“Heaven Comes to Earth”

Hello, all!

I’d like to share a musical fantasy inspired by the hymn “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” – often sung during Advent and Christmas. The piece (an improvisation) is in three parts. It’s in the third part that the beautiful hymn makes its appearance. I hope you enjoy it!

In case you would like to see the words, here they are…

“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”

Tune: Picardy

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth he stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the Body and the Blood:
He will give to all the faithful
his own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.

At his feet the six-winged seraph;
cherubim with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to the Presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry:
“Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia, Lord most high!”
Amen.

Blessings! :)

Father Todd