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CAROLSFROM

KING’S

RECORDED FORBBC TELEVISION

Please read the conditions of attendance at this recording,which are printed on page

13 DECEMBER 20153.00 p.m.

W to this special service. We are very gratefulto you for coming to share with us in this experiencewhich is both an act of worship in its own right and

an opportunity to make a television programme that will beenjoyed by many.

In BBC television first came to the Chapel of King’sCollege, Cambridge to record A Festival of Lessons and Car-ols on film with the Chapel Choir conducted by Boris Ord.The visit built on and adapted a broadcast tradition whichhad extended back to when the BBC began the annualwireless broadcasts of the College’s Festival of Nine Lessons andCarols on Christmas Eve.

The recording was not a relay of the Christmas Eveservice, however; that would have been unthinkable with thebulky cameras used then. Instead, the service was speciallydevised for television and was a little shorter than the Christ-mas Eve service, with just seven rather than the traditionalnine lessons.

Thus began the newer tradition of Carols from King’s, nowproduced by the BBC’s Religion & Ethics Department forBBC Two. It continues to be recorded to complement thelive broadcast on Christmas Eve. For this service the read-ings change from year to year, allowing variety in the way theChristmas narrative is revealed through poetry and prose.

Please may I draw your attention to the following points:

¶ The Director of Music will ask the congregation to join withthe Choir in a brief rehearsal of the hymns before the servicestarts.

¶ Members of the congregation are asked to remain in theirseats at the conclusion of the service, in case it is necessaryto re-record one or two short items. In this circumstance,it is clearly necessary for every member of the congregationto remain.

¶ Some of the readers may speak more quietly than wouldbe normal at other Chapel services. This is because themicrophones are placed close to the readers to allow a styleof reading more suited to the size of room in which mostviewers will watch the service. In case there is any difficultyhearing the readings, they are printed in full in this booklet.

¶ Members of the congregation are asked to pay special atten-tion to any unwanted sounds. To a television audience,coughing is a particular distraction, much more so than toothers in the Chapel. You are therefore asked to keep anysuch sounds to an absolute minimum, and to make surethat bags, sticks etc. are placed safely on the floor.

¶ If you have a mobile phone, please double-check that itis turned off. The same applies to chiming watches orother devices which are likely to be heard by sensitive micro-phones.

Please put your contribution to the collection, which goes tosupport the work of the Chapel, in the Gift Aid envelope thatyou will find in this order of service, add it to the collection asyou leave.

In the event of an emergency requiring us to evacuate thechapel please follow the directions of the stewards, and remainand quiet and calm as possible.

Stephen Cherry, Dean

Order of Service

PROCESSIONAL HYMN

¶ The congregation will be invited to stand when theChoir is ready in the Sanctuary, so that all may besilent when the hymn starts. All join in singing thelast three verses of the hymn.

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O in royal David’s city,Stood a lowly cattle shedWhere a Mother laid her baby

In a manger for his bed;Mary was that Mother mild,Jesus Christ her little child.

Choir He came down to earth from heavenWho is God and Lord of all,

And his shelter was a stable,And his cradle was a stall;

With the poor and mean and lowlyLived on earth our Saviour holy.

Choir And through all his wondrous childhoodHe would honour and obey,

Love and watch the lowly maidenIn whose gentle arms he lay;

Christian children all must beMild, obedient, good as he.

All For he is our childhood’s pattern:Day by day like us he grew;

He was little, weak and helpless,Tears and smiles like us he knew;

And he feeleth for our sadness,And he shareth in our gladness.

All And our eyes at last shall see himThrough his own redeeming love,

For that Child, so dear and gentle,Is our Lord in heaven above;

And he leads his children onTo the place where he is gone.

All Not in that poor, lowly stableWith the oxen standing by

We shall see him, but in heaven,Set at God’s right hand on high,

When, like stars, his children, crowned,All in white shall wait around.

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BIDDING PRAYER

¶ All remain standing for the Bidding by the Dean.

