Published on
March 10, 2014
A list of songs to shape the Advent season.

Awake! Awake and Greet the New Morn - Marty Haugen
Blessed Be the God of Israel - Carl P. Daw Jr.
Come, Lord Jesus - Carey Landry
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus - Charles Wesley
Comfort, Comfort Now My People - Johannes G. Olearius
Creator of the Stars of Night - Latin hymn, 9th Century
Dona Nobis Pacem - traditional, Latin
God of Justice Ever Flowing - Kathleen R. Moore
Hail and Hosanna - James Hart Brumm 
Hail to the Lord's Anointed - James Montgomery
Hark, the Glad Sound! The Savior Comes - Philip Doddridge
He Came Down - Cameroon traditional; arr. John Bell
Imagine - Keith and Kristyn Getty
In the Lord I'll Be Ever Thankful - Jacques Berthier
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Gerard Moultrie
Lift Up the Gates Eternal - Willard F. Jabusch; Arlo Duba
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates - Georg Weissel 
Light One Candle to Watch for Messiah - Wayne L. Wold
LORD, You Have Lavished on Your Land - Marie J. Post
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Charles Wesley
Make Way - Graham Kendrick
My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout - Rory Cooney
My Soul in Stillness Waits - Marty Haugen
My Soul Proclaims with Wonder - Carl P. Daw
Now the Heavens Start to Whisper - Mary Louise Bringle
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - ancient hymn
O Shepherd, Hear and Lead Your Flock - Michael Morgan
Of the Father's Love Begotten - Aurelius Clemens Prudentius
On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry - Charles Coffin 
Prepare the Way - Jacques Berthier
Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers - Laurentius Laurenti 
Savior of the Nations, Come - Ambrose, 4th century; Martin Luther
Soon and Very Soon - Andraé Crouch
The People Who Walked in Darkness - Mary Louise Bringle
Toda la tierra/All Earth Is Waiting - Alberto Taulé
Told of God's Favor - Richard Leach
View the Present Through the Promise - Thomas H. Troeger
Wait for the Lord - Jacques Berthier
Watchmen, Tell Us of the Night - John Bowring
While We Are Waiting, Come - Claire Cloninger
With Joy I Heard My Friends Exclaim - Hal H. Hopson

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