Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One

Words and music by Coelius Sedulius · tr. Martin Luther & Richard Massie · 1524

Key of C · 130 BPM · 4/4 · Angels,Christmas/Advent,Jesus · Lk 1:26-31

Verse 1

Now praise we Christ, the Holy One, The spotless virgin Mary's Son,
Far as the blesséd sun doth shine E'en to the world's remote confine

Verse 2

He, who Himself all things did make, A servant's form vouchsafed to take,
That He as man mankind might win, And save His creatures from their sin.

Verse 3

The grace of God, th'Almighty Lord, On the chaste mother was outpoured
a virgin pure and undefiled In wondrous wise conceived a child.

Verse 4

The holy maid became th'abode And temple of the living God;
And she, who knew not man, was blest With God's own Word made manifest.

Verse 5

The noble mother bare a Son, For so did Gabriel's promise run,
Whom John confessed and leapt with joy, Ere yet the mother knew her boy.

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