0:00:26 > 0:00:34- UNACCOMPANIED: - # Once in royal David's city
0:00:34 > 0:00:41# Stood a lowly cattle shed
0:00:41 > 0:00:48# Where a mother laid her baby
0:00:48 > 0:00:55# In a manger for His bed
0:00:55 > 0:01:02# Mary was that mother mild
0:01:02 > 0:01:11# Jesus Christ her little child
0:01:11 > 0:01:19UNACCOMPANIED, HARMONY: # He came down to earth from heaven
0:01:19 > 0:01:26# Who is God and Lord of all
0:01:26 > 0:01:33# And His shelter was a stable
0:01:33 > 0:01:40# And His cradle was a stall
0:01:40 > 0:01:46# With the poor and mean and lowly
0:01:46 > 0:01:54# Lived on earth our Saviour holy
0:01:55 > 0:02:02# And through all His wondrous childhood
0:02:02 > 0:02:09# He would honour and obey
0:02:09 > 0:02:15# Love and watch the lowly maiden
0:02:15 > 0:02:22# In whose gentle arms He lay
0:02:22 > 0:02:30# Christian children all must be
0:02:30 > 0:02:38# Mild, obedient, good as He
0:02:38 > 0:02:46ORGAN AND CONGREGATION JOIN IN: # For He is our childhood's pattern
0:02:46 > 0:02:53# Day by day like us He grew
0:02:53 > 0:03:00# He was little, weak and helpless
0:03:00 > 0:03:07# Tears and smiles like us He knew
0:03:07 > 0:03:13# And He feeleth for our sadness
0:03:13 > 0:03:21# And He shareth in our gladness
0:03:21 > 0:03:29WITH DESCANT: # Not in that poor lowly stable
0:03:29 > 0:03:36# With the oxen standing by
0:03:36 > 0:03:42# We shall see Him, but in heaven
0:03:42 > 0:03:49# Set at God's right hand on high
0:03:49 > 0:03:56# When like stars His children crowned
0:03:56 > 0:04:04# All in white shall wait around. #
0:04:13 > 0:04:18Beloved in Christ, we gather this Christmas Eve
0:04:18 > 0:04:21to hear the message of Gabriel,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23to journey with the shepherds
0:04:23 > 0:04:27and with the magi to kneel in awe and adoration
0:04:27 > 0:04:31before the gift of the Light of the World.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34In words and in music,
0:04:34 > 0:04:40we seek to understand and to marvel at the wonder of the Incarnation.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47As we meet to offer our praises and our prayers to the Christ child,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51let us pray first for the needs of the world,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55for the poor, the hungry, the homeless,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59for the persecuted and for the bereaved.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06Let us, too, remember all those whom we have loved but see no longer,
0:05:06 > 0:05:10those whose lives have influenced and enriched our own
0:05:10 > 0:05:15and who now rejoice with us, but on another shore,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19and with a greater understanding.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25We pray that we may, this night, be so filled with the love of God
0:05:25 > 0:05:29that our lives may reflect the light of His glory
0:05:29 > 0:05:32and of His infinite compassion.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48UNACCOMPANIED, HARMONY: # In dulci jubilo
0:05:48 > 0:05:54# Let us our homage show
0:05:54 > 0:05:58# Our heart's joy reclineth
0:05:58 > 0:06:03# In praesepio
0:06:03 > 0:06:07# And like a bright star shineth
0:06:07 > 0:06:12# Matris in gremio
0:06:12 > 0:06:17# Alpha es et O
0:06:17 > 0:06:21# Alpha es et O
0:06:21 > 0:06:26# O Jesu parvule
0:06:26 > 0:06:32# I yearn for thee alway
0:06:32 > 0:06:36# Listen to my ditty
0:06:36 > 0:06:41# O Puer optime
0:06:41 > 0:06:45# Have pity on me, pity
0:06:45 > 0:06:50# O Princeps gloriae
0:06:50 > 0:06:54# Trahe me post te
0:06:55 > 0:06:59# Trahe me post te
0:06:59 > 0:07:04# O Patris caritas
0:07:02 > 0:07:04O Patris caritas
0:07:04 > 0:07:09- # O Nati lenitas - O Nati lenitas
0:07:09 > 0:07:13# Deeply were we stained
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- # Per nostra crimina - Per nostra crimina
0:07:17 > 0:07:22# But thou hast for us gained
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- # Coelorum gaudia - Coelorum gaudia
0:07:27 > 0:07:31# O that we were there
0:07:29 > 0:07:31O that we were there
0:07:31 > 0:07:35# O that we were there
0:07:35 > 0:07:40# Ubi sunt gaudia
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Ubi sunt gaudia, where
0:07:40 > 0:07:47# Where, if they be not there?
0:07:43 > 0:07:47If they be not there?
0:07:47 > 0:07:54# There are angels singing
0:07:50 > 0:07:54There are angels singing
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- # Nova cantica - There are angels singing
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- # There the bells are ringing - There the bells are ringing
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- # In Regis curia - In Regis curia
0:08:05 > 0:08:13# O that we were there
0:08:08 > 0:08:13O that we were there
0:08:13 > 0:08:19# There are angels singing
0:08:15 > 0:08:19There are angels singing
0:08:19 > 0:08:24# There the bells are ringing
0:08:24 > 0:08:26# The bells are ringing
0:08:26 > 0:08:32# In Regis curia
0:08:32 > 0:08:38# O that we were there
0:08:38 > 0:08:46# O that we were there. #
0:09:05 > 0:09:09The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God
0:09:15 > 0:09:17unto a city of Galilee,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19named Nazareth,
0:09:19 > 0:09:24to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26of the house of David,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and the virgin's name was Mary.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34And the angel came in unto her, and said,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38"Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41"blessed art thou among women."
