"Love Came Down at Christmas"
- Words by Christina Rossetti (1883)
- Musical setting by John Rutter (1971)
- Performed by the Cambridge Singers and the City of London Sinfonia on The John Rutter Christmas Album (2002 Collegium)
Text
Love came down at Christmas
Love all lovely, love divine
Love was born at Christmas
Star and angels gave the sign
Worship we the Godhead
Love incarnate, love divine
Worship we our Jesus
What shall be our sacred sign
Love shall be our token
Love be yours and love be mine
Love to God and neighbor
Love for prayer and gift and sign
Readings
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:16-17
Purify our conscience, Almighty God, by your daily visitation, that your Son Jesus Christ, at his coming, may find in us a mansion prepared for himself; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, Amen.
The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
No comments:
Post a Comment