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By Charles Wesley Reflection ADVENT HYMNS MONDAY 7 DECEMBER READINGS Isaiah 35 REFLECTION PART II – “LO! HE COMES LIVE Psalm 85:7-end the Luke 5:17-26 WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING”, WORD “ ’m waiting.” The BY CHARLES WESLEY TUESDAY Iwords are often said SUSTAINING YOU 8 DECEMBER aroline Hodgson continues her series about the hymns of Advent, impatiently, perhaps by THROUGH THE WEEK Isaiah 40:1-11 a parent to a naughty C their writers and composers. Psalm 96:1. 10-end Matthew 18:12-14 child, or even a boss to an In the late nineteenth century a certain Revd James King surveyed employee who’s stepped fifty-two hymnals from the member churches of the Anglican Edited by WEDNESDAY out of line. “I’m waiting. Communion and found that fifty-one of them included what he termed Caroline Hodgson 9 DECEMBER Explain yourself!” Isaiah 40:25-end the “Great Four Anglican Hymns”. Of these four, two were penned by and Psalm 103:8-13 In Advent’s waiting season, this week’s readings turn that scenario Charles Wesley – “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Lo! He Comes Heather Smith Matthew 11:28-end on its head. Not a figure of authority demanding an explanation, with Clouds Descending”. Revd King published his findings in 1885 in but God, the ultimate authority, offering the explanation to Anglican Hymnology: an account of the hymns of the highest merit THURSDAY according to the verdict of the Anglican Church. 10 DECEMBER impatient humans. Through Isaiah, God reminds us who created the Isaiah 41:13-20 earth and stars, who made us, who strengthens the weak and will Charles Wesley (1707-1788), sometimes known as the “sweet singer of Psalm 145:1. 8-13 redeem us, and asks only love. And Jesus has to explain his identity Matthew 11:11-15 Methodism”, wrote a staggering six thousand or more hymns. “Lo! He and mission, sometimes to those who have earthly authority. Comes” is based on the book of Revelation and is rich with imagery FRIDAY Naughty children do feature (Friday) but only as an illustration of of the day of judgement. Wesley’s poetry takes us on an emotional 11 DECEMBER those who don’t join in, don’t accept God’s explanation. Fortunately, rollercoaster. Singing verse one we soar heavenwards with Wesley’s Isaiah 48:17-19 extravagant vision of the triumphant second coming, as though to Psalm 1 God is like a caring father (see Wednesday’s psalm), while Tuesday’s Matthew 11:16-19 parable reassures us that even if we go astray God will seek us out meet the descending Messiah, before we plumb the depths in verse and save us, as indeed Jesus did. two (“deeply wailing”), with his depiction of Christianity’s bleakest SATURDAY moment. The language of verse three (“dazzling… exultation… 12 DECEMBER In Advent especially, we’re urged to wait patiently for the Lord, not rapture… glorious scars!”) lifts us up again, while verse four brings Ecclesiasticus only as a baby born at Christmas, but as a loving Saviour who will 48:1-4. 9-11 everything together in a spine-tingling finale –“Yea, Amen, let all come again in glory. or 2 Kings 2:9-12 adore thee”. Psalm 80:1-4. 18-19 Matthew 17:10-13 It’s classic Wesley – except that Wesley didn’t originally write it. A version of the hymn was first penned in 1750 by his friend John Merciful God, help us be patient with others Cennick. If anything, Cennick’s version is darker: “Lo! He cometh, as you are with us. countless trumpets, Blow before His bloody sign!... Welcome, Make us also patient with ourselves, welcome bleeding Lamb!” Nevertheless, Wesley’s version is the one admitting our mistakes but learning from them. Charles Wesley PRAYER Grant us a glimpse of your glory, which has endured to this day, doubtless due to his ability to conjure until we see its full radiance when our Saviour returns. up awesome images with visual immediacy. Second week of Advent 01420 88222 www.rpbooks.co.uk [email protected] @redemptorist 88222 www.rpbooks.co.uk 01420 “Lo! He Comes” is most commonly sung to the tune Helmsley, first Monday 7 December to Saturday 12 December published in 1763. It is said that Queen Victoria was displeased after an WEEK FSC 2020 organist played a different tune at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, redemp orist Live the Word. Written by Caroline Hodgson and Heather Cooke. Copyright © logo publications Redemptorist Publications, Chawton, Hampshire GU34 3HQ, A registered charity limited by guarantee. Registered in England 03261721. www.rpbooks.co.uk. and requested only Helmsley in future. ADVENT HYMNS MONDAY 14 DECEMBER READINGS Numbers 24:2-7. PART III – “HILLS OF THE LIVE 15-17 REFLECTION the Psalm 25:3-8 NORTH, REJOICE”, BY WORD Matthew 21:23-27 any people who’ve CHARLES EDWARD OAKLEY Mnever read it, SUSTAINING YOU TUESDAY aroline Hodgson continues her series about the hymns of Advent, or seen it performed, THROUGH THE WEEK 15 DECEMBER have heard of Waiting their writers and composers. Zephaniah 3:1-2. C for Godot. Whether 9-13 This hymn is sometimes called the missionary carol, although its Psalm 34:1-6. 