All of you who walked in dark­ness
Who have known the fear of night—
Now re­joice and sing with glad­ness;
Come and see the won­drous light!
God has turned your tears to songs,
Lifting bur­dens, right­ing wrongs.
God sent us a ti­ny boy
Bringing hope and peace and joy.

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In one lit­tle ba­by’s birth,
God knelt down to love the earth.

Still Christ comes to save God’s peo­ple,
Still he comes to those op­pressed.
To the folks who toil and strug­gle,
God has sent the ve­ry best.
To the young and to the old,
To the home­less, tired and cold,
To the lost, to those who mourn,
To the world, a child is born.

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In this time of ce­le­bra­tion,
May we show what life can be,
As we care for God’s cre­ation,
As we serve the Prince of Peace.
Seeking jus­tice ev­ery­where,
Lifting bur­dens oth­ers bear,
May we glad­ly serve and pray—
Knowing why we live this way:

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