O Come, O Come Emmanuel - A Hymn for the First Sunday of Advent

 

For the First Sunday of Advent:  "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"

1 O come, O come Emmanuel,  
and ransom captive Israel, 
that mourns in lonely exile here, 

until the Son of God appear. 

Refrain: 

Rejoice, rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel. 

 2 O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits 

by thine advent here; 

disperse the gloomy clouds of night, 

and death's dark shadows put to flight. (Refrain) 

 3 O come, thou Wisdom from on high, 

and order all things, far and nigh; 

to us the path of knowledge of show, 

and cause us in her ways to go. (Refrain) 

 4 O come, Desire of nations, 

bind all peoples in one heart and mind; 

bid envy, strife and quarrels cease; 

fill the whole world with heaven's peace. (Refrain) 

 

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, sung by Simon Khorolskiy