0:00:24 > 0:00:30# Once in royal David's city
0:00:30 > 0:00:36# Stood a lowly cattle shed
0:00:36 > 0:00:43# Where a mother laid her baby
0:00:43 > 0:00:48# In a manger for his bed
0:00:49 > 0:00:55# Mary was that mother mild
0:00:55 > 0:01:02# Jesus Christ her little child
0:01:04 > 0:01:10CHOIR: # He came down to earth from heaven
0:01:10 > 0:01:17# Who is God and Lord of all
0:01:17 > 0:01:24# And his shelter was a stable
0:01:24 > 0:01:30# And his cradle was a stall
0:01:30 > 0:01:37# With the poor and mean and lowly
0:01:37 > 0:01:45# Lived on earth our Saviour holy
0:01:45 > 0:01:52# And through all his wondrous childhood
0:01:52 > 0:01:58# He would honour and obey
0:01:58 > 0:02:05# Love and watch the lowly maiden
0:02:05 > 0:02:12# In whose gentle arms he lay
0:02:12 > 0:02:18# Christian children all must be
0:02:18 > 0:02:25# Mild, obedient, good as he
0:02:27 > 0:02:34ORGAN AND CONGREGATION JOIN IN: # For he is our childhood's pattern
0:02:34 > 0:02:40# Day by day like us he grew
0:02:40 > 0:02:47# He was little, weak and helpless
0:02:47 > 0:02:54# Tears and smiles like us he knew
0:02:54 > 0:03:00# And he feeleth for our sadness
0:03:00 > 0:03:07# And he shareth in our gladness
0:03:09 > 0:03:15# And our eyes at last shall see him
0:03:15 > 0:03:22# Through his own redeeming love
0:03:22 > 0:03:28# For that child so dear and gentle
0:03:28 > 0:03:35# Is our Lord in heaven above
0:03:35 > 0:03:42# And he leads his children on
0:03:42 > 0:03:49# To the place where he is gone
0:03:49 > 0:03:56UNISON WITH DESCANT: # Not in that poor lowly stable
0:03:56 > 0:04:03# With the oxen standing by
0:04:03 > 0:04:09# We shall see him but in heaven
0:04:09 > 0:04:17# Set at God's right hand on high
0:04:17 > 0:04:23# When like stars his children crowned
0:04:23 > 0:04:31# All in white shall wait around. #
0:04:39 > 0:04:42We gather again this Christmas Eve to celebrate
0:04:42 > 0:04:45the birth of the Christ child,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49God's gift of love to the human race,
0:04:49 > 0:04:54and to celebrate that good news with joy and delight.
0:04:55 > 0:05:01We trace in the words of Scripture the familiar story of angels
0:05:01 > 0:05:06and shepherds, mother and child and ponder in our hearts
0:05:06 > 0:05:12not only what this gift means, but how we might respond to it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18The faith we celebrate at Christmas is that God is with us
0:05:18 > 0:05:24as our friend and companion - a companion who brings
0:05:24 > 0:05:29the fullness of God's Grace into the realities of flesh and blood,
0:05:29 > 0:05:36into our pain and distress, into our personal hopes and common fears...
0:05:37 > 0:05:42..a companion, who, by sharing our life with us,
0:05:42 > 0:05:48heals and reconciles through his endless gift of love.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08# In dulci jubilo
0:06:08 > 0:06:13# Let us our homage shew
0:06:13 > 0:06:18# Our heart's joy reclineth
0:06:18 > 0:06:22# In praesepio
0:06:22 > 0:06:26# And like a bright star shineth
0:06:26 > 0:06:31# Matris in gremio
0:06:31 > 0:06:35# Alpha es et O
0:06:35 > 0:06:40# Alpha es et O
0:06:40 > 0:06:44# O Jesu parvule
0:06:44 > 0:06:50# I yearn for thee alway
0:06:50 > 0:06:55# Comfort my heart's blindness
0:06:55 > 0:06:59# O Puer optime
0:06:59 > 0:07:04# With all thy loving kindness
0:07:04 > 0:07:08# O Princeps gloriae
0:07:08 > 0:07:13# Trahe me post te
0:07:13 > 0:07:17# Trahe me post te
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- # O Patris caritas - O Patris caritas
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- # O Nati lenitas - O Patris caritas
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- # Deeply were we stained - Deep were we stained
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- # Per nostra crimina - Deep were we stained
0:07:36 > 0:07:40# But thou for us hast gaines
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- # Coelorum gaudia - Coelorum gaudia
0:07:44 > 0:07:49- # Oh, that we were there - Oh, that we were there
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- # Oh, that we were there - Oh, that we were there
0:07:53 > 0:07:58- # Obusint gaudia - Obusint gaudia
0:07:58 > 0:08:03# In any place but there
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- # There are angels singing - There are angels singing
0:08:09 > 0:08:13# Inova cantica
0:08:13 > 0:08:18# And there the bells are ringing
0:08:18 > 0:08:21# In regis curia
0:08:23 > 0:08:30- # Oh, that we were there - Oh, that we were there
0:08:30 > 0:08:38- # There are angels singing - And there the bells are ringing
0:08:41 > 0:08:48# In regis curia
0:08:48 > 0:08:59- # Oh, that we were there - Oh, that we were there. #
0:09:15 > 0:09:18The angel Gabriel brings astonishing news to the Virgin Mary.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to
0:09:24 > 0:09:27a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Joseph of the house of David.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37And the virgin's name was Mary.
