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- Mary’s Song – Luke 1:46 – 56. In Luke 1:39-56, Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who had been barren for many years, but was now expecting in her old age.
- Zechariah’s Song – Luke 1:67-79. Zechariah had been silent since the Angel Gabriel first prophesied that his wife Elizabeth would bear them a son in her old age.
- The Angels’ Song 2:13-14. An angel of the Lord appears to the shepherds who are out in the fields. He brings good news that a saviour has been born today who will be the Messiah.
- Simeon’s Song – Luke 2:29-32. We come to the final song connected to the birth of Jesus in Luke’s gospel. This takes place when Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to the Temple in Luke 2: 22 – 40 for the purification rites of circumcision required by the Law.
Dec 15, 2023 · Mary’s song is a song of praise. She is not just sharing her thoughts with her cousin. She is saying that the Lord is great, and her spirit is rejoicing with the news that has come to her. Today, Mary’s song is called The Magnificat, meaning “my soul magnifies the Lord” in Latin.
- Ashley Hooker
Dec 23, 2021 · That is exactly what happens in Luke 1, when Mary visits Elizabeth and sings a song of faith, months before any of the treachery or triumph of Jesus’s birth had taken place. When Mary sings, she does so as a young woman, pregnant with a child of questionable parentage, believing in what ought to have seemed outlandish or improbable.
- "Mary's Boy Child" by Harry Belafonte. The first in this list of Christmas songs celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is "Mary's Boy Child," sung by Harry Belafonte.
- "Take a Walk Through Bethlehem" by Trisha Yearwood. "Take A Walk Through Bethlehem" is among my favorite Christmas songs as well. It was written by Wally Wilson, John Barlow Jarvis, and Ashley Cleveland.
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" by Mariah Carey. Written by Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism), "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" is a Christmas carol that first appeared in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739.
- "What Child Is This?" by Josh Groban. "What Child is This?" was written by William Chatterton Dix in 1865; however, it wasn't published until 1871, when it first appeared in a collection called Christmas Carols Old and New (released in the UK).
It's interesting to pull out these kernels of incarnational theology found in the hymns and songs of The United Methodist Hymnal (numbers under 2000) and The Faith We Sing (numbers over 2000): Jesus is the "incarnate Word." (UMH 61, "Come, Thou Almighty King") We are to render in thanks our lives to Jesus ("Incarnate Deity") for redeeming grace.
Mar 6, 2015 · The Bible says, “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is ...
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Sep 23, 2021 · Hymnology: Creation Sings the Father's Song. Posted by John Gardner on September 23, 2021. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “The LORD reigns!”. Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy.
