
Is born of David’s line
A Savior, who is Christ the Lord,
And this shall be the sign:

4.    “The heav’nly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swathing bands,
And in a manger laid.”

5.    Thus spake the seraph and forthwith
Appeared a shining throng
Of angels praising God on high,
Who thus addressed their song:

6.    “All glory be to God on high,
And to the Earth be peace;
Good will henceforth from heav’n to men
Begin and never cease!”

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 GOD BLESS

Christmas carols

18 DECEMBER 2011 Christmas carols

Christmas carols are based on Christian lyrics and relate, in the main, to the Nativity. Christmas carols were introduced in to church services by St Francis of Assisi in the 12th century.


Merry Christmas and enjoy singing the wonderful words and lyrics to the Christmas carols & Christmas songs

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear was written by Edmund Hamilton Sears in 1849. The carol started life as a poem written by its author who was a minister living in Massachusetts at the time. 


The music for It Came Upon A Midnight Clear was composed by American musician Richard Storrs Willis in 1859 who was inspired by the words of the poem.

It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth,
To touch their harps of gold:
"Peace on the earth, goodwill to men
From heavens all gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.

Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled;
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing,
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
O ye beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow;
Look now, for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
Oh rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
For lo! the days are hastening on,
By prophets seen of old,
When with the ever-circling years
Shall come the time foretold,
When the new heaven and earth shall own
The Prince of Peace, their King,
And the whole world send back the song
Which now the angels sing.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 






                              

 GOD BLESS














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