0:09:42 > 0:09:47And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying,
0:09:47 > 0:09:51and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55And the angel said unto her,
0:09:55 > 0:10:00"Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with God.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05"And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09"and shalt call His name Jesus.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13"He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the Highest,
0:10:13 > 0:10:18"and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father, David.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22"And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25"and of His kingdom there shall be no end."
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Then said Mary unto the angel,
0:10:29 > 0:10:34"How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And the angel answered and said unto her,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40"The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
0:10:40 > 0:10:44"and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48"therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee
0:10:48 > 0:10:51"shall be called the Son of God.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54"And behold, thy cousin, Elisabeth,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58"she hath also conceived a son in her old age,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03"and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07"For with God nothing shall be impossible."
0:11:07 > 0:11:12And Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15"be it unto me according to thy word."
0:11:15 > 0:11:18And the angel departed from her.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Thanks be to God.
0:11:34 > 0:11:40UNACCOMPANIED, HARMONY # The angel Gabriel from heaven came
0:11:41 > 0:11:48# His wings as drifted snow His eyes as flame
0:11:48 > 0:11:52# "All hail," said he
0:11:52 > 0:11:57# "Thou lowly maiden Mary
0:11:57 > 0:12:02# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:12:02 > 0:12:09# Gloria
0:12:10 > 0:12:18# "For known a blessed mother thou shalt be
0:12:18 > 0:12:25# "All generations laud and honour thee
0:12:25 > 0:12:30# "Thy son shall be Emmanuel
0:12:30 > 0:12:34# "By seers foretold
0:12:34 > 0:12:39# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:12:39 > 0:12:47# Gloria
0:12:47 > 0:12:55# Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head
0:12:56 > 0:13:03# "To me be as it pleaseth God," she said
0:13:03 > 0:13:11# "My soul shall laud and magnify his Holy Name
0:13:11 > 0:13:17# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:13:17 > 0:13:24# Gloria
0:13:24 > 0:13:32# Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
0:13:32 > 0:13:40# In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn
0:13:40 > 0:13:48# And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say
0:13:48 > 0:13:53# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:13:53 > 0:14:01# Gloria! #
0:14:21 > 0:14:23# Angelus ad virginem
0:14:23 > 0:14:26# Subintrans in conclave
0:14:26 > 0:14:29# Virginis formidinum
0:14:29 > 0:14:32# Demulcens inquit Ave
0:14:32 > 0:14:36# Ave regina virginum
0:14:36 > 0:14:39# Coeliteraeque dominum
0:14:39 > 0:14:41# Concipies
0:14:41 > 0:14:43# Et paries
0:14:43 > 0:14:44# Intacta
0:14:44 > 0:14:46# Salutem hominum
0:14:46 > 0:14:50# Tu porta coeli facta
0:14:50 > 0:14:52# Medella criminum
0:14:58 > 0:15:01# Quomodo conciperem
0:15:01 > 0:15:03# Quae virum non cognovi?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06# Qualiter infringerem
0:15:06 > 0:15:09# Quae firma mente vovi?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13# Spiritus sancti gratia
0:15:13 > 0:15:17# Perficiet haec omnia
0:15:17 > 0:15:20# Ne timaes, sed gaudeas
0:15:20 > 0:15:24# Secura, quod castimonia
0:15:24 > 0:15:32# Manebit in te pura Dei potentia
0:15:37 > 0:15:40# Ad haec virgo nobilis
0:15:40 > 0:15:43# Respondens inquit ei
0:15:43 > 0:15:46# Ancilla sum humilis
0:15:46 > 0:15:49# Omnipotentis Dei
0:15:49 > 0:15:53# Tibi coelesti nuntio
0:15:53 > 0:15:56# Tanta secreti conscio
0:15:56 > 0:16:01# Consentiens et cupiens videre
0:16:01 > 0:16:04# Factum quod audio
0:16:04 > 0:16:07# Parata sum parere
0:16:07 > 0:16:10# Dei consilio
0:16:11 > 0:16:14# Eia Mater Domini
0:16:14 > 0:16:18# Quae pacem reddidisti
0:16:18 > 0:16:20# Angelis et homini
0:16:20 > 0:16:23# Cum Christum genuisti
0:16:23 > 0:16:26# Tuem exora filium
0:16:26 > 0:16:31# Ut se nobis propitium
0:16:31 > 0:16:36# Exhibeat et deleat peccata
0:16:36 > 0:16:40# Praestans auxilium
0:16:40 > 0:16:42# Vita frui beta
0:16:42 > 0:16:50# Post hoc exsilium. #
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Edwin Muir contrasts the vastness
0:17:03 > 0:17:07and the intimacy of the Annunciation.
0:17:08 > 0:17:13The angel and the girl are met
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Earth was the only meeting place
0:17:16 > 0:17:18For the embodied never yet
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Travelled beyond the shore of space
0:17:21 > 0:17:24The eternal spirits in freedom go
0:17:25 > 0:17:29See, they have come together, see
0:17:29 > 0:17:33While the destroying minutes flow
0:17:33 > 0:17:35Each reflects the other's face
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Till heaven in hers and earth in his
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Shine steady there
0:17:41 > 0:17:43He's come to her
0:17:43 > 0:17:46From far beyond the farthest star
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Feathered through time
0:17:50 > 0:17:55Immediacy of strangest strangeness is the bliss
0:17:55 > 0:17:59That from their limbs all movement takes
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Yet the increasing rapture brings
0:18:02 > 0:18:05So great a wonder that it makes
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Each feather tremble on his wings
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Outside the window, footsteps fall
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Into the ordinary day
0:18:14 > 0:18:17And with the sun along the wall
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Pursue their unreturning way
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Sound's perpetual roundabout
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Rolls its numbered octaves out
0:18:25 > 0:18:29And hoarsely grinds its battered tune
0:18:31 > 0:18:34But through the endless afternoon
0:18:34 > 0:18:39These neither speak nor movement make
0:18:39 > 0:18:43But stare into their deepening trance
0:18:43 > 0:18:46As if their gaze would never break.
