December 7, 2025

Second Sunday of Advent (Year A)

This week in Christian worship, congregations will celebrate the second Sunday of Advent, hearing prophecies from Isaiah and receiving the wisdom of John the Baptist in Matthew. Join us on Sing For Joy as we hear music for this day in the life of the Christian year.

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Scriptures for this Program

  • (1R) Isaiah 11:1-10
  • (PS) Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19
  • (2R) Romans 15:4-13
  • (G) Matthew 3:1-12

O Come, O Come Emmanuel (VENI EMMANUEL)French Processional / Alice Parker, arranger / Robert Shaw, arranger (1R, 2R)
Robert Shaw Festival Singers / Robert Shaw
(CD) A Robert Shaw Christmas / TELARC / CD-80461
© 1997 Telarc, Concord Music Group, 100 North Crescent Drive, Garden Level, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210, USA
telarc.com

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming) (ES IST EIN ROS)Michael Prætorius / 15th Century German, lyricist / Jan Sandström, arranger (1R)
Dale Warland Singers: Minneapolis, MN / Dale Warland
(CD) Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers / GOTHIC / G 49208
© 2002 Gothic, Gothic Records, Inc. P.O. Box 414, Orcas, WA, 98280, USA
www.gothicrecords.com

Three Carols: A Spotless RoseHerbert Howells / Anonymous, lyricist (1R)
The St. Olaf Choir: Northfield, MN / Will Holt, tenor / Anton Armstrong
(CD) Light Dawns, Hope Blooms / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3604/05
© 2016 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

O Radix JesseGregorian Chant (1R)
Tenebrae / Nigel Short
(CD) The Dream of Herod / SIGNUM CLASSICS / SIGCD046
© 2003 Signum Classics, Unit 14 21 Wadsworth Road, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 7JD, United Kingdom
www.signumrecords.com

Comfort, Comfort Now My People (GENEVAN 42 or FREU DICH SEHR)Genevan Psalter / Johann G. Olearius, lyricist / John Ferguson, arranger / Catherine Winkworth, translator (G)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College: Northfield, MN / The St. Olaf Orchestra / John Ferguson
(CD) O Come to Us, Abide in Us, Our Lord Immanuel / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2838/9
© 2006 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

Speak a Word to Us Isaiah (AUSTRIAN HYMN)Franz Joseph Haydn / John Thornburg, lyricist / John Ferguson, arranger (1R)
Massed Choirs of St. Olaf College: Northfield, MN / The St. Olaf Orchestra / John Ferguson
(CD) A Child, A Son, The Prince of Peace / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-3304/05
© 2010 St. Olaf Records, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA
www.stolafrecords.com

O Day of Peace (JERUSALEM)C. Hubert H. Parry / Carl Daw, lyricist / Richard Proulx, arranger (1R, G)
The Choir of All Saints' Episcopal Church: Beverly Hills, CA / Thomas Foster, organ / Craig Phillips
(CD) Hymns Through the Ages / GOTHIC / G 49074
© 1995 Gothic, Gothic Records, Inc. P.O. Box 414, Orcas, WA, 98280, USA
www.gothicrecords.com