SONGS TO PRACTICE FOR ADVENT/SIMBANG-GABI MASSES 2013

EVERY VALLEY

//: EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE EXALTED AND EVERY HILL MADE LOW / AND ALL GOD’S PEOPLE
SHALL SEE TOGETHER THE GLORY OF THE LORD.

1. A VOICE CRIES OUT IN THE WILDERNESS, “PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD! MAKE
STRAIGHT IN THE DESERT A HIGHWAY ... A HIGHWAY FOR OUR GOD!” ://

2. COMFORT ALL MY PEOPLE; THE TIME FOR WAR IS GONE. / THE BLIND SHALL SEE, THE DEAF
SHALL HEAR, THE LAME SHALL LEAP FOR JOY. ://

3. STAND UP ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP, LIFT UP YOUR VOICE TO THE WORLD. / SING JOYFULLY,
JERUSALEM; “BEHOLD, BEHOLD OUR GOD!” ://

MAGALAK ANG KALANGITAN

1. MAGALAK ANG KALANGITAN, MAGSAYA ANG KALUPAAN / DARATING ANG PANGINOON,

MAGALAK ANG KALANGITAN! / MAGSAYA ANG KALUPAAN / DARATING SI HESUS, POONG
MANANAKOP, DARATING ANG MANUNUBOS!
2. MAGALAK ANG KALANGITAN, MAGSAYA ANG KALUPAAN / DARATING ANG MANANAKOP /
DARATING ANG MANUNUBOS! / DARATING SI HESUS, POONG MANANAKOP… DARATING,
DARATING SI HESUS!

LET HEAVEN REJOICE

//: LET HEAVEN REJOICE AND EARTH BE GLAD / LET ALL CREATIONS SING / LET CHILDREN
PROCLAIM TO EVERY LAND: “HOSANNA TO OUR KING”!

1. SOUND THE TRUMPET INTO THE NIGHT / THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR / WAKE HIS PEOPLE,
LIFT YOUR VOICE / PROCLAIM IT TO THE WORLD. ://

2. RISE IN SPLENDOR, SHAKE OFF YOUR SLEEP / PUT ON YOUR ROBES OF JOY / AND IN THE
MORNING YOU SHALL SEE / THE GLORY OF THE LORD. ://

3. RAISE YOUR VOICE, BE NOT AFRAID / PROCLAIM IT IN EVERY LAND / CHRIST HAS DIED BUT
HE HAS RISEN / HE WILL COME AGAIN. ://

4. NATIONS TREMBLE, WISE MEN AMAZED / A CHILD IS BORN THIS NIGHT / WONDERFUL
COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD / OUR FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. ://

5. SONGS OF ANGELS, GLORY ON HIGH / AND PEACE TO MEN ON EARTH / I BEAR GLAD TIDINGS
BORN THIS DAY / YOUR SAVIOR AND YOUR GOD. ://

ANG PUSO KO’Y NAGPUPURI

O COME, O, COME, EMMANUELLE

1. O COME, O COME, EMMANUELLE! AND RANSOM CAPTIVE ISRAEL / THAT MOURNS IN LONELY
EXILE HERE / UNTIL THE SON OF GOD APPEARS.

//: REJOICE, REJOICE, O, ISRAEL! / TO THEE SHALL COME, EMMA- NUELLE! / REJOICE, REJOICE,
O, ISRAEL! / TO THEE SHALL COME, EMMANUELLE.

2. O COME, THOU WISDOM FROM ON HIGH / AND ORDER ALL THINGS FAR AND NIGH / TO US THE
PATH OF KNOWLEDGE, SHOW / AND TEACH US IN HER WAYS TO GO. ://

3. O COME, O COME, THOU LORD OF MIGHT / WHO TO THY TRIBES ON SINAI’S HEIGHT / IN
ANCIENT TIMES DID GIVE THE LAW / IN LAUD AND MAJESTY AND AWE. ://

4. O COME, THOU ROD OF JESSE’S STEM / FROM EVERY FOE DELIVER THEM THAT TRUST THY
MIGHTY POWER TO SAVE / AND GIVE THEM VICT’RY O’ER THE GRAVE. ://

5. O COME, THOU KEY OF DAVID, COME / AND OPEN WIDE OUR HEAVENLY HOME / MAKE SAFE
THE WAY THAT LEADS ON HIGH / THAT WE NO MORE HAVE CAUSE TO SIGH. ://

6. O COME, THOU DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH / AND CHEER US BY THY DRAWING NIGH /
DISPERSE THE GLOOMY CLOUDS OF NIGHT / AND DEATH’S DARK SHADOW PUT TO FLIGHT. ://

7. O COME, DESIRE OF NATIONS, COME / BIND IN ONE ALL THE HEARTS OF HUMANKIND / BID
EVERY STRIFE, AND QUARREL CEASE / AND FILL THE WORLD WITH HEAVEN’S PEACE. ://
O, COME, DIVINE MESSIAH

1. O, COME, DIVINE MESSIAH, THE WORLD IN SILENCE WAITS THE DAY / WHEN HOPE SHALL
SING ITS TRIUMPH, AND SADNESS FLEE AWAY.

//: DEAR SAVIOR, HASTE! COME, COME TO EARTH! DISPEL THE NIGHT AND SHOW THY FACE /
AND BID US, HAIL, THE DAWN OF GRACE!

2. O, THOU, WHOM NATIONS SIGHED FOR, WHOM PRIESTS AND PROPHETS LONG FORETOLD /
BREAK THOU, THE CAPTIVE FETTERS / REDEEM THE LONG-LOST FOLD. ://

3. O, COME, IN PEACE AND MEEKNESS, AND LOWLY WILL THY CRADLE BE / ALL CLOTHED IN
HUMAN WEAKNESS / THEY GODHEAD, WE SHALL SEE. ://

HALINA, HESUS, HALINA!