0:18:59 > 0:19:06# Of one that is so fair and bright
0:19:06 > 0:19:13# Velut maris stella
0:19:13 > 0:19:19# Brighter than the day is light
0:19:19 > 0:19:25# Parens et puella
0:19:25 > 0:19:28# I cry to thee
0:19:28 > 0:19:32# Thou see to me
0:19:32 > 0:19:39# Lady, pray thy Son for me
0:19:39 > 0:19:42# Tam pia
0:19:42 > 0:19:49# That I may come to thee
0:19:49 > 0:19:57# Maria
0:20:00 > 0:20:06# All this world was forlorn
0:20:06 > 0:20:12# Eva peccatrice
0:20:12 > 0:20:18# Till our Lord was y-born
0:20:18 > 0:20:23# De te genetrice
0:20:23 > 0:20:30# With ave it went away
0:20:30 > 0:20:33# Darkest night
0:20:33 > 0:20:37# And comes the day
0:20:37 > 0:20:41# Salutis
0:20:41 > 0:20:48# The well springeth out of thee
0:20:48 > 0:20:56# Virtutis
0:20:59 > 0:21:03# Lady, flow'r of ev'ry thing
0:21:03 > 0:21:07# Rosa sine spina
0:21:07 > 0:21:11# Thou bare Jesu, heaven's King
0:21:11 > 0:21:15# Gratia divina
0:21:15 > 0:21:18# Of all thou bear'st the prize
0:21:18 > 0:21:24# Lady, queen of paradise
0:21:24 > 0:21:27# Electa
0:21:27 > 0:21:29# Maid
0:21:29 > 0:21:34# Maid mild, mother
0:21:34 > 0:21:42# Es effecta
0:21:45 > 0:21:53# Effecta. #
0:22:08 > 0:22:11# Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia
0:22:11 > 0:22:13# Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia
0:22:13 > 0:22:15# Blagodatnaya Mariye
0:22:15 > 0:22:16# Ghospod s'Toboyu
0:22:16 > 0:22:19# Blagodatnaya Mariye
0:22:19 > 0:22:21# Ghospod s'Toboyu
0:22:21 > 0:22:23# Blagoslovenna Ti v'zhenah
0:22:23 > 0:22:32# I blagosloven Plod chreva Tvoyego
0:22:32 > 0:22:38# Yako Spasa rodila, yesi dush nashih
0:22:38 > 0:22:44# Yako Spasa rodila
0:22:44 > 0:22:51# Yesi dush nashih
0:22:51 > 0:22:54# Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia
0:22:54 > 0:22:56# Blagodatnaya Mariye
0:22:56 > 0:22:58# Ghospod s'Toboyu
0:22:58 > 0:23:00# Blagoslovenna Ti v'zhenah
0:23:00 > 0:23:03# I blagosloven Plod chreva Tvoyego
0:23:03 > 0:23:06# Yako Spasa rodila
0:23:06 > 0:23:14# Yesi dush nashih. #
0:23:29 > 0:23:33St Luke tells of the birth of Jesus.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38And it came to pass, in those days,
0:23:38 > 0:23:43that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus
0:23:43 > 0:23:45that all the world should be taxed.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57And Joseph also went up from Galilee,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04unto the city of David which is called Bethlehem -
0:24:04 > 0:24:09because he was of the house and lineage of David -
0:24:09 > 0:24:15to be taxed, with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20And so it was that, while they were there,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30And she brought forth her first-born son,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36and laid him in a manger,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39because there was no room for them in the inn.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Thanks be to God.
0:24:58 > 0:25:05# A Spotless Rose is blowing
0:25:05 > 0:25:12# Sprung from a tender root
0:25:12 > 0:25:18# Of ancient seers' foreshowing
0:25:18 > 0:25:23# Of Jesse promised fruit
0:25:23 > 0:25:31# Its fairest bud unfolds to light
0:25:31 > 0:25:36# Amid the cold, cold winter
0:25:36 > 0:25:44# And in the dark
0:25:44 > 0:25:50# Midnight
0:25:50 > 0:25:58- # The Rose which I am singing - A Spotless Rose
0:25:58 > 0:26:04- # Whereof Isaiah said - Is blowing
0:26:04 > 0:26:10- # Is from its sweet root springing - Sprung from a tender root
0:26:10 > 0:26:15- # In Mary, purest maid - Sprung from a tender root
0:26:15 > 0:26:20# For through our God's great love and might
0:26:20 > 0:26:29# Its bud unfolds The Blessed Babe she bare us
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- # In the dark midnight - In a cold
0:26:33 > 0:26:36# Cold
0:26:36 > 0:26:44# Winter's night
0:26:44 > 0:26:52# The Rose which I am singing
0:26:53 > 0:26:59# Whereof Isaiah said
0:26:59 > 0:27:04# Is from its sweet root springing
0:27:04 > 0:27:09# In Mary, purest maid
0:27:09 > 0:27:16# For through our God's great love and might
0:27:16 > 0:27:23# The Blessed Babe she bare us
0:27:23 > 0:27:29# In a cold, cold
0:27:29 > 0:27:45# Winter's night. #
0:27:54 > 0:27:56# Ding dong, ding dong
0:27:56 > 0:27:59# Ding dong, ding dong
0:27:59 > 0:28:02# Ding dong! Merrily on high
0:28:02 > 0:28:05# In heav'n the bells are ringing
0:28:05 > 0:28:07# Ding dong! Verily the sky
0:28:07 > 0:28:10# Is riv'n with angels singing
0:28:10 > 0:28:18- # Glo-o-o-ria - Glo-o-o-ria
