Spanish villancico, attr. to Mateo the Elder, d. 1553
arr. Sarah MacDonald, b. 1968
Riu riu chiu, riverside guardian; God has kept the wolf from our precious lambkin. Rabid wolf had tried our Lady's neck to bite; But almighty God could make the wolf take flight. God made Mary such that nothing could be her sin; Even Adam's sin could never touch this virgin. He who's just been born is the mighty monarch; Dressed in flesh now, Christ, behold our patriarch. To redeem us all he became an infant so slight; Though he had been infinite he made himself now finite. Many prophets gave us prophecy and forecast; So today in our time we realize them at long last. Humanizing God here is what we see on earth; God wants us in heaven because of mankind's worth.
CANDLELIGHT LESSONS AND CAROLS
December 17, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