0:09:37 > 0:09:44And the angel came unto her and said, "Hail, thou that art highly favoured,
0:09:44 > 0:09:46"the Lord is with thee:
0:09:46 > 0:09:48"blessed art thou among women."
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02And the angel said unto her, "Fear not, Mary:
0:10:02 > 0:10:05"for thou hast found favour with God.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09"And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12"and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:
0:10:18 > 0:10:23"and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26"and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30"and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Then said Mary unto the angel, "How shall this be,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40"seeing I know not a man?"
0:10:40 > 0:10:44The angel answered and said unto her, "The Holy Ghost shall
0:10:44 > 0:10:50"come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee:
0:10:50 > 0:10:56"therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
0:10:56 > 0:11:00"called the Son of God.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03"And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07"she hath also conceived a son in her old age:
0:11:07 > 0:11:11"and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15"For with God nothing shall be impossible."
0:11:17 > 0:11:24And Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me
0:11:24 > 0:11:27"according to thy word."
0:11:28 > 0:11:30And the angel departed from her.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Thanks be to God.
0:11:42 > 0:11:49# The angel Gabriel from heaven came
0:11:49 > 0:11:56# His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame
0:11:56 > 0:12:03# "All hail to thee, O lowly maiden Mary
0:12:03 > 0:12:07# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:12:07 > 0:12:12# Gloria!
0:12:14 > 0:12:21# "For know a blessed mother thou shalt be
0:12:21 > 0:12:28# "All generations laud and honour thee
0:12:28 > 0:12:35# "Thy son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold
0:12:35 > 0:12:40# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:12:40 > 0:12:46# Gloria!
0:12:47 > 0:12:54# Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head
0:12:54 > 0:13:01# "To me be as it pleaseth God," she said
0:13:01 > 0:13:09# "My soul shall laud and magnify his holy name"
0:13:09 > 0:13:13# Most highly favoured lady
0:13:13 > 0:13:19# Gloria!
0:13:20 > 0:13:27# Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
0:13:27 > 0:13:34# In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn,
0:13:34 > 0:13:42# And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say
0:13:42 > 0:13:46# "Most highly favoured lady"
0:13:46 > 0:13:54# Gloria! #
0:14:02 > 0:14:04TREBLES AND TENORS IN UNISON:
0:14:04 > 0:14:08# Out of your sleep arise and wake For God mankind now hath y-take
0:14:08 > 0:14:11# All of a maid without any make
0:14:11 > 0:14:15# Of all women she beareth the bell
0:14:15 > 0:14:19FULL, HARMONY: # And through a maide fair and wise
0:14:19 > 0:14:22# Now man is made of full great price
0:14:22 > 0:14:25# Now angels kneelen to man's service
0:14:25 > 0:14:29UNISON: # And at this time all this befell
0:14:29 > 0:14:33TREBLES AND TENORS IN UNISON: # Now man is brighter than the sun
0:14:33 > 0:14:35# Now man in heav'n on high shall won
0:14:35 > 0:14:39# Blessed be God, this game is begun
0:14:39 > 0:14:42# And his mother the empress of hell
0:14:42 > 0:14:46FULL, HARMONY: # That ever was thrall, now is he free
0:14:46 > 0:14:49# That ever was small, now great is she
0:14:49 > 0:14:52# Now shall God deem both thee and me
0:14:52 > 0:14:57UNISON: # Unto his bliss if we do well
0:14:57 > 0:15:00# Now man, he may to heaven wend
0:15:00 > 0:15:03# Now heaven and earth, to him they bend
0:15:03 > 0:15:07# He that was foe now is our friend
0:15:07 > 0:15:11# This is no nay that I you tell
0:15:11 > 0:15:16# Now, blessed brother, grant us grace
0:15:16 > 0:15:20# At doomes day to see thy face
0:15:20 > 0:15:25# And in thy court to have a place
0:15:25 > 0:15:35UNISON: # That we may there sing thee nowell. #
0:15:47 > 0:15:50The poet Elizabeth Jennings explores the intimacy
0:15:50 > 0:15:55and anticipation of the encounter between Mary and her cousin.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02She had not held her secret long enough
0:16:02 > 0:16:03To covet it
0:16:03 > 0:16:05but wished it shared as though
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Telling it would tame the terrifying moment
0:16:08 > 0:16:12When she, most calm in her own afternoon,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Felt the intrepid angel, heard
0:16:16 > 0:16:19His beating wings, his voice across her prayer.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24This was the thing she needed to impart
0:16:24 > 0:16:29The uncalm moment, the strange interruption,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32The angel bringing pain disguised as joy,
0:16:34 > 0:16:37But mixed with this was something she could share
0:16:37 > 0:16:41And not abandon, simply how
0:16:41 > 0:16:44A child sprang in her like the first of seeds.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51And in the stillness of that other day
0:16:51 > 0:16:54The afternoon exposed its emptiness,
0:16:54 > 0:16:59Shadows adrift from light, the long road turning
0:16:59 > 0:17:01In a dry sequence of the sun.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05And she No apprehensive figure seemed,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Only a moving silence through the land.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12And all her journeying was a caressing
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Within her mind of secrets to be spoken.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21The simple fact of birth soon overshadowed
0:17:21 > 0:17:23The shadow of the angel.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28When she came Close to her cousin's house she kept
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Only the message of her happiness.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34And those two women in their quick embrace
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Gazed at each other with looks undisturbed
0:17:37 > 0:17:39By men or miracles.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43It was the child
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Who laid his shadow on their afternoon
0:17:48 > 0:17:51By stirring suddenly, by bringing
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Back the broad echoes of those beating wings.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18# Angelus ad Virginem Sub intrans in conclave
0:18:18 > 0:18:24# Virginis formidinem Demulcens, inquit: Ave!
