Lo! He Comes: Meditations on Advent Hymns & Carols

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Forward Movement, 2006 - 64 páginas
"Our Advent meditation booklet for 2006, Lo! He Comes explores the preparation, anticipation, and joy found in some of the most popular Advent hymns and carols. These reflections, written by the Forward Movement editors, bring to life the Word made flesh through a daily examination of the deeper meanings found in these classic musical texts. The featured hymns and carols include "O come, O come, Emmanuel," "Hills of the north, rejoice," "Lo! He comes with clouds descending," the Magnificat, and "Of the Father's love begotten."--Publisher's website.

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O come O come Emmanuel Days 18
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Hills of the north rejoice Days 913
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Lo He comes with clouds descending Days 1417
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Magnificat Days 1819
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Of the Fathers love begottenday 20 to Christmas Day
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Página 13 - For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Página 16 - Through the tender mer'cy of our God : whereby the day-spring from' on high hath visited us ; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in' the shadow of death : and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Página 37 - LO ! He comes, with clouds descending, Once for favoured sinners slain ; Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train : Halleluiah ! God appears on earth to reign. 2 Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty ; Those who set at nought and sold Him, Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see.
Página 48 - And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Página 55 - OF the Father's love begotten, Ere the worlds began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the source, the ending he...
Página 40 - Those dear tokens of His passion Still His dazzling body bears, Cause of endless exultation To his ransomed worshippers; With what rapture Gaze we on those glorious scars!
Página 14 - 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.
Página 10 - O come, O come, Thou LORD of Might ! Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height, In ancient times didst give the law, In cloud, and majesty, and awe. Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel ! . Amen. "The LORD Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of GOD.

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