A FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS
18 December 2024 – 7 pm
Choir: Rendezvous
Choir director: Connie Fautario
Choir organist: Alejandro Girardi
Rector of the Cathedral: Marcelo Centurion
Cathedral Organist: Marnix Doorn
POR FAVOR PONER SU CELULAR EN SILENCIO
All parts in Bold are participative – Todos los textos en Negrita son participativos
PRELUDE – Organ – Nun komm den Heiden Heiland (BWV 659) – J.S. Bach
The congregation in the Choir stands at the same time as the congregation so that all are silent when the hymn starts.
La congregación en el coro se pone de pie al mismo tiempo que la congregación para que todos estén en silencio cuando comienza el himno.
HYMN: Once in Royal David’s city
Solo: 1. Once in Royal David’s city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
2. He came down to earth from heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall;
With the poor and mean and lowly
Lived on earth, our Saviour holy.
3. And through all His wondrous childhood
Day by day like us He grew;
He was little, weak and helpless,
Tears and smiles like us He knew;
And He knows our human sadness,
And He shares our human gladness.
4. And our eyes at last shall see him,
Through his own redeeming love,
For that Child so dear and gentle
Is our Lord in heaven above;
And he leads his children on
To the place where he is gone.
RECTOR: Amados en Cristo, sea este Adviento nuestro cuidado y deleite prepararnos para escuchar nuevamente el mensaje de los ángeles; con el corazón y la mente ir hasta Belén y ver esto, que ha sucedido, y al Niño acostado en un pesebre. Leamos y marquemos en la Sagrada Escritura el relato de los amorosos propósitos de Dios desde los primeros días de nuestra desobediencia hasta la gloriosa Redención que nos trajo este Santo Niño; y alegremos esta Capilla, dedicada a María, su Santísima Madre, con nuestros villancicos de alabanza: Pero primero oremos por las necesidades de todo su mundo; por la paz y la buena voluntad en toda la tierra; por la unidad y la hermandad dentro de la Iglesia que vino a construir recordemos en este momento en su nombre a los pobres y los desamparados, los que tienen frío, los hambrientos y los oprimidos; los enfermos de cuerpo y mente y los que lloran; los solitarios y los no amados; los ancianos y los niños pequeños; Todos los que no conocen al Señor Jesús, o que no lo aman, o que por el pecado han entristecido su corazón de amor. Por último, recordemos ante Dios a todos los que se regocijan con nosotros, pero en otra orilla y en una luz mayor, esa multitud que nadie puede contar, cuya esperanza estaba en el Verbo hecho carne, y con quien, en este Señor Jesús, somos uno para siempre. Estas oraciones y alabanzas ofrezcamos humildemente al trono del cielo, con las palabras que Cristo mismo nos ha enseñado:
PRAYER – ORACIÓN
Our FATHER, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.
Amen.
CHOIR: Carol Of the Bells
FIRST LESSON: God tells sinful Adam that he has lost the life of Paradise and that his seed will bruise the serpent’s head. Genesis 3. Reader: Ekaterina Rusanova
HYMN: Come, thou long expected Jesus
1. Come, thou long expected Jesus,
born to set thy people free;
from our fears and sins release us,
let us find our rest in thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
hope of all the earth thou art;
dear desire of every nation,
joy of every longing heart.
2. Born thy people to deliver,
born a child and yet a King,
born to reign in us forever,
now thy gracious kingdom bring.
By thine own eternal spirit
rule in all our hearts alone;
by thine all sufficient merit,
raise us to thy glorious throne.
SECOND LESSON: God promises to faithful Abraham that in his seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Genesis 22. – Reader: Carolina Guiffre
CHOIR: Coventry Carol
THIRD LESSON: The prophet foretells the coming of the Saviour. Isaiah 9. Reader: Ofelia Huergo
HYMN: Joy to the world
Solo 1. Joy to the World! The Lord is come; Let earth receive her king; let every heart
Prepare him room and heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and heaven and nature sing!
2. Joy to the earth! The Saviour reigns;
Let us our songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hill and plains
Repeat the sounding joy, repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy!
3. He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of His love, and wonders of His love
and wonders, and wonders of His love
FOURTH LESSON: Reader: The peace that Christ will bring is foreshown. ISAIAH 11. Reader: Marnix Dwoorn
CHOIR: Candlelight Carol
FIFTH LESSON: The angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary. Luke 1. Reader: Tom Sutherland
CHOIR: Wonderful peace
SIXTH LESSON: St Luke tells of the birth of Jesus. Luke 2. Reader: John Hunter
ORGAN IMPROVISED MEDITATION
Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming. From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming. As men of old have sung.
It came, a flower bright, Amid the cold of winter When half-gone was the night.
SEVENTH LESSON. The shepherds go to the manger. Luke 2. Reader: Anne Doorn
HYMN: Silent night
SOLO 1. Silent night! Holy night!
All is calm, all is bright
’round yon virgin mother and child!
Holy infant, so tender and mild,
sleep in heavenly peace,
sleep in heavenly peace.
2. Silent night! Holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar,
heav’nly hosts sing, “Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born!”
4. Silent night! Holy night!
Wondrous star, lend thy light;
with the angels, let us sing
«Alleluia» to our King:
“Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born.”
CHOIR: God rest you merry Gentlemen
EIGHT LESSON: The wise men are led by the star to Jesus. Matthew 2. Reader: Denise Enright
CHOIR: What Child is This?
NINTH LESSON: St John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation. John 1. Reader: Rev. David George
MEDITATION/MEDITACIÓN: Rev. David George
HYMN: O come, al ye faithful
1. O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
Come and behold him, Born the King of Angels.
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
2. Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation,
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
‘Glory to God all Glory in the highest.’
O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
RECTOR: The Lord be with you.
ALL/TODOS: And with thy spirit.
RECTOR: O Lord, who makes us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thy only son, Jesus Christ: Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him, when he shall come to be our judge; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.
ALL/TODOS: Amen.
RECTOR: Christ, who by his incarnation gathered into one things earthly and heavenly, grant you the fullness of inward peace and goodwill, and make you partakers of the divine nature; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you always.
ALL/TODOS: Amen.
HYMN: Hark! The herald-angels sing
1. Hark! the herald-angels sing / Glory to the new-born King;
Peace on earth and mercy mild /God and sinners reconciled:
Joyful all ye nations rise, / Join the triumph of the skies,
With the angelic host proclaim, / Christ is born in Bethlehem.
Hark! the herald-angels sing / Glory to the new-born King.
2. Christ, by highest heaven adored, / Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold him come / Offspring of a Virgin’s womb:
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, / Hail the incarnate Deity!
Pleased as man with man to dwell, / Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald-angels sing / Glory to the new-born King.
ORGAN POSTLUDE: Improvisation – Angels in the realm of Glory – Ekaterina Rusanova