“Jesus, your king, is born! Jesus is born! In excess gloria!” Luke 2:1-20 Jean de Brébeuf, a French Jesuit missionary, went to Canada in 1625 to minister to the Huron… Read more »
Huron Carol
Posts Categorized: Advent
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Micah 5:2 But you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over… Read more »
Comfort, Comfort, O My People
Isaiah 40:1-2 The moment most people remember from the ending of A Christmas Carol is Scrooge throwing open his bedroom window and calling jubilantly to a street urchin, learning that… Read more »
In the Bleak Midwinter
Psalm 147:16–17 “He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes. He casts forth His ice like morsels; who can stand before His cold?” When winter settles deep… Read more »
Song of Mary
Luke 1:46–55 (NRSV) And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on the lowly state of… Read more »
Gabriel’s Message
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. This lovely… Read more »
Ready the Way
Malachi 3:1-3 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the… Read more »
The People Who Walked In Darkness
Isaiah 9:2–7 Have you ever been in a dark place? Perhaps Advent is a difficult time because of loneliness, estrangement, or bittersweet memories of Christmases past. Why do anxieties multiply… Read more »
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Luke 2:8-18 “Hark!” the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!” Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph… Read more »
Watching, Waiting, Longing
Matthew 24:36, 44 But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the son. … Therefore, you also must be ready, for the Son… Read more »