0:28:18 > 0:28:21# Hosanna in excelsis
0:28:21 > 0:28:30- # Glo-o-o-ria- Glo-o-o-ria - Glo-o-o-ria
0:28:30 > 0:28:32# Hosanna in excelsis
0:28:32 > 0:28:35# E'en so here below, below
0:28:35 > 0:28:38# Let steeple bells be swungen
0:28:38 > 0:28:40# And i-o, i-o, i-o
0:28:40 > 0:28:43# By priest and people sungen
0:28:43 > 0:28:51- # Glo-o-o-ria - Glo-o-o-ria
0:28:51 > 0:28:54# Hosanna in excelsis
0:28:54 > 0:29:02- # Glo-o-o-ria- Glo-o-o-ria - Glo-o-o-ria
0:29:02 > 0:29:05# Hosanna in excelsis
0:29:05 > 0:29:08# Pray you, dutifully prime
0:29:08 > 0:29:10# Your matin chime, ye ringers
0:29:10 > 0:29:13# May you beautifully rhyme
0:29:13 > 0:29:16# Your evetime song, ye singers
0:29:16 > 0:29:23- # Glo-o-o-ria - Gloria
0:29:23 > 0:29:26# Hosannah in excelsis
0:29:26 > 0:29:35- # Glo-o-o-ria - Gloria
0:29:35 > 0:29:44# Hosannah in excelsis. #
0:30:03 > 0:30:10ALL, ACCOMPANIED: # O little town of Bethlehem
0:30:10 > 0:30:16# How still we see thee lie
0:30:16 > 0:30:22# Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
0:30:22 > 0:30:28# The silent stars go by
0:30:28 > 0:30:35# Yet in thy dark streets shineth
0:30:35 > 0:30:40# The everlasting light
0:30:40 > 0:30:47# The hopes and fears of all the years
0:30:47 > 0:30:55# Are met in thee tonight
0:30:56 > 0:31:02CHOIR, UNACCOMPANIED: # How silently, how silently
0:31:02 > 0:31:08# The wondrous gift is giv'n
0:31:08 > 0:31:14# So God imparts to human hearts
0:31:14 > 0:31:20# The blessings of His heav'n
0:31:20 > 0:31:26# No ear may hear His coming
0:31:26 > 0:31:32# But in this world of sin
0:31:32 > 0:31:39# Where meek souls will receive Him
0:31:39 > 0:31:48# Still the dear Christ enters in
0:31:48 > 0:31:55ALL, ACCOMPANIED: # O holy child of Bethlehem
0:31:55 > 0:32:01# Descend to us, we pray
0:32:01 > 0:32:07# Cast out our sin and enter in
0:32:07 > 0:32:13# Be born in us today
0:32:13 > 0:32:19# We hear the Christmas angels
0:32:19 > 0:32:25# The great glad tidings tell
0:32:25 > 0:32:32# O come to us, abide with us
0:32:32 > 0:32:43# Our Lord Emmanuel. #
0:32:59 > 0:33:04The poet GK Chesterton reflects on the concept of home
0:33:04 > 0:33:07in the narrative of the Nativity.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13There fared a mother driven forth
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Out of an inn to roam
0:33:15 > 0:33:18In the place where she was homeless
0:33:18 > 0:33:20All men are at home
0:33:20 > 0:33:22The crazy stable close at hand
0:33:22 > 0:33:25With shaking timber and shifting sand
0:33:25 > 0:33:29Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Than the square stones of Rome
0:33:33 > 0:33:36For men are homesick in their homes
0:33:36 > 0:33:38And strangers under the sun
0:33:38 > 0:33:41And they lay their heads in a foreign land
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Whenever the day is done
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Here we have battle and blazing eyes
0:33:47 > 0:33:52And chance and honour and high surprise
0:33:52 > 0:33:56But our homes are under miraculous skies
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Where the Yule tale was begun
0:33:59 > 0:34:03A Child in a foul stable
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Where the beasts feed and foam
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Only where He was homeless
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Are you and I at home
0:34:12 > 0:34:16We have hands that fashion and heads that know
0:34:16 > 0:34:20But our hearts we lost - how long ago
0:34:20 > 0:34:24In a place no chart nor ship can show
0:34:24 > 0:34:26Under the sky's dome
0:34:26 > 0:34:31This world is wild as an old wives' tale
0:34:31 > 0:34:33And strange the plain things are
0:34:33 > 0:34:37The earth is enough and the air is enough
0:34:37 > 0:34:40For our wonder and our war
0:34:40 > 0:34:45But our rest is as far as the fire-drake swings
0:34:45 > 0:34:49And our peace is put in impossible things
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Where clashed and thundered unthinkable wings
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Round an incredible star
0:34:56 > 0:34:59To an open house in the evening
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Home shall all men come
0:35:01 > 0:35:05To an older place than Eden
0:35:05 > 0:35:08And a taller town than Rome
0:35:08 > 0:35:12To the end of the way of the wandering star
0:35:12 > 0:35:17To the things that cannot be and that are
0:35:17 > 0:35:21To the place where God was homeless
0:35:21 > 0:35:23And all men are at home.
