Central Lutheran Choir

Advent II - we begin the series of three Advent Canticles. The first is the Song of Zechariah. We will sing it to a double Psalm tone. Thanks to Ashley Goins for helping us learn it.

For the second Sunday in Advent: A new Psalm tone (double) for use with Canticles (Biblical songs that are not psalms but are in the same form as psalms). Thanks to Ashley Goins for helping us learn it.

THE SONG OF ZECHARIAH - ELW Psalm tone 15
Blessed are you, Lord, the | God of Israel,
you have come to your people and | set them free.
You have raised up for us a | mighty Savior,
born of the house of your | servant David.
Through your holy prophets, you promised of old to save us | from our enemies,
from the hands of | all who hate us,
to show mercy | to our forebears,
and to remember your | holy covenant.
This was the oath you swore to our | father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our | enemies,
free to worship you | without fear,
holy and righteous before you, all the days | of our life.
And you, child, shall be called the prophet of | the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord to pre- | pare the way,
to give God’s people knowledge | of salvation
by the forgiveness | of their sins.
In the tender compassion | of our God
the dawn from on high shall | break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shad- | ow of death,
and to guide our feet into the | way of peace.