Advent Carols #1

Happy first Sunday of Advent!! As often as I can throughout this Christmas season, I will be posting some of my favorite Christmas Carols. The first carol is O Come O Come Emmanuel. I love this hymn. To me, it is a very appropriate song to begin advent, for it is speaking of the future coming of the Christ, asking him to come and free Israel. It can be interpreted as speaking of either the first or the second coming of Christ, but for now we shall interpret it as the first coming of Christ. "O Come, O come, Emmanuel/And ransom captive Israel/That mourns in lonely exile here/Until the Son of God appear/Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel/Shall come to thee, O Israel." Rejoice! For the Son of God has come, and will come again. Here is the song along with its beautiful lyrics.