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Carols with Justice
Add these stanzas when you sing the traditional carols. Many more are available in the collection Carols with Justice -- text and Sing-along in Archives.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Where hungry folk are weeping, where those in prison cry,
Go, tell them help is coming, else why did Jesus die?
Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills & everywhere,
Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born!
(Rae E. Whitney)
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
Now He is come to all the world, this lesson to impart
If we're to show His love there must be action on our part
To feed the poor, protect the weak, show kindness from the heart,
Oh Tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and Joy
Oh Tidings of comfort and joy
(Cynthia A. Douglas)
O Little Town of Bethlehem
When lives of humble service preach
The Good News to the poor,
When troubled minds or bodies find
A welcome at our door,
When healing hearts and hands lift
The lowly from the dust,
Then ring the bells and sing Noels:
For Christ is born in us.
(John Becker)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
(Advent)
Let us now prepare our lives For the coming of the Lord.
In our every thought and action May we give our lives to God.
We must never be too busy To be friend to those in need
Or to care for what God made. Let us sing of God's great Love
Born anew within our hearts In the person of the Christ.
(Jeanne Higgins)
Silent Night, Holy Night!
Silent night, Holy night!
Son of man, guiding light,
Came to show us how to give,
Came to die so we might live.
Jesus, inspire us to share!
Jesus, teach us to care.
(Tom Davis)
O Come All Ye Faithful
Then Go all who love Him, into every nation
Teaching His word of love to all humankind,
Feeding the hungry, working with the lowly.
O come let us obey Him, O come let us obey Him,
O come let us obey Him, Christ, the Lord.
(Cynthia A. Douglas)
Away in a Manger
Teach all the world leaders there's no room for hate.
Peace, Love and Compassion will Justice create.
Let kindness and fairness for all folk prevail.
Our care for each other shows Your love is Real.
(Cynthia A. Douglas)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Make freedom and peace and mercy your aim,
for Christ came at Christmas to set hearts aflame!
We wish you a Merry Christmas (3 times) and a happy New Year.
(Rae E. Whitney)
FOR MORE HYMNS FOR ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS,
see Alternatives' collection Sing Justice! Do Justice! (available from Hymn Society of US and Canada)For Advent
God of Justice Everflowing, #19
Hope Is a Candle, #17
We Walk Today in Darkness, #10
For Christmas
Dream a Dream, #22
O Baby Born In Bethlehem, #11 (also in Alternatives' "A Christmas Collection," one of the three Read Alone - Read Aloud booklets. See Archive for excerpts.)
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