We sang this at Mass today. Such a simple Christmas hymn, but so stirring.
Long ago, prophets knew
Christ would come, born a Jew,
come to make all things new;
bear his people’s burden,
freely love and pardon.
Refrain:
Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
Sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!
When he comes,
when he comes,
who will make him welcome?God in time, God in man,
this is God’s timeless plan:
He will come, as a man,
born himself of woman,
God divinely human: RefrainMary hail! Though afraid,
she believed, she obeyed.
In her womb, God is laid:
till the time expected,
nurtured and protected, RefrainJourney ends! Where afar
Bethlehem shines, like a star,
stable door stands ajar.
unborn Son of Mary,
Savior, do not tarry!
Ring, bells, ring, ring, ring!
Sing, choirs, sing, sing, sing!
Jesus comes!
Jesus comes!
We will make him welcome!
Catholicism Pure & Simple 
Thank you Brother B.!
I just loved this beautiful and stirring song!
May God Be With You and Many Blessings,
Cindy S.
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Reblogged this on Veil of Lace and commented:
A perfectly beautiful song originally posted by Brother Burrito on
Catholicismpure.wp
Enjoy!
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Very good, Brother Burrito, and rather spot on for the last few days before Christmas!
I see, though the tune is Theodoric (or Personent hodie), that the words are by Fred Pratt Green (1902-2000), a well known Methodist minister, poet and hymn-writer.
http://www.stainer.co.uk/green.html
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Hey GC, you can edit comments too, but I did that correction for you.
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Thanks, Brother B. I can see it now.
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