We gather again this Christmas Eve to celebrate the birth ofthe Christ Child – God’s gift of love to the human race – andto celebrate that good news with joy and delight.

We trace in the words of scripture the familiar story of an-gels and shepherds, mother and child, and ponder in ourhearts not only what this gift means, but how we might re-spond to it.

The faith we celebrate at Christmas is that God is with us asour friend and companion. A companion who brings the full-ness of God’s grace into the realities of flesh and blood, intoour pain and distress, into our personal hopes and commonfears; a companion who, by sharing our life with us, heals andreconciles though his endless gift of love.

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CAROL

I dulci jubilolet us our homage shew;Our heart’s joy reclineth

In praesepio,And like a bright star shinethMatris in gremio.Alpha es et O.

O Jesu parvule,I yearn for thee alway!Comfort my heart’s blindness,O Puer optime,With all thy loving-kindness,O princeps gloriae!Trahe me post te!

O Patris caritas,O Nati lenitas!Deeply were we stainèdPer nostra crimina;But thou hast for us gainèdCoelorum gaudia.O that we were there!

Ubi sunt gaudia, where,If that they be not there?There are angels singingNova cantica,There the bells are ringingIn Regis curia:O that we were there!

In sweet jubilationlet us our homage shew;Our heart’s joy reclinethIn the manger,And like a bright star shinethOn his mother’s lap.Who is Alpha and Omega.

O infant Jesus,I yearn for thee alway!Comfort my heart’s blindness,Child most excellent,With all thy loving-kindness,O Prince of glory!Draw me after Thee!

O love of the Father,O gentleness of the Son!Deeply were we stainèdFor our sins;But thou hast for us gainèdThe joys of heaven.O that we were there!

Where are those joys,If that they be not there?There are angels singingNew songs,There the bells are ringingIn the King’s court:O that we were there!

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FIRST READING

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The Angel Gabriel brings astonishing news to the virgin Mary.

A in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent fromGod unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a vir-gin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of

the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. Andthe angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that arthighly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou amongwomen. And when she saw him, she was troubled at hissaying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation thisshould be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: forthou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shaltconceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt callhis name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonof the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him thethrone of his father David: And he shall reign over the houseof Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing Iknow not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her,The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of theHighest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thingwhich shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived ason in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, whowas called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible.And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it untome according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Thanks be to God.

CAROL

T angel Gabriel from heaven came,His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;

‘All hail,’ said he, ‘thou lowly maiden Mary,Most highly favoured lady,’ Gloria!

‘For known a blessèd Mother thou shalt be,All generations laud and honour thee,Thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold.

Most highly favoured lady,’ Gloria!

Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,‘To me be as it pleaseth God,’ she said,‘My soul shall laud and magnify his Holy Name.’

Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!

Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was bornIn Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn,And Christian folk throughout the world will ever say –

Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!

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O of your sleep arise and wake,For God mankind¹ now hath y-take².All of a maid without any make³;

Of all women she beareth the bell.

And through a maidè fair and wise,Now man is made of full great price⁴;Now angels kneelen to man’s service,And at this time all this befell.

Now man is brighter than the sun;Now man in heav’n on high shall won⁵;Blessèd be God this game is begunAnd his mother the Empress of hell.*

That⁶ ever was thrall⁷ now is he free;That ever was small now great is she;Now shall God deem⁸ both thee and meUnto his bliss if we do well.

Now man he may to heaven wend⁹;Now heav’n and earth to him they bend.He that was foe now is our friend.This is no nay that I you tell.

Now blessèd Brother grant us grace,At doomès day to see thy face,And in thy court to have a place,That we may there sing thee nowell.

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¹ human nature² taken³ match, mate⁴ worth⁵ dwell [wone]

⁶ who⁷ captive⁸ judge⁹ go

* According to medieval Catholic doctrine, Mary, as Queen of Heaven, hadthe power to intercede for those in hell.

SECOND READING

The poet Elizabeth Jennings explores the intimacy andanticipation of the encounter between Mary and her cousin.

