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America<\/em> magazine posted a feature<\/a> this weekend in which two authors reacted to a priest\u2019s (!) opinion that we only have one Advent song \u2013 \u201cO Come, O Come Emmanuel\u201d \u2013 by putting together playlists of songs for Advent.<\/p>\n

It was a nice idea.<\/p>\n

But I was disappointed to see that out of all of the songs on the playlists none were taken from the church\u2019s treasury of Advent songs and carols found in our hymnals (except \u201cO Come, O Come Emmanuel\u201d and, oddly, a Christmas song, \u201cLo, How a Rose\u201d).<\/p>\n

Churches through their hymnals give us wonderfully rich collections of Advent music that could \u2013 I would hope \u2013 enrich our homes and our personal prayer during this season. They contain, if you will, the Advent \u201cplaylist\u201d of the praying church. Maybe recourse to a hymnal is hopelessly \u201cconventional\u201d (the article was billed as an “unconventional” playlist). But I suspect that singing things out of hymnals at this point in history is actually counter-cultural.<\/p>\n

Personally, I love Advent hymns. My only regret is that we have only four weeks in which to sing them. Ambrose\u2019s majestic hymn, \u201cSavior of the Nations, Come,\u201d fills me with awe; Eleanor Farjeon\u2019s imaginative and poetic \u201cPeople Look East\u201d is a treasure I look forward to each year. The bell-like cadences of \u201cOn Jordan\u2019s Bank\u201d call me to attention, and the lighthearted joy of the French carol \u201cO Come, Divine Messiah,\u201d makes me want to dance. In church today as we sang \u201cSleepers, Wake!\u201d I felt a surge of energy anticipating the bridegroom\u2019s coming. And even now, I\u2019m looking forward with keen anticipation to singing \u201cComfort, Comfort Ye My People\u201d when Gaudete Sunday rolls around.<\/p>\n

These are just a few of my favorites. I am sure Pray Tell readers could come up with many more.<\/p>\n

Do most parishes just not sing a variety of Advent hymns, I wonder? With all our big screens and worship aides are we nonetheless suffering from a self-inflicted poverty? If you hear nothing but \u201cO Come, O Come Emmanuel,\u201d I guess it\u2019s inevitable that you\u2019ll think it\u2019s the only Advent hymn we’ve got. But what does that say about the state of the art? Are parish ministers relying too much on \u201cthe one tune everybody knows\u201d and so not feeding the musical and theological imagination of their people? Or is the Advent season simply too short for a congregation to absorb and recall anything but the most oft-repeated words and refrains?<\/p>\n

There are so many wonderful hymns, songs, and chants for Advent (I have not even mentioned \u201cWait for the Lord\u201d or \u201cCreator of the Stars at Night\u201d) that it actually hurts me to think that anyone could take away the impression that there is only one Advent hymn. Don\u2019t get me wrong. O \u201cCome, O Come, Emmanuel\u201d is beautiful, and it may indeed anchor the season, but it cannot be our only song.<\/p>\n

It’s true however that Advent is a compact season.\u00a0And this year we have only three weeks total, as the fourth Sunday of Advent is Christmas eve. I\u2019ve been grappling with the fact that the Sundays of Advent give us far too short a time to sing all the Advent songs I want to sing. There are only four Sundays of Advent, and Sunday Mass is only one hour in the week.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ve decided to sing some of my favorite Advent hymns at home — around the Advent wreath, at grace before meals, or whenever I can \u2013 as a spiritual exercise for the season. I am hoping to let the music engrave the Advent season a little bit more deeply on my heart and allow it to color my everyday life.<\/p>\n

Maybe these hymns will become a countervailing inner melody, something more precious than the \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d shopping center tunes the air is full of. When at times it seems I can\u2019t schedule \u201cone more thing\u201d perhaps I can simply allow the music of an Advent song or hymn give voice to the season\u2019s hope and longing, anticipation and joy.<\/p>\n

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