The Stillness Of The Night
Celestial Birth: Embracing Hope in The Stillness Of The Night
Lyrics
The stillness of the night is pierced
The calm and quiet of the night is interrupted
With Mary's cry of birth
Mary's cry during childbirth breaks the silence
As Heaven's years of silence cease
The long period of quiet from Heaven ends
God's Word has come to earth
God's Word is manifested on earth
What joyful news the angels bring
The angels joyfully announce significant news
Their anthem fills the sky
Their song fills the entire sky
O come and sing to Christ the King
An invitation to come and sing praises to Christ the King
And praise our God on high
Encouragement to praise God in the highest
The shepherds leave their flocks and fields
The shepherds leave their duties to worship
In wonder to bow down
In awe, they bow before the infant Lamb of God
Before the infant Lamb of God
Recognizing the Messiah, the heir to David's throne
The heir to David's crown
Acknowledging the significance of the Lamb of God
For in this frail Immanuel
Immanuel, God with us, in human fragility
God enters space and time
God enters the confines of space and time
O come and sing to Christ the King
Repeat of the invitation to sing to Christ the King
And praise our God on high
Reiteration of praising God on high
Glory to God
Repetition emphasizing glory to God
Glory to God
-The groaning world is fraught with hope
-To glimpse the promised Son
-For in the advent of this child
-God's kingdom has begun
-And those who long to see the dawn
-Will walk into his light
-O come and sing to Christ the King
-And praise our God on high
-And those who long to see the dawn
-Will walk into his light
-O come and sing to Christ the King
-And praise our God on high
-Glory to God
-Glory to God
-Glory to God
-Glory to God
-And we sing Glory to God
Collective singing of glory to God
Glory to God
Continued expressions of glory to God, including hallelujah
Glory to God, O hallelujah
-Glory to God
-Glory to God
-Glory to God
Final declaration of glory to God
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