S had not held her secret long enoughTo covet it but wished it shared as thoughTelling it would tame the terrifying moment

When she, most calm in her own afternoon,Felt the intrepid angel, heardHis beating wings, his voice across her prayer.This was the thing she needed to impartThe uncalm moment, the strange interruption,The angel bringing pain disguised as joy,But mixed with this was something she could shareAnd not abandon, simply howA child sprang in her like the first of seeds.

And in the stillness of that other dayThe afternoon exposed its emptiness,Shadows adrift from light, the long road turningIn a dry sequence of the sun. And sheNo apprehensive figure seemed,Only a moving silence through the land.And all her journeying was a caressingWithin her mind of secrets to be spoken.The simple fact of birth soon overshadowedThe shadow of the angel. When she cameClose to her cousin’s house she keptOnly the message of her happiness.And those two women in their quick embraceGazed at each other with looks undisturbedBy men or miracles. It was the childWho laid his shadow on their afternoonBy stirring suddenly, by bringingBack the broad echoes of those beating wings.

CAROL

A ad virginem Ad haec virgo nobilisSubintrans in conclave, Respondens inquit ei:Virginis formidinem ‘Ancilla sum humilis

Demulcens, inquit, ‘Ave! Omnipotentis Dei.Ave, regina virginum; Tibi coelesti nuntio,Coeli terraeque Dominum Tanti secreti conscio,

Concipies Consentiens,Et paries Et cupiensIntacta Videre

Salutem hominum; Factum quod audio;Tu porta coeli facta, Parata sum parere,Medela Criminum.’ Dei consilio.’

‘Quomodo conciperem Eia mater Domini,Quae virum non cognovi? Quae pacem reddidistiQualiter infringerem Angelis et homini,Quod firma mente vovi?’ Cum Christum genuisti;

‘Spiritus Sancti gratia Tuum exora filiumPerficiet haec omnia; Ut se nobis propitium

Ne timeas, Exhibeat,Sed gaudeas, Et deleatSecura Peccata:

Quod castimonia Praestans auxiliumManebit in te pura Vita frui beataDei potentia.’ Post hoc exilium.

The angel softly entered the Virgin’s chamber, and allaying herfear, said, ‘Hail, queen of virgins; thou shalt conceive the Lordof heaven and earth and give virgin birth to mankind’s Saviour;thou art made the portal of heaven, the balm of our sins.’

‘How shall I conceive, who have known no man? How shall Ibreak my mind’s steady vow?’ ‘The grace of the Holy Spirit shallaccomplish all; fear thou not, but rejoice and be sure that thy chastepurity will abide, through God’s power.’

The noble Virgin said in answer to him, ‘I am the lowly hand-maiden of the all-powerful God. My will is thine, heavenly messen-ger and keeper of such secrets: What I hear, I long to see completed,I am ready to give birth, according to God’s plan.’

Ah, mother of our Lord, who restored peace to angels and manwhen thou conceivedst Christ, beseech thy Son, that he may showHimself merciful unto us and remove our sins. Thou providest helpto enjoy the blessed life after this exile.

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CAROL

T is no rose of such virtueAs is the rose that bare Jesu:Alleluia.

For in this rose containèd wasHeav’n and earth in little space:

Res Miranda.¹

By that rose we may well seeThere be one God in Persons Three:

Pares forma.²

Then leave we all this worldly mirthAnd follow we this joyous birth:

Transeamus.³

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THIRD READING

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Jesus Christ is born in Bethlehem.

A it came to pass in those days, that there went out adecree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world shouldbe taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his

own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of thecity of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which iscalled Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineageof David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, beinggreat with child. And so it was, that, while they were there,the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. Andshe brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swad-dling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was noroom for them in the inn.

Thanks be to God.

CAROL

D, Jesu! Mater ridetQuae tam ducem somnum videt,Dormi, Jesu! blandule!

Si non dormis, Mater ploratInter fila cantans orat,Blande, veni, somnule!

