Author: Music Director

1. Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish. come to the mercy seat, fervently kneel. Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.
2. Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure! Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.
3. Here see the bread of life; waters flowing forth from the throne of God, pure from above. Come to the feast of love; come, ever knowing earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.

1 Jesus, joy of our desiring holy wisdom, love most bright drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring soar to uncreated light Word of G-d, our flesh that fashioned with the fire of life impassioned striving still to truth unknown soaring, dying round Thy throne.
2 Through the way where hope is guiding hark, what peaceful music rings where the flock, in Thee confiding drink of joy from deathless springs. Theirs is beauty’s fairest pleasure; theirs is wisdom’s holiest treasure. Thou dost ever lead Thine own in the love of joys unknown.

1. Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply echoing their joyous strains.
Refrain:
Gloria, gloria, gloria, gloria, in excelsis Deo! (x2)
2. Shepherds, shy this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be which inspire your heavenly song? (Refrain)
3. Come to Bethlehem and see Christ whose birth the angels sing, come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King. (Refrain)
4. See him in a manger laid, whom the choirs of angels praise, Mary, Joseph, lend your aid, while our hearts in love we raise. (Refrain)