0:18:24 > 0:18:31# Ave regina virginum; Caeli terraeque Dominum
0:18:31 > 0:18:36# Concipies Et paries intacta
0:18:36 > 0:18:41# Salutem hominum; Tu porta caeli facta
0:18:41 > 0:18:45# Medela criminum
0:18:49 > 0:18:55# Quomodo conciperem Quae virum non cognovi?
0:18:55 > 0:19:00# Qualiter infringerem Quod firma mente vovi?
0:19:00 > 0:19:07# Spiritus Sancti gratia Perficiet haec omnia
0:19:07 > 0:19:09# Ne timeas
0:19:09 > 0:19:14# Sed gaudeas, secura Quod castimonia
0:19:14 > 0:19:17# Manebit in te pura
0:19:17 > 0:19:20# Dei potentia
0:19:25 > 0:19:28# Ad haec virgo nobilis
0:19:28 > 0:19:31# Respondens inquit ei
0:19:31 > 0:19:36# Ancilla sum humilis Omnipotentis Dei
0:19:36 > 0:19:39# Tibi caelesti nuntio
0:19:39 > 0:19:42# Tanti secreti conscio
0:19:42 > 0:19:47# Consentiens, Et cupiens videre
0:19:47 > 0:19:49# Factum quod audio
0:19:49 > 0:19:52# Parata sum parere
0:19:52 > 0:19:55# Dei consilio
0:19:55 > 0:20:00# Eia mater Domini, Quae pacem redidisti
0:20:00 > 0:20:03# Angelis et homini
0:20:03 > 0:20:06# Cum Christum genuisti
0:20:06 > 0:20:09# Tuum exora filium
0:20:09 > 0:20:13# Ut se nobis propitium
0:20:13 > 0:20:17# Exhibeat, Et deleat peccata
0:20:17 > 0:20:20# Praestans auxilium
0:20:20 > 0:20:22# Vita frui beata
0:20:22 > 0:20:30# Post hoc exsilium. #
0:20:37 > 0:20:41# There is no rose
0:20:41 > 0:20:45# Of such virtue
0:20:45 > 0:20:48# As is the rose
0:20:48 > 0:20:52# That bear Jesu
0:20:52 > 0:21:00# Alleluia
0:21:02 > 0:21:10- # For in this rose contained was - For in this rose contained was
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- # Heav'n and earth - Heav'n and earth
0:21:14 > 0:21:18# In little space
0:21:18 > 0:21:29# Res miranda
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- # By that rose - By that rose
0:21:33 > 0:21:37# We may well see
0:21:37 > 0:21:40# There be one God
0:21:40 > 0:21:45# In persons three
0:21:45 > 0:21:57# Pares forma
0:21:57 > 0:22:01# Then leave we all
0:22:01 > 0:22:05# This worldly mirth
0:22:05 > 0:22:09# And follow we
0:22:09 > 0:22:13# This joyous birth
0:22:13 > 0:22:28FULL: # Transeamus. #
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem.
0:22:47 > 0:22:52And it came to pass in those days that there went out
0:22:52 > 0:22:57a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
0:23:04 > 0:23:10And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,
0:23:10 > 0:23:15into Judaea, into the city of David, which is called Bethlehem,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20because he was of the house and lineage of David...
0:23:21 > 0:23:27..to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
0:23:28 > 0:23:33And so it was, that, while they were there,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41And she brought forth her first-born son,
0:23:41 > 0:23:47and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger
0:23:47 > 0:23:52because there was no room for them in the inn.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Thanks be to God.
0:24:06 > 0:24:13ORGAN PLAYS INTRODUCTION
0:24:15 > 0:24:20# Dormi, Jesu
0:24:20 > 0:24:25# Mater ridet
0:24:25 > 0:24:33# Quae tam dulcem somnum videt
0:24:33 > 0:24:37# Dormi, Jesu
0:24:37 > 0:24:44# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:24:45 > 0:24:50- # Dormi, Jesu - Dormi
0:24:50 > 0:24:54# Dormi, Jesu
0:24:54 > 0:25:03# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:25:03 > 0:25:08# Dormi, Jesu
0:25:08 > 0:25:12# Dormi, Jesu
0:25:12 > 0:25:26# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:25:26 > 0:25:31MEN IN UNISON: # Si non dormis
0:25:31 > 0:25:35# Mater plorat
0:25:35 > 0:25:40HARMONY: # Inter fila
0:25:40 > 0:25:44# Cantans orat
0:25:44 > 0:25:49# Blande veni
0:25:49 > 0:25:57FULL: # Blande veni somnule
0:25:57 > 0:26:02MEN IN HARMONY: # Dormi, Jesu
0:26:02 > 0:26:06# Dormi, Jesu
0:26:06 > 0:26:15# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:26:15 > 0:26:19FULL: # Dormi, Jesu
0:26:19 > 0:26:23# Dormi, Jesu
0:26:23 > 0:26:38# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:26:39 > 0:26:44# Sleep, sweet baby
0:26:44 > 0:26:48# My cares beguiling
0:26:48 > 0:26:56# Mother sits beside thee smiling
0:26:56 > 0:27:01# Sleep, my darling
0:27:01 > 0:27:10# Sleep, my darling, tenderly
0:27:10 > 0:27:14# Dormi, Jesu
0:27:14 > 0:27:19# Dormi, Jesu
0:27:19 > 0:27:29# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:27:29 > 0:27:33# Dormi, Jesu
0:27:33 > 0:27:38# Dormi, Jesu
0:27:38 > 0:27:54# Dormi, Jesu, blandule
0:27:54 > 0:28:01- # Blandule - Blandule
0:28:01 > 0:28:10- # Blandule - Dormi
0:28:10 > 0:28:18# Jesu. #
0:28:35 > 0:28:39# Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