Sleep, sweet babe! My cares beguiling:Mother sits beside thee smiling;Sleep, my darling, tenderly!

If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,Singing as her wheel she turneth:Come, soft slumber, balmily!

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CAROL

T shall be my dancing day:I would my true love did so chanceTo see the legend of my play,

To call my true love to my dance:Sing O my love, my love, my love;This have I done for my true love.

Then was I born of a virgin pure,Of her I took fleshly substance;Thus was I knit to man’s nature,To call my true love to my dance:

Sing O my love, my love, my love;This have I done for my true love.

In a manger laid and wrapp’d I was,So very poor, this was my chance,Betwixt an ox and a silly poor ass,To call my true love to my dance:


Then afterwards baptized I was;The Holy Ghost on me did glance,My Father’s voice heard from above,To call my true love to my dance:


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G rest you merry, gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay,For Jesus Christ our Saviour

Was born upon this day,To save us all from Satan’s power

When we were gone astray:O tidings of comfort and joy.

Choir From God our heavenly FatherA blessèd angel came,

And unto certain shepherdsBrought tidings of the same,

How that in Bethlehem was born:The Son of God by name:

All O tidings of comfort and joy.

All The shepherds at those tidingsRejoicèd much in mind,

And left their flocks a-feedingIn tempest, storm, and wind,

And went to Bethlehem straightwayThis blessèd Babe to find:

O tidings of comfort and joy.

Choir But when to Bethlehem they came,Whereat this infant lay,

They found him in a manger,Where oxen feed on hay;

His mother Mary kneelingUnto the Lord did pray:

All O tidings of comfort and joy.

All Now to the Lord sing praises,All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace;

This holy tide of ChristmasAll others doth deface:

O tidings of comfort and joy.

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FOURTH READING

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The good news of Christ’s birth is announced to shepherds and theheavens are filled with the song of angels.

A there were in the same country shepherds abidingin the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and

the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they weresore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall beto all people. For unto you is born this day in the city ofDavid a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall bea sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddlingclothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with theangel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and say-ing, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels weregone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one toanother, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see thisthing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made knownunto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, andJoseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

Thanks be to God.

CAROL

A in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,

The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.I love thee Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask thee to stayClose by me for ever, and love me, I pray.Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,And fit us for heaven, to live with thee there.

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I hoc anni circuloVita datur seculo,Nato nobis parvulo

De Virgine Maria.Verbum caro factum estDe Virgine Maria.

O beata femina,Cuius ventris gloriaMundi lavat criminaDe Virgine Maria.

Verbum caro factum estDe Virgine Maria.

Stella solem protulit,Sol salutem contulit,Carnem veram abstulitDe Virgine Maria.


Fons de suo rivuloNascitur pro populoQuem tulit de vinculoDe Virgine Maria.


Laus, honor, virtus DominoDeo Patri et Filio,Sancto simul ParacletoDe Virgine Maria.


I this season of the year,Life did unto man appear,When our Lord was born most dear,

O Maidenhood of Mary!God’s own Word our flesh did take,O Maidenhood of Mary!

Envy her all women may,In whose womb our Saviour lay,That hath washed our sins away,O Maidenhood of Mary!

God’s own Word our flesh did take,O Maidenhood of Mary!

From that Star a Sun doth rise,Healing our infirmities,Very Flesh our flesh supplies,O Maidenhood of Mary!


From that Fount a Stream doth springFor His people’s comforting,Where they lay a-languishing,O Maidenhood of Mary!


To God the Father, God the Son,And Holy Spirit, Three in One,Be glory, praise, and benison,O Maidenhood of Mary!


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FIFTH READING

Thomas Merton invites us to ponder on the glory of God revealedin the Christ child.

F feed by darkness with a noise of whispers,In the dry grass of pastures,And lull the solemn night with their weak bells.

The little towns upon the rocky hillsLook down as meek as children:Because they have seen come this holy time.

