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 · Christmas,Advent,Adoration · 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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