0:28:39 > 0:28:43# I would my true love did so chance
0:28:43 > 0:28:47# To see the legend of my play
0:28:47 > 0:28:52# To call my true love to my dance
0:28:52 > 0:28:56# Sing, oh! My love, oh! My love, my love, my love
0:28:56 > 0:29:00# This have I done for my true love
0:29:07 > 0:29:12# Then was I born of a virgin pure
0:29:12 > 0:29:16# Of her I took fleshly substance
0:29:16 > 0:29:20# Thus was I knit to man's nature
0:29:20 > 0:29:25# To call my true love to my dance
0:29:25 > 0:29:29# Sing, oh! My love, oh! My love, my love, my love
0:29:29 > 0:29:33# This have I done for my true love
0:29:41 > 0:29:45# In a manger laid, and wrapped I was
0:29:45 > 0:29:49# So very poor, this was my chance
0:29:49 > 0:29:53# Betwixt an ox and a silly, poor ass
0:29:53 > 0:29:57# To call my true love to my dance
0:29:57 > 0:30:02# Sing, oh! My love, oh! My love, my love, my love
0:30:02 > 0:30:06# This have I done for my true love
0:30:13 > 0:30:17# Then afterwards baptised I was
0:30:17 > 0:30:22# The Holy Ghost on me did glance
0:30:22 > 0:30:27# My father's voice heard from above
0:30:27 > 0:30:31# To call my true love to my dance
0:30:31 > 0:30:36# Sing, oh! My love, oh! My love, my love, my love
0:30:36 > 0:30:42# This have I done for my true love
0:30:42 > 0:30:45# For my true love. #
0:31:00 > 0:31:04ALL IN UNISON: # God rest you merry, gentlemen
0:31:04 > 0:31:08# Let nothing you dismay
0:31:08 > 0:31:12# For Jesus Christ our Saviour
0:31:12 > 0:31:15# Was born upon this day
0:31:15 > 0:31:20# To save us all from Satan's power
0:31:20 > 0:31:23# When we were gone astray
0:31:23 > 0:31:29# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:31:29 > 0:31:32# Comfort and joy
0:31:32 > 0:31:37# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:31:39 > 0:31:44HARMONY: # From God our heavenly Father
0:31:44 > 0:31:47# A blessed angel came
0:31:47 > 0:31:51# And unto certain shepherds
0:31:51 > 0:31:55# Brought tidings of the same
0:31:55 > 0:31:58# How that in Bethlehem was born
0:31:58 > 0:32:01# The Son of God by name
0:32:01 > 0:32:08ALL IN UNISON, WITH ORGAN: # O tidings of comfort and joy
0:32:08 > 0:32:10# Comfort and joy
0:32:10 > 0:32:17# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:32:19 > 0:32:23ALL IN UNISON: # The shepherds at those tidings
0:32:23 > 0:32:26# Rejoiced much in mind
0:32:26 > 0:32:30# And left their flocks a-feeding
0:32:30 > 0:32:34# In tempest, storm and wind
0:32:34 > 0:32:39# And went to Bethlehem straightway
0:32:39 > 0:32:42# This blessed babe to find
0:32:42 > 0:32:48# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:32:48 > 0:32:50# Comfort and joy
0:32:50 > 0:32:59# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:32:59 > 0:33:03UNACCOMPANIED, HARMONY: # But when to Bethlehem they came
0:33:03 > 0:33:07# Whereat this infant lay
0:33:07 > 0:33:11# They found him in a manger
0:33:11 > 0:33:15# Where oxen feed on hay
0:33:15 > 0:33:19# His mother, Mary, kneeling
0:33:19 > 0:33:22# Unto the Lord did pray
0:33:22 > 0:33:28ALL IN UNISON, WITH ORGAN: # O tidings of comfort and joy
0:33:28 > 0:33:31# Comfort and joy
0:33:31 > 0:33:38# O tidings of comfort and joy
0:33:40 > 0:33:44- MEN: # Now to the Lord sing praises - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- # All you within this place - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- # And with true love and brotherhood - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:33:51 > 0:33:55- # Each other now embrace - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- # This holy tide of Christmas - Ah-ah-ah-ah
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- # All others doth deface - Ah-ah-ah
0:34:03 > 0:34:09ALL: # O tidings of comfort and joy
0:34:09 > 0:34:11# Comfort and joy
0:34:11 > 0:34:19# O tidings of comfort and joy. #
0:34:36 > 0:34:40The good news of Christ's birth is announced to shepherds
0:34:40 > 0:34:43and the heavens are filled with the song of angels.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49And there were, in the same country, shepherds abiding in the field,
0:34:49 > 0:34:53keeping watch over their flock by night.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory
0:34:57 > 0:35:02of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore afraid.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04And the angel said unto them,
0:35:04 > 0:35:11"Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall
0:35:11 > 0:35:15"be to all people, for unto you is born this day
0:35:15 > 0:35:21"in the city of David a saviour which is Christ the Lord
0:35:21 > 0:35:24"and this shall be a sign unto you.
