advent scripture, songs and poems

8/13/2019 Advent Scripture, Songs and Poems

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The Meaning of AdventTherefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The

virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and willcall him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

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The Advent Wreath And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will

arise to rule over the nations; the Gentiles will hope in him." May the God of hope

fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow withhope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 15:12-13).


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Nations, hear the message of the Lord, and make it known to the endsof the earth: Our Savior is coming. Have no more fear.

Isaiah 5:4

What came to be through God was life, and this life was the light of thehuman race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasnot overcome it.

John 1:4-5

And the word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and wesaw his glory, the glory as of Gods only Son, full of grace and truth.

John 1:14


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The Second Comingby William Butler Yeats


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The Journey of the Magi by T.S. Elliot

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Source: Collected Poems 1909-1962, T.S. Elliot. London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1974.


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Into The Darkest Hourby Madeleine LEngle

It was a time like this,

War & tumult of war,a horror in the air.Hungry yawned the abyss-and yet there came the starand the child most wonderfully there.

It was time like thisof fear & lust for power,license & greed and blight-and yet the Prince of blisscame into the darkest hourin quiet & silent light.

And in a time like thishow celebrate his birthwhen all things fall apart?

Ah! Wonderful it iswith no room on the earththe stable is our heart.


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Ecce Puerby James Joyce

Of the dark past

A child is born;With joy and griefMy heart is torn.

Calm in his cradleThe living lies.May love and mercyUnclose his eyes!

Young life is breathedOn the glass;The world that was notComes to pass.

A child is sleeping: An old man gone.O, father forsaken,Forgive your son!


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The Winter Is Cold, Is Coldby Madeleine LEngle

The winter is cold, is cold.

Alls spent in keeping warm.Has joy been frozen, too?I blow upon my handsStiff from the biting wind.My heart beats slow, beats slow.What has become of joy?

If joys gone from my heartThen it is closed to YouWho made it, gave it life.If I protect myselfIm hiding, Lord, from you.How we defend ourselvesIn ancient suits of mail!

Protected from the sword,Shrinking from the wound,We look for happiness,Small, safety-seeking, dulled,Selfish, exclusive, in-turned.Elusive, evasive, peace comes

Only when its not sought.

Help me forget the coldThat grips the grasping world.Let me stretch out my handsTo purifying fire,Clutching fingers uncurled.Look! Here is the melting joy.My heart beats once again.


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In The Bleak Midwinterby Christina Rossetti

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First Comingby Madeleine LEngle

He did not wait till the world was ready,

till men and nations were at peace.He came when the Heavens were unsteady,and prisoners cried out for release.

He did not wait for the perfect time.He came when the need was deep and great.He dined with sinners in all their grime,turned water into wine. He did not wait

till hearts were pure. In joy he cameto a tarnished world of sin and doubt.To a world like ours, of anguished shamehe came, and his Light would not go out.

He came to a world which did not mesh,to heal its tangles, shield its scorn.In the mystery of the Word made Fleshthe Maker of the stars was born.

We cannot wait till the world is saneto raise our songs with joyful voice,for to share our grief, to touch our pain,He came with Love: Rejoice! Rejoice!


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Mary's Songby Luci Shaw

Blue homespun and the bend of my breast

keep warm this small hot naked starfallen to my arms. (Rest you who have had so far to come.)Now nearness satisfiesthe body of God sweetly. Quiet he lieswhose vigor hurled a universe. He sleepswhose eyelids have not closed before.His breath (so slight it seemsno breath at all) once ruffled the dark deepsto sprout a world. Charmed by doves' voices,the whisper of straw, he dreams,hearing no music from his other spheres.Breath, mouth, ears, eyeshe is curtailed who overflowed all skies,all years. Older than eternity, now heis new. Now native to earth as I am, nailedto my poor planet, caughtthat I might be free, blind in my wombto know my darkness ended,

brought to this birth for me to be new-born,and for him to see me mendedI must see him torn.


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Christmas Eveby Christina Rossetti

Christmas has a darkness,

Brighter than the blazing noon,Christmas has a chillnessWarmer than the heat of June,Christmas has a beautyLovelier than the world can show:For Christmas brings us Jesus,Brought for us so low.

Earth strike up your music,Birds that sing and bells that ring;Heaven has answering musicFor all angels soon to sing:Earth put on your whitestBridal robe of spotless snow:For Christmas brings us Jesus,Brought for us so low.


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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Dayby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas day

Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeatOf peace on earth, good will to men.

And thought how, as the day had come,The belfries of all ChristendomHad rolled along the unbroken songOf peace on earth, good will to men.

Till ringing, singing on its wayThe world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime, a chant sublimeOf peace on earth, good will to men.

And in despair I bowed my head There is no peace on earth, I said, For hate is strong and mocks the songOf peace on earth, good will to men.

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;The wrong shall fail, the right prevailWith peace on earth, good will to men.


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That Holy Thingby George MacDonald

They all were looking for a king

To slay their foes and lift them high;Thou camst, a little baby thingThat made a woman cry.

O Son of Man, to right my lotNaught but Thy presence can avail;

Yet on the road Thy wheels are not,Nor on the sea Thy sail!

My how or when Thou wilt not heed,But come down Thine own secret stair,That Thou mayst answer all my need-

Yea, every bygone prayer.


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The Gloryby Madeleine LEngle

Without any rhyme

without any reasonmy heart lifts to lightin this bleak season

Believer and wanderercaught by salvationstumbler and blundererinto Creation

In this cold blightwhere marrow is frozenit is Gods timemy heart has chosen

In paradox and storyparable and laughterfind I the gloryhere in hereafter


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Philippians 2:8-10

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becomingobedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore Godhas highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is aboveevery name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, inheaven and on earth and under the earth

2 Corinthians 9:15 (KJV)

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming downfrom the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow dueto change.


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