Christmas Eve – The True Light of Christmas

When:
December 24, 2019 @ 8:00 pm – 9:15 pm
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The True Light of Christmas: A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols for the Eve of Christmas

Reading:   Bethlehem (Eric Milner-White)

Consort:   Lord, when you came to earth (Scandinavian carol arr. Barry Rose)

Bidding / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn:   O come, all ye faithful

First Lesson:   God announces …

Consort:   Remember O thou man (Thos, Ravenscroft)

King Jesus hath a garden (Dutch carol arr. Wood)

Second Lesson:   Christ’s birth …

Hymn:   A winter rose shall flower

Third Lesson:   The peace that Christ …

Consort:   Lo, how a rose e’er blooming (Praetorious)

Fourth Lesson:   The prophet Micah …

Hymn:   O little town of Bethlehem

Fifth Lesson:   The Angel Gabriel salutes …

Consort:  Antiphon: O virgo virginum (plainsong)

The Linden Tree Carol (Jacques)

Sixth Lesson:   St Luke tells of the birth …

Consort:   Once in Royal David’s city (arr. Harvey Patterson)

Cradle Song (Flemish carol arr.Rutter)

Seventh Lesson:   The shepherds …

Consort:   I wonder as I wander (arr. Malcolm Edwards)

Shepherds in the fields abiding (trad, French, arr. David Willcocks)

Hymn: While shepherds watched their flocks

Eighth Lesson:   The Wise men …

Consort:   Quem pastores laudavere (14 C German, arr. John Rutter)

The Lord has come (Will Todd)

Ninth Lesson:   St John unfolds …

Consort:   In dulci jubilo (arr. R L Pearsall)

The Collect for Christmas Eve

Blessing

Hymn:   Hark! The herald angels sing

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