Tag: Hymn Commentary
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“A Meeting in a Hillside Home”
The fourth and final hymn text I’ve chosen for the final week of Advent is one I wrote last year for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Cycle C. The text is a meditation on the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth, as would be appropriate for the final days of Advent when the Church invites us…
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“Wild the Man and Wild the Place”
The hymn that I’ve chosen for the third week of Advent is a tour-de-force from the hymn-writing team of Thomas H. Troeger and Carol Doran, “Wild the Man and Wild the Place.” In some aspects, this text is as audacious as the Baptist’s life and preaching.
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“We Are Yearning For the Season”
The hymn text I’ve chosen for the second week of Advent, Ruth Duck’s hymn “We Are Yearning For the Season,” could actually be used throughout the season and even into Christmastide.
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“Christ Comes, the Promised Peace of God”
For some years now I have tried to keep this season by deepening my appreciation for contemporary hymn texts. I’d like to share with the readers of PrayTell the four hymn texts I’ve chosen to mark the four weeks of Advent this year. For the First Week of Advent, the hymn I’ve chosen is “Christ…