0:35:38 > 0:35:46# Little Jesus, sweetly sleep
0:35:46 > 0:35:49# Do not stir
0:35:49 > 0:35:56# We will lend a coat of fur
0:35:56 > 0:36:01# We will rock you
0:36:01 > 0:36:04# Rock you, rock you
0:36:04 > 0:36:07# We will rock you
0:36:07 > 0:36:11# Rock you, rock you
0:36:11 > 0:36:18# See the fur to keep you warm
0:36:18 > 0:36:28# Snugly round your tiny form
0:36:29 > 0:36:36# Mary's little baby sleep
0:36:36 > 0:36:40# Sweetly sleep
0:36:40 > 0:36:47# Sleep in comfort, slumber deep
0:36:47 > 0:36:51# We will rock you
0:36:51 > 0:36:54# Rock you, rock you
0:36:54 > 0:36:58# We will rock you
0:36:58 > 0:37:02# Rock you, rock you
0:37:02 > 0:37:09# We will serve you all we can
0:37:09 > 0:37:21# Darling, darling little man. #
0:37:32 > 0:37:37# A virgin most pure as the prophets do tell
0:37:37 > 0:37:43# Hath brought forth a baby as it hath befell
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- # To be our Redeemer - Redeemer
0:37:46 > 0:37:49# From death, hell and sin
0:37:49 > 0:37:55# Which Adam's transgression had wrapped us in
0:37:55 > 0:37:59# Aye, and therefore be you merry
0:37:59 > 0:38:02# Rejoice and be you merry
0:38:02 > 0:38:05# Set sorrow aside
0:38:05 > 0:38:11# Christ Jesus our Saviour was born on this tide
0:38:15 > 0:38:21# In Bethlehem Jewry a city there was
0:38:21 > 0:38:27# Where Joseph and Mary together did pass
0:38:27 > 0:38:31# And there to be taxed
0:38:31 > 0:38:33# With many one more
0:38:33 > 0:38:39# For Caesar commanded the same should be so
0:38:39 > 0:38:42# Aye, and therefore be you merry
0:38:42 > 0:38:45# Rejoice and be you merry
0:38:45 > 0:38:48# Set sorrow aside
0:38:48 > 0:38:56# Christ Jesus our Saviour was born on this tide
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- # But when they had entered - They entered
0:39:00 > 0:39:02# The city so fair
0:39:02 > 0:39:08# The number of people so mighty was there
0:39:08 > 0:39:11# That Joseph and Mary
0:39:11 > 0:39:14TREBLES AND ALTOS: # Whose substance was small
0:39:14 > 0:39:20# Could find in the inn there no lodging at all
0:39:20 > 0:39:22ALL: # Aye, and therefore
0:39:22 > 0:39:23# Be you merry
0:39:23 > 0:39:26# Rejoice and be you merry
0:39:26 > 0:39:29# Set sorrow aside
0:39:29 > 0:39:36# Christ Jesus our Saviour was born on this tide
0:39:36 > 0:39:41TENORS AND BASSES, UNISON: # Then were they constrained
0:39:41 > 0:39:42# In a stable to lie
0:39:42 > 0:39:48# Where horses and asses they used for to tie
0:39:48 > 0:39:51# Their lodging so simple
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- # They took it no scorn - Took it no scorn
0:39:55 > 0:39:58ALL: # But against the next morning
0:39:58 > 0:40:00# Our Saviour was born
0:40:00 > 0:40:02WITH ORGAN: # Aye, and therefore
0:40:02 > 0:40:03- # Be you merry - Be merry
0:40:03 > 0:40:06WITH DESCANT: # Rejoice and be you merry
0:40:06 > 0:40:09# Set sorrow aside
0:40:09 > 0:40:12# Christ Jesus our Saviour
0:40:12 > 0:40:19# Was born on this tide. #
0:40:30 > 0:40:33The shepherds go to the manger.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
0:40:39 > 0:40:43keeping watch over their flock by night.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,
0:40:46 > 0:40:50and the glory of the Lord shone round about them,
0:40:50 > 0:40:53and they were sore afraid.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56And the angel said unto them,
0:40:56 > 0:41:02"Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04"which shall be to all people.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07"For unto you is born this day
0:41:07 > 0:41:13"in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16"And this shall be a sign unto you -
0:41:16 > 0:41:18"ye shall find the babe
0:41:18 > 0:41:22"wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
0:41:22 > 0:41:26And suddenly, there was with the angel
0:41:26 > 0:41:29a multitude of the heavenly host
0:41:29 > 0:41:33praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest,
0:41:33 > 0:41:37"and on earth peace, goodwill toward men."
0:41:38 > 0:41:40And it came to pass
0:41:40 > 0:41:43as the angels were gone away from them into heaven,
0:41:43 > 0:41:47the shepherds said, one to another,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem
0:41:50 > 0:41:54"and see this thing which has come to pass,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56"which the Lord hath made known unto us."