21-22 interpreted as a Christian author, Charles Edward Oakley, doesn’t appear to have travelled Edited by Matthew 21:28-32 or anti-Christian allegory, very much in his short life. Born in 1832 and educated at Oxford, Caroline Hodgson Samuel Beckett’s most WEDNESDAY he took Holy Orders in 1855 before becoming Rector of Wickwar in and famous work has been 16 DECEMBER Gloucestershire and later Rector of St Paul’s in Covent Garden. Heather Smith Isaiah 45:6b-8. 18. called the play in which Axel Werner and Michael Rothmann in Waiting for Godot, directed by George Tabori, Berliner Ensemble, Berlin. He died in 1865. 21b-end nothing happens, twice. 360b / Shutterstock.com Psalm 85:7-end But as we draw nearer to Different versions of the words are found in different hymn books, but Luke 7:18b-23 Christmas, this week’s readings remind us that in God’s storyline Oakley’s original in particular takes us on a tour of faraway places. As we sing we travel to all four points of the compass. The second verse THURSDAY something does happen, twice. And will happen again. 17 DECEMBER summons the “Isles of the southern seas”; the third verse commands In both creation and the incarnation God has already arrived. God Genesis 49:2. 8-10 the “Lands of the East” to awake; the fourth is addressed to the is with us, the meaning of “Emmanuel”, as Friday’s angel reveals Psalm 72:1-5. 18-19 “Shores of the utmost West”, while last verse brings them all together: Matthew 1:1-17 to Joseph. Godot’s character in the play remains mysterious. But psalms and prophets this week show us God’s character: righteous Shout, while ye journey home; FRIDAY judge, merciful, forgiving; almighty creator, yet caring for those who Songs be in every mouth. 18 DECEMBER Lo, from the North we come, Jeremiah 23:5-8 are poor or troubled, a beacon of hope and peace. The promised Psalm 72:1-2. Saviour will arrive, legally descended from David (Thursday) yet From East and West and South. 12-13. 18-end born of God’s Spirit, for Jesus embodies God’s healing, helping City of God, the bond are free, Matthew 1:18-24 nature, as he reminds the Baptist’s messengers on Wednesday. We come to live and reign in Thee! SATURDAY Advent finds us waiting for God, waiting to celebrate the birth of The theme of nature and the elements runs throughout and as we sing 19 DECEMBER Jesus, and looking for his coming again in glory. In Beckett’s play, we can almost feel the “warring breeze” and hear the “restless waves” Judges 13:2-7. Godot never turns up. In Jesus, God did, does, and will. Come, that are referred to in verse two. 24-end Lord Jesus! Psalm 71:3-8 The words and the tune to which they are generally set may be Luke 1:5-25 inextricably linked as far as we’re concerned, but Oakley never heard Glorious God, you created us, care for us, and understand us better than we know ourselves. it sung this way, as he died ten years before the birth of the composer, The mountains of Glencoe Help us to understand and care for all your children. Martin Shaw (1875-1958). The version that Oakley heard was named This we pray in the name of him who was, and is, Darwall, after the clergyman and hymnodist John Darwall (1731-1789). Third week of Advent PRAYER and is to come, [email protected] @redemptorist 88222 www.rpbooks.co.uk 01420 Shaw named his composition Little Cornard, after the Suffolk village Monday 14 December to Jesus Christ, our Lord. Saturday 19 December where he spent his honeymoon. Each line starts restrained, as though WEEK FSC 2020 the words are lurking in the “coral caves” of the “southern seas”, but by redemp orist Live the Word. Written by Caroline Hodgson and Heather Cooke. Copyright © logo publications Redemptorist Publications, Chawton, Hampshire GU34 3HQ, A registered charity limited by guarantee. Registered in England 03261721. www.rpbooks.co.uk. the end of each verse they leap out with a triumphant, joyful flourish. MON 21 DECEMBER ADVENT HYMNS Zephaniah 3:14-18 Psalm 33:1-4. 11-12. 20-end READINGS Luke 1:39-45 PART IV – “O COME, O LIVE REFLECTION the TUE 22 DECEMBER COME, EMMANUEL”, BY WORD 1 Samuel 1:24-end “ aiting room this way.” JOHN MASON NEALE Psalm 113 WWe’ve all seen sign like this SUSTAINING YOU Luke 1:46-56 at railway stations or hospitals.
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