God’s glory, now, is kindled gentler than low candlelightUnder the rafters of a barn:Eternal Peace is sleeping in the hay,And Wisdom’s born in secret in a straw-roofed stable.

And O! Make holy music in the stars, you happy angels.You shepherds, gather on the hill.Look up, you timid flocks, where the three kingsAre coming through the wintry trees;

While we unnumbered children of the wicked centuriesCome after with our penances and prayers,And lay them down in the sweet-smelling hayBeside the wise men’s golden jars.

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CAROL

Q, pasteurs,Vos brebis, vos houlettes,Votre hameau

Et le soin du troupeau;Changez vos pleursEn une joie parfaite;Allez tous adorerUn Dieu qui vient vous consoler.

Vous le verrezCouché dans une étableComme un enfantNu, pauvre, languissant;ReconnaissezSon amour ineffablePour nous venir chercherIl est le fidèle berger!

Rois d’OrientL’étoile vous éclaire;A ce grand roiRendez hommage et foi.L’astre brillantVous mène à la lumièreDe ce soleil naissant;Offrez l’or, la myrrhe et l’encens.

Esprit divinA qui tout est possiblePercez nos cœursDe vos douces ardeurs;Notre destinPar vous devient paisible;Dieu prétend nous donnerLe ciel en venant s’incarner.

Go, shepherds, leave your sheep,Your homes, your crooks,Attend no more your flocks.Weep not, but for blissful joy;Go, make haste to adoreGod who comes to be your saviour.

There you shall see him,Lying in a stable,A poor, bare, helpless babe;Be thankful for his ineffable love;In coming down to us on earthHe is our faithful shepherd!

Kings of the East, his light shines upon you;To this great sovereignBring homage and devotionThe lustrous starGuides you to this radiant, new-born Sun;On him bestow gold, incense and myrrh.

O Holy, all-powerful spirit,Infuse our heartsWith thy sweet love;Through thee our deliverance is assured;In making himself manGod opens up to us his Heaven.

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CAROL

O night! the stars are brightly shining,It is the night of the dear Saviour’s birth;Long lay the world in sin and error pining,

Till He appeared, and the soul felt its worth.A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.

Fall on your knees!Oh hear the angel voices!O night when Christ was born! O night divine.

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,With glowing hearts by his cradle we stand.So, led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,Here came the wise men from the Orient land.The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger,In all our trials born to be our friend;

He knows our need,To our weakness no stranger;Behold, behold your King! before him bend!

Truly he taught us to love one another;His law is love and his Gospel is peace.Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,And in his Name all oppression shall cease.Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,Let all within us praise his holy Name.

Christ is the Lord,Then ever, ever praise we,His power and glory evermore proclaim.

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SIXTH READING

Christina Rossetti invites us to respond with our whole heart to thesweet music of God’s love.

T have brought gold and spices to my King,Incense and precious stuffs and ivory;O holy Mother mine, what can I bring

That so my Lord may deign to look on me?They sing a sweeter song than I can sing,All crowned and glorified exceedingly.I, bound on earth, weep for my trespassing,– they sing the song of love in heaven, set free.

Then answered me my Mother, and her voiceSpake to my heart, yea answered in my heart:

‘Sing, saith He to the heavens, to earth,Rejoice: Thou also lift thy heart to Him above:He seeks not thine, but thee such as thou art,For lo His banner over thee is Love.’

CAROL

L came down at Christmas,Love all lovely, Love divine;Love was born at Christmas,

Star and angels gave the sign.

Worship we the Godhead,Love incarnate, Love divine;Worship we our Jesus:But wherewith for sacred sign?

Love shall be our token,Love be yours and love be mine,Love to God and all men,Love for plea and gift and sign.

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CAROL

W sweeter music can we bringThan a carol, for to singThe birth of this our heav’nly King?

Awake the voice! Awake the string!Dark and dull night, fly hence away,And give the honour to this dayThat sees December turn’d to May.