0:41:56 > 0:42:02And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph
0:42:02 > 0:42:05and the babe lying in a manger.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Thanks be to God.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21# Angels from the realms of glory
0:42:21 > 0:42:25# Wing your flight o'er all the earth
0:42:25 > 0:42:29# Ye who sang creation's story
0:42:29 > 0:42:32# Now proclaim Messiah's birth
0:42:32 > 0:42:40# Gloria
0:42:40 > 0:42:44# In excelsis Deo
0:42:44 > 0:42:51# Gloria
0:42:51 > 0:42:59# In excelsis Deo
0:42:59 > 0:43:02# Shepherds in the fields abiding
0:43:02 > 0:43:06# Watching o'er your flocks by night
0:43:06 > 0:43:10# God with man is now residing
0:43:10 > 0:43:14# Yonder shines the infant light
0:43:14 > 0:43:21# Gloria
0:43:21 > 0:43:25# In excelsis Deo
0:43:25 > 0:43:33# Gloria
0:43:33 > 0:43:40# In excelsis Deo
0:43:40 > 0:43:44# Saints before the altar bending
0:43:44 > 0:43:48# Watching long in hope and fear
0:43:48 > 0:43:52# Suddenly the Lord, descending
0:43:52 > 0:43:55# In His temple shall appear
0:43:55 > 0:44:03# Gloria
0:44:03 > 0:44:07# In excelsis Deo
0:44:07 > 0:44:15# Gloria
0:44:15 > 0:44:22# In excelsis Deo
0:44:22 > 0:44:25# Though an infant now we view him
0:44:25 > 0:44:29# He shall fill his Father's throne
0:44:29 > 0:44:33# Gather all the nations to him
0:44:33 > 0:44:37# Every knee shall then bow down
0:44:37 > 0:44:44# Gloria
0:44:44 > 0:44:48# In excelsis Deo
0:44:48 > 0:44:55# Gloria
0:44:55 > 0:45:05# In excelsis Deo. #
0:45:13 > 0:45:20# We stood on the hills, Lady
0:45:20 > 0:45:26# Our day's work done
0:45:26 > 0:45:31# Watching the frosted meadows
0:45:31 > 0:45:38- # That winter had won - Calm, calm
0:45:38 > 0:45:44- ALTOS IN TWO PARTS: - # Calm, calm
0:45:44 > 0:45:47# The evening was calm, Lady
0:45:47 > 0:45:50TREBLES AND ALTOS: # Calm, calm
0:45:50 > 0:45:58# The air so still
0:45:58 > 0:46:05- # Silence more lovely than music - Silence
0:46:05 > 0:46:12- # Folded the hill - Silence, silence
0:46:12 > 0:46:20ALL HUM
0:46:21 > 0:46:28- # There was a star, Lady - There
0:46:28 > 0:46:33- # Shone in the night - A star
0:46:33 > 0:46:37- # Shone - Larger than Venus it was
0:46:37 > 0:46:43- # And bright, so bright - And bright, so bright
0:46:43 > 0:46:50# Oh, a voice from the sky, Lady
0:46:50 > 0:46:57# It seemed to us then
0:46:57 > 0:47:04- # Telling of God being born - God being born
0:47:04 > 0:47:09- # In the world of men - Lady
0:47:09 > 0:47:13# Lady
0:47:13 > 0:47:21ALL HUM
0:47:21 > 0:47:28# And so we have come, Lady
0:47:28 > 0:47:33# Our day's work done
0:47:34 > 0:47:40- # Our love, our hopes, ourselves - Love, ourselves
0:47:40 > 0:47:48- # We give to your son - Lady, Lady
0:47:48 > 0:47:55ALL HUM
0:48:26 > 0:48:30ALL IN UNISON: # God rest you merry, gentlemen
0:48:30 > 0:48:34# Let nothing you dismay
0:48:34 > 0:48:38# For Jesus Christ our Saviour
0:48:38 > 0:48:42# Was born upon this day
0:48:42 > 0:48:47# To save us all from Satan's power
0:48:47 > 0:48:50# When we were gone astray
0:48:50 > 0:48:56# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:48:56 > 0:48:58# Comfort and joy
0:48:58 > 0:49:07# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:49:08 > 0:49:12UNACCOMPANIED, HARMONY: # From God our heavenly Father
0:49:12 > 0:49:16# A blessed angel came
0:49:16 > 0:49:20# And unto certain shepherds
0:49:20 > 0:49:23# Brought tidings of the same
0:49:23 > 0:49:28# How that in Bethlehem was born
0:49:28 > 0:49:31# The Son of God by name
0:49:31 > 0:49:37ALL IN UNISON, WITH ORGAN: # O tidings of comfort and joy
0:49:37 > 0:49:39# Comfort and joy
0:49:39 > 0:49:47# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:49:49 > 0:49:52ALL IN UNISON: # The shepherds at those tidings
0:49:52 > 0:49:57# Rejoiced much in mind
0:49:57 > 0:50:01# And left their flocks a-feeding
0:50:01 > 0:50:05# In tempest, storm and wind
0:50:05 > 0:50:09# And went to Bethlehem straightway
0:50:09 > 0:50:13# This blessed babe to find
0:50:13 > 0:50:19# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:50:19 > 0:50:21# Comfort and joy
0:50:21 > 0:50:29# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:50:32 > 0:50:36UNACCOMPANIED, HARMONY: # But when to Bethlehem they came
0:50:36 > 0:50:39# Whereat this infant lay
0:50:40 > 0:50:44# They found Him in a manger
0:50:44 > 0:50:47# Where oxen feed on hay
0:50:48 > 0:50:52# His mother, Mary, kneeling
0:50:52 > 0:50:55# Unto the Lord did pray
0:50:55 > 0:51:01ALL IN UNISON, WITH ORGAN: # O tidings of comfort and joy
0:51:01 > 0:51:03# Comfort and joy
0:51:03 > 0:51:11# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:51:13 > 0:51:17- # Now to the Lord sing praises - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:51:17 > 0:51:21- # All you within this place - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:51:21 > 0:51:25- # And with true love and brotherhood - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:51:25 > 0:51:29- # Each other now embrace - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:51:29 > 0:51:33- # This holy tide of Christmas - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:51:33 > 0:51:36- # All others doth deface - Ah-ah-ah
0:51:36 > 0:51:43ALL: # O tidings of comfort and joy
0:51:43 > 0:51:45# Comfort and joy
0:51:45 > 0:51:57# O tidings of comfort and joy. #
0:52:11 > 0:52:15Ben Jonson challenges us with the complexities of the Nativity.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21I sing the birth was born to-night
0:52:21 > 0:52:25The author both of life and light
0:52:25 > 0:52:27The angels so did sound it
0:52:28 > 0:52:31And like the ravish'd shepherds said
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Who saw the light, and were afraid
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Yet search'd, and true they found it
0:52:39 > 0:52:43The Son of God, the Eternal King
0:52:43 > 0:52:46That did us all salvation bring
0:52:46 > 0:52:48And freed the soul from danger
0:52:49 > 0:52:53He whom the whole world could not take
0:52:53 > 0:52:57The Word, which heaven and earth did make
0:52:57 > 0:52:59Was now laid in a manger
0:53:01 > 0:53:05The Father's wisdom will'd it so
0:53:05 > 0:53:08The Son's obedience knew no no
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Both wills were in one stature
0:53:12 > 0:53:15And as that wisdom had decreed
0:53:15 > 0:53:18The Word was now made flesh indeed
0:53:18 > 0:53:21And took on him our nature
0:53:23 > 0:53:27What comfort by him do we win
0:53:27 > 0:53:31Who made himself the place of sin
0:53:31 > 0:53:33To make us heirs of glory
0:53:34 > 0:53:38To see this Babe, all innocence
0:53:38 > 0:53:42A martyr born in our defence
0:53:43 > 0:53:45Can man forget this story?