0:35:24 > 0:35:29"Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
0:35:31 > 0:35:35And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly
0:35:35 > 0:35:41host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest
0:35:41 > 0:35:45"and on earth peace, goodwill toward men."
0:35:47 > 0:35:50And it came to pass, as the angels were gone
0:35:50 > 0:35:55away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another,
0:35:55 > 0:36:01"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which has come to pass
0:36:01 > 0:36:03"which the Lord hath made known unto us."
0:36:05 > 0:36:10And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph
0:36:10 > 0:36:13and the babe lying in a manger.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Thanks be to God.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32UNACCOMPANIED HARMONY: # Away in a manger
0:36:32 > 0:36:37# No crib for a bed
0:36:37 > 0:36:42# The little Lord Jesus
0:36:42 > 0:36:47# Laid down his sweet head
0:36:47 > 0:36:53# The stars in the bright sky
0:36:53 > 0:36:57# Looked down where he lay
0:36:57 > 0:37:03# The little Lord Jesus
0:37:03 > 0:37:10# Asleep on the hay
0:37:11 > 0:37:17# The cattle are lowing
0:37:17 > 0:37:22# The baby awakes
0:37:22 > 0:37:27# But little Lord Jesus
0:37:27 > 0:37:32# No crying he makes
0:37:32 > 0:37:37# I love thee, Lord Jesus
0:37:37 > 0:37:42# Look down from the sky
0:37:42 > 0:37:48# And stay by my side
0:37:48 > 0:37:55# Until morning is nigh
0:37:57 > 0:38:03# Be near me, Lord Jesus
0:38:03 > 0:38:08# I ask thee to stay
0:38:08 > 0:38:14# Close by me forever
0:38:14 > 0:38:19# And love me, I pray
0:38:19 > 0:38:25# Bless all the dear children
0:38:25 > 0:38:30# In thy tender care
0:38:30 > 0:38:35# And fit us for heaven
0:38:35 > 0:38:45# To live with thee there. #
0:38:55 > 0:39:01# In hoc anni circulo
0:39:01 > 0:39:06# Vita datur seculo
0:39:06 > 0:39:12# Nato nobis paruulo
0:39:12 > 0:39:17# De virgine Maria
0:39:18 > 0:39:23# Verbum caro factum est
0:39:23 > 0:39:29# De virgine Maria
0:39:32 > 0:39:38# O beata femina
0:39:38 > 0:39:43# Cuius ventris gloria
0:39:43 > 0:39:48# Mundi lauat crimina
0:39:48 > 0:39:55# De virgine Maria
0:39:55 > 0:40:00# Verbum caro factum est
0:40:00 > 0:40:07# De virgine Maria
0:40:09 > 0:40:14# Stella solem protulit
0:40:14 > 0:40:20# Sol salutem contulit
0:40:20 > 0:40:26# Carnem veram abstulit
0:40:26 > 0:40:31# De virgine Maria
0:40:32 > 0:40:37# Verbum caro factum est
0:40:37 > 0:40:43# De virgine Maria
0:40:46 > 0:40:51# Fons de suo riuulo
0:40:51 > 0:40:57# Nascitur pro populo
0:40:57 > 0:41:03# Quem tulit de vinculo
0:41:03 > 0:41:09# De virgine Maria
0:41:09 > 0:41:15# Verbum caro factum est
0:41:15 > 0:41:21# De virgine Maria
0:41:23 > 0:41:29# Laus, honor, virtus, Domino
0:41:29 > 0:41:34# Deo Patri e Filio
0:41:34 > 0:41:40# Sancto simul Parcleto
0:41:40 > 0:41:47# De virgine Maria
0:41:47 > 0:41:52# Verbum caro factum est
0:41:52 > 0:41:58# De virgine Maria
0:41:58 > 0:42:10# De virgine Maria. #
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Thomas Merton invites us to ponder
0:42:23 > 0:42:27on the glory of God revealed in the Christ child.
0:42:30 > 0:42:35Flocks feed by darkness with a noise of whispers
0:42:35 > 0:42:38In the dry grass of pastures
0:42:38 > 0:42:42And lull the solemn night with their weak bells.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47The little towns upon the rocky hills
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Look down as meek as children
0:42:51 > 0:42:56Because they have seen come this holy time.
0:42:56 > 0:43:02God's glory, now, is kindled gentler than low candlelight
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Under the rafters of a barn.
0:43:06 > 0:43:11Eternal Peace is sleeping in the hay
0:43:11 > 0:43:15And Wisdom's born in secret in a straw-roofed stable.
