Advent to Candlemas (Vol. 1)

Article Sections

Contents

  1. Stella Maria
  2. Joseph's Reverie
  3. Christmas Sonnette
  4. First Noel Exclusive!
  5. Were There No Snow
  6. The Shepherds' Tale
  7. Post Epiphany Carols
  8. Annunciations
  9. Annunciation
  10. The Bear, the Peacock and the Lion
  11. Outback Carol
  12. The Apple Wood of Calvary
  13. I cannot see the Star
  14. Were he born now
  15. Come, let us see the new born babe
  16. Does He Know?
  17. Nativity and Passion
  18. Gaudete
  19. Let us be with Mary
  20. Be Still, Be Still
  21. Lord of All
  22. O Come Emmanuel, Come
  23. Christmas Eve Chorale
  24. Another Mary
  25. The Word Made Flesh
  26. Lord, who might have come in power
  27. When Jesus Cries
  28. O Light, O Word, O Flesh
  29. Real Bethlehem
  30. The Four Kings
  31. Snow
  32. The Baptist Cries
  33. Magi, Cana & Jordan
  34. Clear as the Starry Skies
  35. The Presentation
  36. Offerings
  37. Jesus, Born Below
  38. Foreshadowing
  39. Mother and Child
  40. Look Kindly
  41. Pieta
  42. Re-born
  43. Roses
  44. Drizzle
  45. Virgin of the Raj
  46. Magnificat
  47. Winter Light
  48. Surely
  49. Come, Jesus, Come
  50. Rejoice, Rejoice

Clear as the Starry Skies

1. Clear as the starry skies,
Bright as the morning sun,
Let majesty arise,
Proclaim the Holy One:
Death shall not cloud our heart
Nor hardship breed distress,
For we are set apart
In love and righteousness.

2. Yet that ennobled state,
Faith anchored, vision clear,
Is not a gift of fate
From an incanting seer:
The clarity of love
Derives from sacrifice,
From one sent down to save
Us at an awful price.

3. Then let the firmament
Shine with a power immense
Not prudent government
But sacred innocence:
The stars that grace the night,
The sun that heralds dawn,
Are at once infinite
And a humble infant born.