0:53:59 > 0:54:04UNACCOMPANIED HARMONY: # Away in a manger
0:54:04 > 0:54:10# No crib for a bed
0:54:10 > 0:54:15# The little Lord Jesus
0:54:15 > 0:54:20# Laid down His sweet head
0:54:21 > 0:54:27# The stars in the bright sky
0:54:27 > 0:54:32# Looked down where He lay
0:54:32 > 0:54:37# The little Lord Jesus
0:54:37 > 0:54:45# Asleep on the hay
0:54:47 > 0:54:53# The cattle are lowing
0:54:53 > 0:54:58# The baby awakes
0:54:58 > 0:55:03# But little Lord Jesus
0:55:03 > 0:55:09# No crying He makes
0:55:09 > 0:55:14# I love Thee, Lord Jesus
0:55:14 > 0:55:20# Look down from the sky
0:55:20 > 0:55:25# And stay by my side
0:55:25 > 0:55:34# Until morning is nigh
0:55:36 > 0:55:42# Be near me, Lord Jesus
0:55:42 > 0:55:48# I ask Thee to stay
0:55:48 > 0:55:53# Close by me forever
0:55:53 > 0:55:59# And love me, I pray
0:55:59 > 0:56:05# Bless all the dear children
0:56:05 > 0:56:11# In Thy tender care
0:56:11 > 0:56:17# And fit us for heaven
0:56:17 > 0:56:29# To live with Thee there. #
0:56:41 > 0:56:44# On Christmas night all Christians sing
0:56:44 > 0:56:47# To hear the news the angels bring
0:56:47 > 0:56:49MEN IN UNISON: # On Christmas night
0:56:49 > 0:56:50# All Christians sing
0:56:50 > 0:56:53# To hear the news the angels bring
0:56:53 > 0:56:56FULL, HARMONY: # News of great joy
0:56:56 > 0:56:58# News of great mirth
0:56:58 > 0:57:02# News of our merciful King's birth
0:57:07 > 0:57:09# Then why should men on earth be so sad
0:57:09 > 0:57:10# Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:57:10 > 0:57:13- # Since our Redeemer made us glad? - Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:57:13 > 0:57:15# Then why should men on earth be so sad
0:57:15 > 0:57:16# Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:57:16 > 0:57:18# Since our Redeemer made us glad?
0:57:18 > 0:57:19# Ah, ah, ah, ah
0:57:19 > 0:57:23FULL, HARMONY: # When from our sin He set us free
0:57:23 > 0:57:28# All for to gain our liberty
0:57:32 > 0:57:35- # When sin departs before His grace - When sin
0:57:35 > 0:57:37# Then life and health come in its place
0:57:37 > 0:57:39# Departs before his grace
0:57:39 > 0:57:42- # When sin departs before His grace - Then life and health
0:57:42 > 0:57:43# Then life and health come
0:57:43 > 0:57:45- # In its place - Come in its place
0:57:45 > 0:57:49- # Angels and men with joy may sing - Angels may sing
0:57:49 > 0:57:54- # All for to see the newborn King - All for to see the King
0:57:59 > 0:58:02FULL, UNISON: # All out of darkness we have light
0:58:02 > 0:58:04# Which made the angels sing this night
0:58:04 > 0:58:07# All out of darkness we have light
0:58:07 > 0:58:10# Which made the angels sing this night
0:58:10 > 0:58:15HARMONY: # Glory to God and peace to men
0:58:15 > 0:58:19# Now and for evermore
0:58:21 > 0:58:29# Evermore, amen. #
0:58:45 > 0:58:50St John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation.
0:58:52 > 0:58:55In the beginning was the Word,
0:58:55 > 0:58:57and the Word was with God,
0:58:57 > 0:59:00and the Word was God.
0:59:00 > 0:59:03The same was in the beginning with God.
0:59:03 > 0:59:06All things were made by him,
0:59:06 > 0:59:11and without him was not any thing made that was made.
0:59:11 > 0:59:17In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
0:59:17 > 0:59:20And the light shineth in darkness,
0:59:20 > 0:59:23and the darkness comprehended it not.
0:59:25 > 0:59:29There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
0:59:29 > 0:59:35The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the light,
0:59:35 > 0:59:37that all men through him might believe.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41He was not that light,
0:59:41 > 0:59:44but was sent to bear witness of that light.
0:59:44 > 0:59:47That was the true light,
0:59:47 > 0:59:50which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
0:59:52 > 0:59:56He was in the world, and the world was made by him,
0:59:56 > 0:59:58and the world knew him not.
