December 23: Wexford Carol

Fourth Week of Advent: Love
December 23: Wexford Carol (Irish) - Links & Lyrics Below 

During the Advent Season it is so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season that we lose sight of what it is all about. When we listen to Wexford Carol and listen to the words and music, it slows us down to remember the true meaning of the season. It takes us to Luke 2:1-20, “The Birth of Jesus.”

It is a reminder of a desperate world needing the love of God. Even though this took place over two thousand years ago, it seems that we are still a desperate world needing God’s love. We need to remember that God loved us so much that He sent his son into this world as a tiny baby and be born of meager means. God sent angels to appear to the shepherds in the fields to let them know what was taking place. The angels told them not to be afraid. Words that we need to hear this day as well. With haste they went to see the baby Jesus with thankful hearts and joyful minds.

What things are we afraid of as Christians? We should not be afraid because God loves us so much that He sent his Son into this world to save us. A promise that He will always be with us. “But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart.” We should be like Mary, to treasure it all, and ponder them in our heart and what it all means for us.

Good people all, this Christmas time consider well and bear in mind what our good God for us has done in sending His beloved Son.

Pastor Gary Scharrig
Immanuel Lutheran - Baileys Harbor




Good people all, this Christmas time,
Consider well and bear in mind
What our good God for us has done
In sending His beloved Son
With Mary holy we should pray,
To God with love this Christmas Day
In Bethlehem upon that morn,
There was a blessed Messiah born.

Near Bethlehem did shepherds keep
Their flocks of lambs and feeding sheep
To whom God's angels did appear
Which put the shepherds in great fear
Prepare and go, the angels said
To Bethlehem, be not afraid
For there you'll find, this happy morn
A princely Babe, sweet Jesus, born.

With thankful heart and joyful mind
The shepherds went the babe to find
And as God's angel had foretold
They did our Saviour Christ behold
Within a manger He was laid
And by his side the virgin maid
Attending on the Lord of Life
Who came on earth to end all strife.





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