0:43:17 > 0:43:22And O! Make holy music in the stars, you happy angels
0:43:22 > 0:43:26You shepherds, gather on the hill
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Look up, you timid flocks
0:43:29 > 0:43:33Where the three kings Are coming through the wintry trees
0:43:33 > 0:43:39While we unnumbered children of the wicked centuries
0:43:39 > 0:43:44Come after with our penances and prayers
0:43:44 > 0:43:48And lay them down in the sweet-smelling hay
0:43:48 > 0:43:52Beside the wise men's golden jars.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13# Quittez, pasteurs
0:44:13 > 0:44:16# Vos brebis, vos houlettes
0:44:16 > 0:44:23# Votre hameau Et le soin du troupeau
0:44:23 > 0:44:26# Changez vos pleurs
0:44:26 > 0:44:29# En une joie parfaite
0:44:29 > 0:44:32# Allez tous adorer
0:44:32 > 0:44:41# Un Dieu, un Dieu, un Dieu qui vient vous consoler
0:44:41 > 0:44:44# Un Dieu, un Dieu, un Dieu
0:44:44 > 0:44:50# Un Dieu qui vient vous consoler
0:44:51 > 0:44:54# Vous le verrez
0:44:54 > 0:44:57# Couche dans une etable
0:44:57 > 0:45:01# Comme un enfant
0:45:01 > 0:45:04# Nu, pauvre, languissant
0:45:04 > 0:45:11# Reconnaissez son amour ineffable
0:45:11 > 0:45:14# Pour nous venir chercher
0:45:14 > 0:45:23# Il est, il est Il est le fidele berger
0:45:23 > 0:45:33# Il est, il est, il est le fidele berger
0:45:33 > 0:45:39# Rois d'Orient L'etoile vous eclaire
0:45:39 > 0:45:46# A ce grand roi Rendez hommage et foi
0:45:46 > 0:45:50# L'astre brillant
0:45:50 > 0:45:53# Vous mene a la lumiere
0:45:53 > 0:45:56# De ce soleil naissant
0:45:56 > 0:46:04# Offrez, offrez, offrez l'or, la myrrhe et l'encens
0:46:04 > 0:46:13# Offrez, offrez, offrez l'or, la myrrhe et l'encens
0:46:17 > 0:46:20# Esprit divin
0:46:20 > 0:46:24# A qui tout est possible
0:46:24 > 0:46:27# Percez nos coeurs
0:46:27 > 0:46:30# De vos douces ardeurs
0:46:30 > 0:46:37# Notre destin Par vous devient paisible
0:46:37 > 0:46:40# Dieu, pretend nous donner
0:46:40 > 0:46:49# Le ciel, le ciel, le ciel en venant s'incarner
0:46:49 > 0:47:04# Le ciel, le ciel, le ciel en venant s'incarner. #
0:47:14 > 0:47:18# O holy night
0:47:18 > 0:47:23# The stars are brightly shining
0:47:23 > 0:47:31# It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth
0:47:33 > 0:47:36# Long lay the world
0:47:36 > 0:47:40# In sin and error pining
0:47:40 > 0:47:42# Till he appeared
0:47:42 > 0:47:47# And the soul felt its worth
0:47:47 > 0:47:50# A thrill of hope
0:47:50 > 0:47:54# The weary world rejoices
0:47:54 > 0:47:58# For yonder breaks
0:47:58 > 0:48:02# A new and glorious morn
0:48:02 > 0:48:08LOWER PARTS "AH" # Fall on your knees
0:48:08 > 0:48:15# Oh, hear the angel voices
0:48:15 > 0:48:22- # O night divine - O night divine
0:48:22 > 0:48:29- # O night when Christ was born - O night when Christ was born
0:48:29 > 0:48:33- # O night divine - O night divine
0:48:33 > 0:48:41# O night divine O night, O night divine
0:48:52 > 0:48:56- MEN IN UNISON: - # Led by the light
0:48:56 > 0:48:59- # Of faith serenely beaming - HARMONY: A-a-ah
0:48:59 > 0:49:02# With glowing hearts
0:49:02 > 0:49:06- # By his cradle we stand - A-a-ah
0:49:06 > 0:49:09# By his cradle we stand
0:49:09 > 0:49:13# So, led by light
0:49:13 > 0:49:17- # Of a star sweetly gleaming - A-a-ah
0:49:17 > 0:49:24- # Here came the wise men from the Orient land- A-a-ah
0:49:24 > 0:49:26# The Orient land
0:49:26 > 0:49:28- # The King of Kings - The King of Kings
0:49:28 > 0:49:32- # Lay thus in lowly manger - Lay in lowly manger
0:49:32 > 0:49:35- # In all our trials - Lay in lowly manger
0:49:35 > 0:49:39- # Born to be our friend - Our friend
0:49:39 > 0:49:46- # He knows our need - A-a-ah
0:49:46 > 0:49:53- # To our weakness no stranger - A-a-ah
0:49:53 > 0:50:00- # Behold your King - Behold, behold your King
0:50:00 > 0:50:07- # Before him lowly bend - Before him lowly bend
0:50:07 > 0:50:14- # Behold your King - Behold your King
0:50:14 > 0:50:16# Your King
0:50:16 > 0:50:22- # Before him bend - Before him bend
0:50:30 > 0:50:34FULL, HARMONY: # Truly he taught us
0:50:34 > 0:50:38# To love one another
0:50:38 > 0:50:44# His law is love and his Gospel is peace
0:50:48 > 0:50:51# Chains shall he break
0:50:51 > 0:50:55# For the slave is our brother
0:50:55 > 0:50:57# And in his name
0:50:57 > 0:51:03# All oppression shall cease
0:51:03 > 0:51:07# Sweet hymns of joy
0:51:07 > 0:51:10# In grateful chorus raise we
0:51:10 > 0:51:14# Let all within us
0:51:14 > 0:51:17# Praise his holy name
0:51:17 > 0:51:24# Christ is the Lord
0:51:24 > 0:51:31# Then ever, ever praise we
0:51:31 > 0:51:38# His power and glory
0:51:38 > 0:51:45# Ever, evermore proclaim
0:51:45 > 0:51:53- # His power and glory - His power and glory
0:51:53 > 0:52:00# Ever, evermore proclaim. #
0:52:37 > 0:52:40Christina Rossetti invites us
0:52:40 > 0:52:46to respond with our whole heart to the sweet music of God's love.