0:59:59 > 1:00:02He came unto his own,
1:00:02 > 1:00:04and his own received him not.
1:00:05 > 1:00:08But as many as received him,
1:00:08 > 1:00:12to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
1:00:12 > 1:00:16even to them that believe on his name,
1:00:16 > 1:00:19which were born, not of blood,
1:00:19 > 1:00:24nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
1:00:24 > 1:00:25but of God.
1:00:26 > 1:00:31And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
1:00:31 > 1:00:33and we beheld his glory,
1:00:33 > 1:00:38the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
1:00:38 > 1:00:41full of grace and truth.
1:00:43 > 1:00:44Thanks be to God.
1:00:54 > 1:01:12# O magnum mysterium
1:01:12 > 1:01:26# O magnum mysterium
1:01:26 > 1:01:31# Et admirabile
1:01:31 > 1:01:37# Sacramentum
1:01:37 > 1:01:49# Et admirabile
1:01:50 > 1:02:06# Et admirabile
1:02:06 > 1:02:19# Sacramentum
1:02:19 > 1:02:36# O magnum mysterium
1:02:37 > 1:02:50# O magnum mysterium
1:02:50 > 1:02:55# Ut animalia
1:02:55 > 1:03:00# Viderent Dominum
1:03:00 > 1:03:14# Ut animalia
1:03:14 > 1:03:30# Viderent Dominum natum
1:03:30 > 1:03:41# Jacentem in praesepio
1:03:41 > 1:03:54# Beata Virgo
1:03:54 > 1:04:05# Cujus viscera meruerunt
1:04:05 > 1:04:18# Beata Virgo
1:04:18 > 1:04:32# Portare Dominum Christum
1:04:32 > 1:04:40# Alleluia
1:04:41 > 1:04:48# Alleluia
1:04:49 > 1:04:57# Alleluia
1:04:58 > 1:05:05# Alleluia
1:05:05 > 1:05:11# Et admirabile
1:05:11 > 1:05:17# Sacramentum
1:05:17 > 1:05:31# Ut animalia
1:05:31 > 1:05:46# Viderent Dominum natum
1:05:46 > 1:05:54# Jacentem in praesepio
1:05:54 > 1:06:04# Alleluia
1:06:04 > 1:06:08# Alleluia
1:06:08 > 1:06:23# Alleluia
1:06:23 > 1:06:48# Alleluia. #
1:07:06 > 1:07:07Eternal God,
1:07:07 > 1:07:10who made this most holy night
1:07:10 > 1:07:15to shine with the brightness of Thy one true light,
1:07:15 > 1:07:20bring us, who have known the revelation of that light on earth,
1:07:20 > 1:07:24to see the radiance of Thy heavenly glory.
1:07:25 > 1:07:28Through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord,
1:07:28 > 1:07:31who liveth and reigneth with Thee
1:07:31 > 1:07:35in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
1:07:35 > 1:07:38one God, now and for ever.
1:07:40 > 1:07:41ALL: Amen.
1:07:43 > 1:07:48Christ, who by His Incarnation gathered into one
1:07:48 > 1:07:54things earthly and heavenly, fill you with peace and goodwill,
1:07:54 > 1:07:58and make you partakers of the Divine nature.
1:07:58 > 1:08:01And the blessing of God Almighty,
1:08:01 > 1:08:04the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
1:08:04 > 1:08:08be amongst you and remain with you always.
1:08:10 > 1:08:11ALL: Amen.
1:08:37 > 1:08:43# O come all ye faithful
1:08:43 > 1:08:47# Joyful and triumphant
1:08:47 > 1:08:50# O come ye
1:08:50 > 1:08:58# O come ye to Bethlehem
1:08:59 > 1:09:05# Come and behold Him
1:09:05 > 1:09:10# Born the King of Angels
1:09:10 > 1:09:15# O come, let us adore Him
1:09:15 > 1:09:21CHOIR, EXCEPT BASSES: # O come, let us adore Him
1:09:21 > 1:09:27ALL: # O come, let us adore Him
1:09:27 > 1:09:34# Christ the Lord
1:09:36 > 1:09:41# God of God
1:09:41 > 1:09:47# Light of light
1:09:47 > 1:09:52# Lo! He abhors not
1:09:52 > 1:09:57# The virgin's womb
1:09:58 > 1:10:02# Very God
1:10:02 > 1:10:07# Begotten, not created
1:10:07 > 1:10:13# O come, let us adore Him
1:10:13 > 1:10:18# O come, let us adore Him
1:10:18 > 1:10:25ALL: # O come, let us adore Him
1:10:25 > 1:10:31# Christ the Lord
1:10:33 > 1:10:38UNISON WITH DESCANT: # Sing, choirs of angels
1:10:38 > 1:10:44# Sing in exultation
1:10:44 > 1:10:54# Sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above
1:10:56 > 1:11:06# Glory to God in the highest
1:11:06 > 1:11:10# O come, let us adore Him
1:11:11 > 1:11:17# O come, let us adore Him
1:11:18 > 1:11:24# O come, let us adore Him
1:11:24 > 1:11:32# Christ the Lord
1:11:34 > 1:11:40# Yea, Lord, we greet Thee
1:11:40 > 1:11:47# Born this happy morning
1:11:47 > 1:11:57# Jesus, to Thee be glory given
1:11:59 > 1:12:05# Word of the Father
1:12:05 > 1:12:11# Now in flesh appearing
1:12:11 > 1:12:17# O come, let us adore Him
1:12:17 > 1:12:23# O come, let us adore Him
1:12:23 > 1:12:31ALL: # O come, let us adore Him
1:12:31 > 1:12:43# Christ the Lord! #