From Psalm 80:3:  “Restore us, O God; let Your face shine, that we may be saved.”

From highest heavens

Father’s love descends

Destiny of hope

Bringing light, darkness bends

Witnessed from above

Father’s love restores

Salvation’s light waits

Rising tides come ashore

Aligned with David

Father’s love defines

Gospel breathes through One

Restoring light divine

Filled with angel’s joy

Father’s love unfolds

Prophecy fulfilled

Embracing light so bold

Virgin carries child

Father’s love reframes

Emmanuel’s light

Bearing peace in His name

From Isaiah 7:13-14:  “Then Isaiah said, ‘Hear then, O house of David!  Is it too little for you to weary mortals that you weary my God also?  Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign.  Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.'”

One of the most stirring of hymns during Advent is “What Child is This.”  The lyrics were composed by English hymn writer, William Chatterton Dix, in 1865.  The melody follows the familiar tune of “Greensleeves.”  Here is American singer, Vikki Carr, sharing her interpretation of this beloved song.