ADVENT HYMNS
Advent Hymns
Please Note: Many people sing Christmas hymns as Advent hymns. Nope! Liturgically hymns like Silent Night, Hark the herald etc are Christmas Carols, we sing 25th December onwards. Advent Hymns are hymns of preparation for His Coming. So, here is a collection of a few common chosen Advent hymns, that can be sung in our Catholic Church.
Contents
- Bestir Thy power
- Christ come quickly
- Christmas, A Saviour Will Come
- Come Lord Jesus
- Come, Long Expected Jesus
- Comfort, comfort ye my people
- Grant to us, O Lord
- Hark, A Thrilling Voice
- O come, O come, Emmanuel
- Promised Lord, and Christ is he
- Rejoice, Israel
- Stay Awake, The Master Is Coming
- Wake up
- We long to see thee so
#ADVENTHYMNS
Bestir Thy power
Bestir
Thy power and come, Lord,
To
save our sin-laden race,
Reveal
Thy bounty and goodness,
Diffuse
Thy splendour and grace.
1.
Life your eyes to the hill
Seek
the Saviour until he appears
It
is God who comes to our aid
God
incarnate our ransom has paid.
2.
From the Lord comes release,
He
makes evil to cease all around,
Night
and day He guards us from harm;
We
depend on the strength of His arm.
3.
Come Redeemer and Lord,
Spread
Thy peace and concord on the earth.
For
Thy second coming we yearn;
From
our bondage of sin we will turn.
4.
To our God let us raise
Our
glad voices in praise and esteem,
Render
thanks and bless Him in song
To
Him glory and honour belong.
Christ come quickly
1.
Christ come quickly, there’s danger at the door.
Poverty
a plenty, hearts gone wild with war.
There’s
hunger in the city and famine on the plain.
Chorus: Come, Lord Jesus,
the light is dying,
the night keeps crying,
come, Lord Jesus
2.
Want demands a hearing in far too many lands,
The
sick go unattended, death deals a heavy hand.
The
dreams of men are empty, their cup of sorrow full.
3.
The world awaits in darkness a mighty burst of
light,
To
set the lame man leaping, to give the blind man sight.
We
have the prophet’s promise, we await the Prince of Peace.
4.
The clouds shall send a Saviour like soft
falling
rain,
Yet mighty in his power, to free us from our chains.
His
shield will be compassion, his weapon liberty.
Christmas,
A Saviour Will Come
Christmas,
A Saviour Will Come,
Christmas,
A Babe In A Stable,
Lying
On Straw In A Manger,
Jesus
The Lord Will Be Born.
High
Up In The Skies Above,
The
Voices Of Angels Will Sing;
Glory
To God In The Highest,
And
Peace To His People On Earth.
1.
To All The Destitute,
Crying
To Him In Starvation.
To
All The Destitute,
Hope
He Brings And Reassurance.
2.
Christmas, A Saviour Will Come,
Christmas,
A Babe In A Stable,
Lying
On Straw In A Manger,
Jesus
The Lord Will Be Born.
3.
High Up In The Skies Above,
The
Voices Of Angels Will Sing;
Glory
To God In The Highest,
And
Peace To His People On Earth.
Come Lord Jesus
1.
Come Lord Jesus, Come Lord Jesus, Come Lord
Jesus,
Come
and be born in our hearts.
2.
Come Emmanuel, Come Emmanuel, Come Emmanuel,
Come
and be born in our hearts.
3.
Come O prince of peace, Come O prince of peace, Come
O prince of peace,
Come
and be born in our hearts.
4.
Our hearts are open, Our hearts are open, Our
hearts are open,
Come
and be born in our hearts.
5.
Maranatha, Maranatha, Maranatha, Come and be
born in our hearts.
Come, Long Expected Jesus
1. Come,
Thou long expected Jesus
Born to set Thy people
free;
From our fears and
sins release us,
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.
2. 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 Thine all
sufficient merit,
Raise us to Thy
glorious throne.
Comfort, comfort ye my
people
1.
Comfort, comfort ye my people,
Speak
ye peace, thus saith our God.
Comfort
those who sit in darkness,
Mourning
neath their sorrows' load.
Speak
ye to Jerusalem
Of
the peace that waits for them,
Tell
her that her sins I cover,
And
her warfare now is over.
2.
Yes, her sins our God will pardon,
Blotting
out each dark misdeed;
All
that well deserved his anger
He
will no more see nor heed.
She
hath suffered many a day,
Now
her griefs have passed away;
God
will change her pining sadness
Into
ever-springing gladness.
3.
For the herald's voice is crying
In
the desert far and near,
Bidding
all to true repentance,
Since
the kingdom now is here.
Oh,
that warning cry obey,
Now
prepare for God a way;
Let
the valleys rise to meet him,
And
the hills bow down to greet him.
4.
Make ye straight what long was crooked,
Make
the rougher places plain;
Let
your hearts be true and humble,
As
befits His holy reign;
For
the glory of the Lord
Now
o'er earth is shed abroad,
And
all flesh shall see the token
That
his Word is never broken.
Grant to us, O Lord
Chorus: Grant to us, O Lord, a
heart renewed, Recreate in us your own Spirit Lord.
1.
Behold the days are coming says the Lord our God
2.
Behold, the Days Are Coming, says the Lord, our
God,
When
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel.
3.
Deep within their being I will implant my law;
I will
write it in their hearts.
4.
I will be their God,
And they
shall be my people.
5.
And for all their faults I will grant
forgiveness.
Nevermore
will I remember their sins
Hark,
A Thrilling Voice
1.