0:52:48 > 0:52:53They have brought gold and spices to my King,
0:52:53 > 0:52:56Incense and precious stuffs and ivory;
0:52:57 > 0:53:00O Holy Mother mine, what can I bring
0:53:00 > 0:53:04That so my Lord may deign to look on me?
0:53:05 > 0:53:09They sing a sweeter song than I can sing,
0:53:09 > 0:53:13All crowned and glorified exceedingly;
0:53:13 > 0:53:19I, bound on Earth, weep for my trespassing,
0:53:19 > 0:53:24They sing the song of love in Heaven, set free.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30Then answered me my Mother, and her voice
0:53:30 > 0:53:34Spake to my heart, yea, answered in my heart;
0:53:35 > 0:53:42Sing, saith He, to the Heavens, to Earth, Rejoice;
0:53:42 > 0:53:46Thou, also, lift thy heart to Him above;
0:53:47 > 0:53:54He seeks not thine, but thee, such as thou art,
0:53:56 > 0:54:00For Lo! His banner over thee is Love.
0:54:17 > 0:54:24MEN IN UNISON, WITH ORGAN: # Love came down at Christmas
0:54:24 > 0:54:27# Love all lovely, love divine
0:54:27 > 0:54:32# Love was born at Christmas
0:54:32 > 0:54:37# Star and angels gave the sign
0:54:39 > 0:54:43# Worship we the Godhead
0:54:43 > 0:54:48# Love incarnate, love divine
0:54:48 > 0:54:53# Worship we our Jesus
0:54:53 > 0:55:00# But wherewith for sacred sign?
0:55:00 > 0:55:05FULL, IN UNISON: # Love shall be our token
0:55:05 > 0:55:10# Love be yours and love be mine
0:55:10 > 0:55:15# Love to God and all men
0:55:15 > 0:55:25# Love for plea and gift and sign. #
0:55:40 > 0:55:46# What sweeter music can we bring
0:55:46 > 0:55:49# Than a carol
0:55:49 > 0:55:51# For to sing
0:55:51 > 0:55:57# The birth of this our heav'nly King?
0:55:57 > 0:56:00# Awake the voice!
0:56:00 > 0:56:03# Awake the string!
0:56:03 > 0:56:08MEN IN UNISON: # Dark and dull night fly hence away
0:56:08 > 0:56:13HARMONY: # And give the honour to this day
0:56:13 > 0:56:19# That sees December turn'd to May
0:56:19 > 0:56:27FULL, HARMONY: # That sees December turn'd to May
0:56:27 > 0:56:34MEN IN UNISON: # Why does the chilling winter's morn
0:56:34 > 0:56:39# Smile like a field beset with corn
0:56:39 > 0:56:45# Or smell like a meadow newly shorn
0:56:45 > 0:56:49HARMONY: # Thus on a sudden?
0:56:49 > 0:56:51# Come and see
0:56:51 > 0:56:57# The cause why things thus fragrant be
0:56:57 > 0:57:02TREBLES AND ALTOS IN HARMONY: # 'Tis he is born, whose quick'ning birth
0:57:02 > 0:57:09# Gives life and lustre, public mirth
0:57:09 > 0:57:16# To heaven and the under-earth
0:57:16 > 0:57:23FULL, HARMONY: # We see him come and know him ours
0:57:23 > 0:57:29# Who, with his sunshine and his showers
0:57:29 > 0:57:35# Turns all the patient ground to flow'rs
0:57:35 > 0:57:41# Turns all the patient ground to flow'rs
0:57:41 > 0:57:47TREBLES, ALTOS, TENORS IN HARMONY: # The darling of the world is come
0:57:47 > 0:57:53# And fit it is we find a room
0:57:53 > 0:57:56# To welcome him
0:57:56 > 0:58:01# To welcome him
0:58:01 > 0:58:10MEN IN HARMONY: # The nobler part of all the house here is the heart
0:58:10 > 0:58:16FULL, HARMONY: # Which we will give him and bequeath
0:58:16 > 0:58:22# This holly and this ivy wreath
0:58:22 > 0:58:28MEN IN HARMONY: # To do him honour who's our King
0:58:28 > 0:58:36ALTOS, TENORS, BASSES IN HARMONY: # And Lord of all this revelling
0:58:41 > 0:58:47ORGAN, FULL, UNISON: # What sweeter music can we bring
0:58:47 > 0:58:51# Than a carol
0:58:51 > 0:58:53# For to sing
0:58:53 > 0:59:02HARMONY: # The birth of this our heav'nly King?
0:59:02 > 0:59:08# The birth of this
0:59:08 > 0:59:17# Our heavenly King. #
0:59:43 > 0:59:47St John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation.
0:59:49 > 0:59:51In the beginning was the Word,
0:59:51 > 0:59:53and the Word was with God,
0:59:53 > 0:59:56and the Word was God.
0:59:57 > 1:00:00The same was in the beginning with God.
1:00:00 > 1:00:03All things were made by him;
1:00:03 > 1:00:07and without him was not any thing made that was made.
1:00:09 > 1:00:13In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
1:00:14 > 1:00:18And the light shineth in darkness;
1:00:18 > 1:00:22and the darkness comprehended it not.
1:00:25 > 1:00:28There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
1:00:29 > 1:00:33The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light,
1:00:33 > 1:00:36that all men through him might believe.
