I was not able to appear in this week's video due to a last-minute scheduling conflict. I apologize for this and will include this week's homily in the 3rd Sunday of Advent video next week after the postlude.
Fr. Charlie
Music Titles and Hymn Text:
Prelude—Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659: J.S. Bach
Psalm 85: Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation— J Robert Carroll
Hymn
Comfort, comfort, O my people,
Speak of peace, now says our God;
Comfort those who sit in darkness,
Mourning 'neath their sorrow's load.
Speak unto Jerusalem
Of the peace that waits for them;
Tell of all the sins I cover,
And that warfare now is over.
Hark, the voice of one who's crying
In the desert far and near,
Bidding all to full repentance
Since the kingdom now is here.
O 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.
O make 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.
—Johann Olearius, tr. Catherine Winkworth, alt.
Postlude—Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645: J.S. Bach
