"Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
- Words by Charles Wesley (1744)
- Music by Rowland H. Prichard (1831, hymn tune HYFRYDOL)
- Performed by Fernando Ortega on the album Christmas Songs (2008, Curb Records)
Text
Come thou long-expected Jesus
Born to set thy people free
From our fears and sins release
Let us find our rest in thee
Israel's strength and consolation
Hope of all the earth thou art
Dear desire of every nation
Joy of every longing heart
Born thy people to deliver
Born a child and yet a king
Born to reign in us forever
Now thy gracious kingdom bring
By thine own eternal spirit
Rule in all our hearts alone
By thy all sufficient merit
Raise us to thy glorious throne
Readings
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ -- by grace you have been saved -- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:4-7 (ESV)
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now and in the time of this mortal life in which your son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, Amen.
The Collect for the First Sunday of Advent
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