1:00:36 > 1:00:38He was not that Light,
1:00:38 > 1:00:42but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
1:00:43 > 1:00:45That was the true Light,
1:00:45 > 1:00:48which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
1:00:51 > 1:00:53He was in the world,
1:00:53 > 1:00:55and the world was made by him,
1:00:55 > 1:00:58and the world knew him not.
1:00:59 > 1:01:02He came unto his own,
1:01:02 > 1:01:04and his own received him not.
1:01:05 > 1:01:07But as many as received him,
1:01:07 > 1:01:12to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
1:01:12 > 1:01:16even to them that believe on his name:
1:01:16 > 1:01:19which were born, not of blood,
1:01:19 > 1:01:21nor of the will of the flesh,
1:01:21 > 1:01:25nor of the will of man, but of God.
1:01:26 > 1:01:31And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
1:01:31 > 1:01:35and we beheld his glory,
1:01:35 > 1:01:40the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
1:01:40 > 1:01:44full of grace and truth.
1:01:46 > 1:01:48Thanks be to God.
1:01:57 > 1:02:02VERY SLOWLY, ONE SYLLABLE AT A TIME, WITH SOLEMNITY:
1:02:02 > 1:02:06# O
1:02:08 > 1:02:16# Magnum
1:02:18 > 1:02:24HARMONY, WITH CELLO: # Mysterium
1:02:42 > 1:02:44# O
1:02:46 > 1:02:54# Magnum
1:02:57 > 1:03:05# Mysterium
1:03:21 > 1:03:29VOICES SOAR AND INTERMINGLE: # Magnum
1:03:29 > 1:03:38# Mysterium
1:03:48 > 1:03:50# Et
1:03:50 > 1:03:59# Admirabile
1:03:59 > 1:04:07# Sacramentum
1:04:15 > 1:04:17# Ut
1:04:17 > 1:04:23# Animalia
1:04:27 > 1:04:34# Viderent
1:04:34 > 1:04:42# Dominum
1:04:42 > 1:04:46# Natum
1:04:46 > 1:04:51# Jacentem
1:04:51 > 1:04:52# In
1:04:52 > 1:04:59# Praesepio!
1:05:02 > 1:05:09# Beata
1:05:09 > 1:05:12# Virgo
1:05:12 > 1:05:15# Cujus
1:05:15 > 1:05:18# Viscera
1:05:18 > 1:05:26# Meruerunt
1:05:33 > 1:05:40# Magnum
1:05:40 > 1:05:48# Mysterium
1:06:01 > 1:06:07# Portare
1:06:07 > 1:06:13# Dominum
1:06:13 > 1:06:21# Christum
1:06:29 > 1:06:37# Alleluia. #
1:07:24 > 1:07:27Christ, who, by his incarnation,
1:07:27 > 1:07:32gathered into one things earthly and heavenly,
1:07:32 > 1:07:37fill you with peace and goodwill
1:07:37 > 1:07:40and make you partake of the Divine nature.
1:07:40 > 1:07:42And the blessing of God Almighty,
1:07:42 > 1:07:47the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
1:07:47 > 1:07:50be amongst you and remain with you always.
1:07:50 > 1:07:53- Amen.- Amen.
1:08:14 > 1:08:20ALL: # O come, all ye faithful
1:08:20 > 1:08:24# Joyful and triumphant
1:08:24 > 1:08:27# O come ye
1:08:27 > 1:08:35# O come ye to Bethlehem
1:08:35 > 1:08:40# Come and behold him
1:08:40 > 1:08:44# Born the King of angels
1:08:44 > 1:08:49# O come, let us adore him!
1:08:49 > 1:08:54CHOIR, EXCEPT BASSES: # O come, let us adore him!
1:08:54 > 1:09:01UNISON: # O come, let us adore him
1:09:01 > 1:09:06# Christ the Lord!
1:09:08 > 1:09:12# God of God
1:09:12 > 1:09:18# Light of light
1:09:18 > 1:09:28# Lo! He abhors not the virgin's womb
1:09:28 > 1:09:32# Very God
1:09:32 > 1:09:37# Begotten, not created
1:09:37 > 1:09:42# O come, let us adore him!
1:09:42 > 1:09:47# O come, let us adore him!
1:09:47 > 1:09:54UNISON: # O come, let us adore him
1:09:54 > 1:09:58# Christ the Lord!
1:10:01 > 1:10:06UNISON WITH DESCANT: # Sing, choirs of angels
1:10:06 > 1:10:11# Sing in exultation
1:10:11 > 1:10:21# Sing, all ye citizens of heav'n above
1:10:22 > 1:10:32# Glory to God in the highest
1:10:32 > 1:10:37# O come, let us adore him!
1:10:37 > 1:10:42# O come, let us adore him!
1:10:42 > 1:10:49# O come, let us adore him
1:10:49 > 1:10:55# Christ the Lord!
1:10:57 > 1:11:03# Yea, Lord, we greet thee
1:11:03 > 1:11:09# Born this happy morning
1:11:09 > 1:11:19# Jesu, to thee be glory given
1:11:21 > 1:11:26# Word of the Father
1:11:26 > 1:11:32# Now in flesh appearing
1:11:32 > 1:11:37# O come, let us adore him!
1:11:37 > 1:11:43# O come, let us adore him!
1:11:43 > 1:11:50# O come, let us adore him!
1:11:50 > 1:12:00# Christ the Lord. #