Rejoice! Rejoice!

December 24, 2007 at 10:56 am (Ordinary Time, random musings)
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My favorite Christmas Carol is actually not a Christmas Carol per se…but rather a song of hope, sung during Advent.  

Written during the 9th Century I love the way the verse reads in Latin:

Veni, veni Emanuel!Captivum solve Israel!

Qui gemit in exilio,

Privatus Dei Filio

Gaude, gaude, Emanuel

Nascetur pro te, Israel.  

But for those of us who cannot remember much of our freshman year of Latin with Sister Immaculata (I’m not making this up…I really did take Latin from Sister Immaculata my freshman year in High School):

O come, O come, Emmanuel,

And ransom captive Israel,

That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice!

Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

I wish you peace and blessings this season of Hope, this season of Light and Joy.  

4 Comments

  1. Accountable said,

    December 24, 2007 at 11:18 am

    This is one of my favorites to sing too. I just sung it in Latin in my head.

    Merry Christmas.

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  2. HH said,

    December 24, 2007 at 2:21 pm

    MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND THE BLESSINGS OF THE SEASON TO YOU ALL!

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  3. Marvelous Light said,

    December 25, 2007 at 10:45 am

    We sang this last night at our Christmas Eve service … one of my absolute favorites! Truly, a song of hope and expectation … I join with the angels to rejoice the birth of our Hope! May your Christmas be filled with wondrous joy, peace and, of course, hope that Christ’s birth brings us!

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  4. fightingwindmills said,

    December 26, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    I love this song! Thanks for reminding me.

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