Why does the chilling winter’s mornSmile, like a field beset with corn?Or smell like a meadow newly shornThus on the sudden? Come and seeThe cause, why things thus fragrant be:’tis he is born, whose quickening birthGives life and lustre, public mirth,To heaven and the under earth.

We see him come, and know him ours,Who, with his sunshine and his show’rsTurns all the patient ground to flowers,The darling of the world is come,And fit it is, we find a roomTo welcome him. The nobler partOf all the house here, is the heart,Which we will give him; and bequeathThis holly, and this ivy wreath,To do him honour, who’s our King,And Lord of all this revelling.

What sweeter music can we bringThan a carol, for to singThe birth of this our heavenly King?

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SEVENTH READING

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St John unfolds the great mystery of the Incarnation.

I the beginning was the Word, and the Word was withGod, and the Word was God. The same was in the begin-ning with God. All things were made by him; and without

him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life;and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth indarkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There wasa man sent from God, whose name was John. The same camefor a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men throughhim might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bearwitness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lightethevery man that cometh into the world. He was in the world,and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But asmany as received him, to them gave he power to become thesons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Whichwere born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of thewill of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, anddwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of theonly begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

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¶ While the Choir sings the carol, the Dean processes tothe High Altar.

O mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, utanimalia viderent Dominum natum, iacentem in prae-sepio. Beata virgo, cuius viscera meruerunt portare

Dominum Christum. Alleluia.

O great mystery and wondrous sign, that the animals should seethe Lord born, lying in a manger. Blessed is the Virgin, whosewomb was counted worthy to bear the Lord Christ. Alleluia.

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C, who by his incarnation gathered into one thingsearthly and heavenly, fill you with peace and goodwill,and make you partakers of the divine nature; and the

blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the HolySpirit, be amongst you and remain with you always.

All Amen.

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O, 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.

God of God,Light of Light,Lo! he abhors not the Virgin’s womb;Very God,Begotten, not created.


Sing, choirs of angels,Sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;

‘Glory to GodIn the highest.’


Yea, Lord, we greet thee,Born this happy morning,Jesu, to thee be glory given;Word of the Father,Now in flesh appearing.


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¶ All remain standing during the short organ voluntary.

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Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her

¶ All sit with the Choir until details of any necessaryre-takes are announced. When these have been com-pleted all stand as the Choir and Clergy depart. Asyou leave, please contribute to the retiring collectionthat supports the work of the Chapel and Choir, usingthe Gift Aid envelope provided. Thank you for helpingus with this service today.

Please note that your presence here at this recording is takento mean that you give your consent for the recording of yourcontribution to be used for transmission on BBC Television,Radio and/or online and/or any medium, such as CD, videoor other television anywhere in the world at any time withoutlimitation henceforth.

If for any reason you are unhappy to grant all rights, in allmedia, in perpetuity, to your contribution towards the pro-gramme could you please tell a member of the productionteam before recording commences.

By publication of this notice it will be assumed that all mem-bers of the congregation present during recording have givena totally unlimited grant of all rights to their contribution.

Thank you.

DEAN

THE REVEREND DR STEPHEN CHERRY

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC

DR STEPHEN CLEOBURY

CHAPLAIN

THE REVEREND ANDREW HAMMOND

ORGAN SCHOLARS

TOM ETHERIDGE

RICHARD GOWERS

CELLIST

GUY JOHNSTON

DEAN’S VERGER

IAN GRIFFITHS

FOR THE BBC

PRODUCER

JAMES WHITBOURN

DIRECTOR

PAMELA HOSSICK

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

DAVE STANFORD

BBC Religion & Ethics

CHORISTERS AT KING’S

If you have a son in Years , or at school who likessinging and is enthusiastic about music, we encourage youto get in touch with Caroline in the Choir Office, who cantell you about the benefits that come with being a choris-ter, and answer your questions about life in King’s CollegeChoir and at King’s College School.

Please email her at [email protected] or telephone .

King’s College, Cambridge,

www.kings.cam.ac.uk/choir

The next chorister auditions are onSaturday January .

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