Song of Solomon 2:3 “As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons”. The anonymous 18th-century carol “Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree”… Read more »
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree
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Angels We Have Heard On High
Psalm 96:11-13 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it. Then… Read more »
On Christmas Night, All Christians Sing
Psalm 96:1, 4, 13b O sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. … For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;… Read more »
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Luke 2:15-18 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has… Read more »
He Shall Feed His Flock
He shall tend his flock like a shepherd. Isaiah 40:11 This beautiful song from Handel’s Messiah is familiar to us as an image of Jesus as a shepherd, feeding his… Read more »
Hope
Isaiah 40:9-11 Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up,… Read more »
Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
Matthew 2:9 “After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over… Read more »
Huron Carol
“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 »
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 »