Hark! a Thrilling voice is sounding;
"Christ is nigh!" it seems to say;
"Cast away the dreams of darkness,
ye children of the day!"
Startled at the solemn warning,
Let the earth-bound soul arise;
Christ her Sun, all sloth dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.
Christ her Sun, all sloth dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.
2.
Lo! the Lamb so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from Heaven;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiven.
3.
So, when next He comes with glory,
Wrapping all the earth in fear,
May He then as our Defender
On the clouds of Heaven appear.
4.
Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
To the Father and the Son,
With the everlasting Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
Maranatha! Come lord Jesus
1.
Like a sea without a shore,
love
divine is boundless.
Time
is now and evermore,
and
his love surrounds us.
CHORUS: Maranatha!
Maranatha! Maranatha! Come lord Jesus, come!
2.
So that we could all be free,
He
appeared among us,
Blest
are those who have not seen,
Yet
believe his promise.
3.
All our visions all our dreams,
Are
but ghostly shadows
of
the Radiant clarity
waiting
at life's close.
4.
Death, where is your victory?
Death,
where is your sting?
Closer
than the air we breathe
Is
our risen King.
O come, O come, Emmanuel
1.
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And
ransom captive Israel,
That
mourns in lonely exile here
Until
the Son of God appear.
CHORUS: Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to
thee, O Israel.
2.
O come, Thou Wisdom from on high,
Who
orders all things mightily;
To
us the path of knowledge show,
And
teach us in her ways to go.
3.
O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine
own from Satan’s tyranny;
From
depths of hell Thy people save,
And
give them victory over the grave.
4.
O come, Thou day-spring, come and cheer
Our
spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse
the gloomy clouds of night,
And
death’s dark shadows put to flight.
5.
O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And
open wide our heavenly home;
Make
safe the way that leads on high,
And
close the path to misery.
6.
O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who
to Thy tribes on Sinai’s height,
In
ancient times once gave the law,
In
cloud and majesty and awe.
7.
O come, Thou Root of Jesse’s tree,
An
ensign of Thy people be;
Before
Thee rulers silent fall;
All
peoples on Thy mercy call.
8.
O come, Desire of nations, bind
In
one the hearts of humankind;
Bid
Thou our sad divisions cease,
And
be Thyself our King of Peace.
Promised Lord, and Christ
is he
1.
Promised Lord, and Christ is he, May we soon his
kingdom see…
Chorus: Come, O Lord, quickly come,
Come in glory, come in glory, come
in glory, quickly come.
2.
Teaching, healing, once was he, may we soon his
kingdom see…
3.
Dead and buried once was he, may we soon his
kingdom see…
4.
Risen from the dead is he, may we soon his
kingdom see…
5.
Soon to come again is he, may we soon his
kingdom see…
Rejoice, Israel
Rejoice, Israel: Behold Your Saviour
Comes!
1.
Shepherd Of Israel, Listen to Our Plea,
You
Who Lead Your People to The Pasture.
2.
You, Who Are Seated Above the Cherubim,
Rouse
Your Strength and Come To Save Your People.
Stay Awake, The Master Is
Coming
1.
Stay awake, the master is coming,
Be
not asleep for all may be lost,
Stand
ready the son of man is coming
At a
time, we may least expect. [2]
2.
Prepare the way and clear the bye lanes
For
our lord and master yet to come,
With
open mind and grateful hearts
Let’s
now repent our sinful past.
3.
Stay awake, the master is coming,
Be
not asleep for all may be lost,
Stand
ready the son of man is coming
At a
time, we may least expect.
4.
The master’s work proclaims his glory,
He
has given sight to the blind,
The
deafened ears have been unsealed,
The
lame have leapt and sung for joy.
5.
Stay awake, the master is coming,
Be
not asleep for all may be lost,
Stand
ready the son of man is coming
At a
time, we may least expect.
6.
‘Forgive’ he says all those who hurt you,
Love
instead as god’s good children should,
Don’t
be their judge lest you be judged,
As
God alone can judge us all.
7.
Stay awake, the master is coming,
Be
not asleep for all may be lost,
Stand
ready the son of man is coming
At a
time, we may least expect.
Wake
up
Wake up, O people, the Lord is very near!
Wake up, and stand for the Lord.
Wake up, O people, the Lord is very near!
Wake up, and stand for the Lord.
1. Your saving Lord is near. Wake up!
His glory will appear. Wake up!
Your hour of grace is nearer than it ever
was.
2.The night of sin has passed. Wake up!
The light is near at last. Wake up!
The day star, Christ, the Son of God,
will soon appear.
3. To live in love and peace. Wake up!
To let all quarrels cease. Wake up!
To live that all you do may stand the
light of day.
4. That Christ may be your shield. Wake
up!
That death to life may yield. Wake up!
That heaven’s gate be opened wide again
for you
We long to see thee so
1.
We long to see Thee so,
To
see Thee newly born.
The
sands of time run slow,
We
long for Christmas morn.
Chorus:
O come, O come, O come,
Our
Saviour dear to be,
O
come, O come, O come,
We
have no King but Thee.
2.
We long to see You so,
To
see the angel's glory,
To
hear their midnight story
And
with the Shepherds go.
3.
We long to see You so,
To
print our kisses sweet,
Upon
your little feet
While
tears of love shall flow.
4.
We long to see Thee so!
No
other joy can please us,
We
want Thee baby Jesus,
The
sands of time run slow.
5.
We long to see Thee so!
The
world will not receive Thee,
But
we will never leave Thee,
To
whom, Lord, could we go?
6.
We long to see Thee so!
Sweet
Christ-Child, do not tarry,
0
bring Him to us, Mary,
Amid
the frost and snow.
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