St Edmund's Prep - Carol Service 2020

A Service of Carols and Readings

By Maisie James (Form 5)

Thursday 3rd December 2020 College Chapel

CAROL: Once in Royal David’s City 1. Samuel Newby (Form 6)

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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.

Form 6 & Congregation

For he is our childhood’s pattern, day by day like us he grew; he was little, weak and helpless, tears and smiles like us he knew; and he feeleth for our sadness, and he shareth in our gladness.

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.

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.

BIDDING PRAYER

Fr Peter Lyness

CAROL: Just Another Star

Form 5

FIRST READING: Isaiah 9:2-7 Christ’s birth and kingdom are foretold by Isaiah Daniel Osinibi & Zina Onyereri (Form 3)

CAROL: Campana Sobre Campana

Form 6

SECOND READING: Luke 1:26-38 The Angel Gabriel salutes the Blessed Virgin Mary Catherine Adegbite & Ben Scott (Form 4)

CAROL: An Angel Came from Heaven

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Form 3

THIRD READING: Luke 2:1-7 St Luke tells of the birth of Jesus Noah Mansfield-Osborne (Form 6)

CAROL: Away in a Manger

Forms 3-4 & Congregation

CAROL: Trois Souris

Form 3

FOURTH READING: Luke 2:8-20 The Shepherds go to the manger Toby Upton & Éire Byrne (Form 5)

CAROL: Silent Night

Form 5 & Congregation

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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.

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Silent night, holy night.

Son of God, love’s pure light radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace: Jesus, Lord, at thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.

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Silent night, holy night, Shepherds quake at the sight, Glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing alleluia; Christ, the Saviour is born, Christ, the Saviour is born.

CAROL: Ihr Kinderlein Kommet

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Form 4

FIFTH READING: Matthew 2:1-12 The visit of the Magi Amber Blake & Daniel Johnson (Form 6)

CAROL: The Little Drummer Boy

Form 4

Snare drum: Huxley Trist (Form 4)

SIXTH READING: John 1:1-14 The Word became flesh

Fr Peter Lyness

CAROL: Il Est Né, Le Divin Enfant

Form 5

BLESSING

Fr Peter Lyness

THE COLLEGE CAROL: O Come, All Ye Faithful Written for our College in Douai (18th century) 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:

Forms 5-6 & Congregation

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God of God, light of light, lo! he abhors not the virgin’s womb; very God, begotten not created:

O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

O come, let us adore him, …

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Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, sing all ye citizens of heaven above; glory to God in the highest:

O come, let us adore him, …

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Thank you to: Mr C Benham (Organ) Mr W. Rerutko (German carol) Mr A. Soler Garcia & Mr J. Gonzalez Gil (Spanish carol)

A Christmas Prayer As the sun rises in the Heavens this Christmas, so may Jesus bless us with all his gifts with every joy and with every peace.

Amen

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