O come all ye faithful
Joyful and triumphant!
O come ye, o come ye
to Bethlehem
Come and behold him,
born the King of Angels.
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord!
Sing choirs of angels,
Sing in exaltation!
Sing all ye citizens of Heav'n above!
Glory to God, glory in the highest.
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord!
Yea, Lord we greet Thee,
Born this happy morning!
Jesus, to thee be all glory giv'n.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing.
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
O come let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord!
This is the first carol that I've been able to sit down and type out without looking at any words! I just sang it to myself as I typed. I might be able to sing it in Latin, too, but I'm not going to try typing that out!
Yea Lord! We greet thee!. This is such a joyful, praise-y, rejoicing kind of carol. It doesn't spend any time telling the story, contemplating the circumstances, or working on the emotions. It is all about worship. Come let us ADORE Him. Adore/adoration are words that we bandy about too much these days. We "adore" people, we find things "adorable." Which is fine if you're French and that is your word. But if you speak English, it means something more than "I find you delightful and I like you very much," and "I think you are so cute!" It means, "I worship you. I fall on my face before you and worship you with my very being, because You are worthy of such praise." We might love puppies, but not that much. They are not adorable. Jesus Christ is. I am guilty of this myself, this dumbing down of the language, this mass mis-using of words until it is an accepted definition.
This song is a call to worship, a call to adoration. It urges the faithful, the heavenly host, choirs of angels, and the citizens of heaven to worship the Word made flesh. I get this picture in my mind of a vast group of beings/people, whatever, awaiting the dawn, bursting forth with "yea Lord! We greet Thee!" as the sun rises and Christmas begins. That is what Jesus deserved when He was born here, not the humble stable. Not mere shepherds and foreign dignitaries. We can worship Him like this now, though.
Come, let us adore Him!
I notice that your ‘adorable’ reference is to puppies and not kittens-not, of course, that you worship cats- but you do seem to have a feeling for them that transcends the love of a fellow being.
I would have enjoyed a verse or two in Latin-You are so cosmopolitan in this entry, bringing in Latin and french.