//: HALINA, HESUS, HALINA! HALINA, HESUS, HALINA!

1. SA SIMULA ISINALOOB MO / O, D’YOS, KALIGTASAN NG TAO / SA TAKDANG PANAHON AY

TINAWAG MO / ISANG BAYANG LINGKOD SA IYO. (Koro)

2. GABAY NG IYONG BAYANG HINIRANG / ANG PAG-ASA SA IYONG MESIYA / “EMMANUEL” ANG
PANGALANG BIGAY SA KANYA: / “NASA ATIN ANG D’YOS TUWINA”. (KORO)

3. ISINILANG S’YA NI MARIA / BIRHENG TANGI, HIYAS NG JUDEA / AT HESUS ANG PANGALANG
BIGAY SA KANYA: “AMING D’YOS AY TAGAPAG-ADYA”. (KORO)

4. DARATING MULI SA TAKDANG ARAW / UPANG TANANG TAO’Y TAWAGIN / AT SA PUSO MO

AMING AMA’Y BIGKISIN / SA PAG-IBIG NA DI MAMALIW. (KORO)

PANANABIK

//: BUONG PAG-ASA TAYO’Y MAGHIHINTAY SA ATING D’YOS NA MAY PAGLILIGTAS / AT KAY HESUS
NA S’YANG TANGING GABAY / NG MGA TAONG HUMAHANAP NG LANDAS.

1. TAYO’T HANAPIN ATING KALIGTASAN, TA-NGING KAY HESUS AY MATATAGPUAN / ANG

PANAHONG ITO DAPAT PAGHANDAAN / SA PAGSALUBONG KAY HESUS KAHIT KAILAN. ://

2. ANG HARI’T MANANAKOP NG SANTINAKPAN, MULING PAPARITO’T HUHUKOM SA TANAN /

MAPALAD ANG HANDA SA KANYANG PAGDA-TAL / ITO ANG ALIPING KANYANG PAGLI-
LINGKURAN. ://

BANYUHAY

1. MULA SA MGA BUTIL NA HUMITIK NG UHAY / NATIPONG MGA TRIGO’Y SA TINAPAY

NAGWAWAKAS.

//: PINAGPAGURAN NG LIPAK NA KAMAY / AT NG PAWIS NA SA NOO’Y NUNUKAL / TANGING SA

IYO LAMANG INIAALAY / PAG-IBIG NA WALANG KAPANTAY.

2. MULA SA MGA BAGING NG KINUMPOL NA UBAS / INANAING MGA BUNGA, ANG KATAS AY
NAGING ALAK. (KORO)

3. SA DUGO AT KATAWAN NI HESUS NA MINAMAHAL / ANG TINAPAY AT ALAK NGAYO’Y

BABANYUHAY. (KORO)

4. HIWAGA NG PAG-IBIG, HANDOG SA ATING LAHAT / UPANG MAGING PANLUNAS NG PUSONG

NAGHIHINTAY. (KORO)

UNANG ALAY
SANA MAGING IKAW
THE SEED
PANGINOON, MASDAN MO…DINGGIN MO

1. PANGINOON, MASDAN MO ANG BAYANG SA ‘YO’Y NAGHIHINTAY / NAGHIHIRAP, TIGIB NG

SINDAK AT ALIPIN NG KASALANAN.

2. PANGINOON, DINGGIN MO ANG KARAINGAN NG ‘YONG BAYAN / UMAASA SA ‘YONG

PAGDATING AT SA DULOT MONG KALIGTASAN.

//: O, KAYTAGAL NAGHINTAY NG ‘YONG BAYAN SA ‘YONG PAGDATAL / O, KAYTAGAL INASAM,

KAGANAPN NG ‘YONG KAHARIAN.

3. PANGINOON, LINGAPIN MO, BAYANG SA ‘YO’Y UMAASA / ILIGTAS MO KAMI’T MARAPATING SA

KAHARIA’Y ISAMA. (KORO)
PANGINOON, HANGGANG KAILAN?

//: PANGINOON, HANGGANG KAILAN KAMI SA IYO’Y MAGHIHINTAY / HALIKA NA, MAGBALIK KA /
PANGAKO MO’Y TUPDIN MO NA.

1. SA SANDALI NG KASAYAHAN, PANAHON NG KASAGANAAN / IKA’Y PINASASALAMATAN,

BIYAYANG DULOT MO’Y WALANG HANGGAN. ://

2. SA SANDALI NG KASAWIAN, PANAHON NG KAHIRAPAN / IKA’Y AMING TINATAWAGAN, / POON,

KAMI’Y H’WAG MONG PABAYAAN… ://

3. PANGINOON, SA PAGBALIK MO, KAMING ‘YONG BAYAN AY DARATNAN MO / MAY PANANALIG,

TAPAT SA ‘YO / SINISIKAP SUNDIN ANG LOOB MO. ://

KODA: HALIKA NA, MAGBALIK KA / PANGAKO MO’Y TUPDIN MO NA…

HE WILL COME

1. KEEP ON LOOKING, GO ON SEEKING / DON’T STOP HOPING, HE WILL COME. KEEP AWAKE
NOW, WATCH AND PRAY NOW / TRUST AND SEE THAT HE WILL COME. SHAKE OFF SLUMBER,
DAWN IS BREAKING / COME WITH FULL EXPECTANCY / YEARS OF GROPING, YEARS OF
HOPING / ALL FULFILLED WHEN HE WILL COME.

2. BLESSED ANGELS, SAINTS AND SINNERS / ALL REJOICE TO SEE THIS DAY. POOR OR WEALTHY,
HIGH OR LOWLY / ALL MUST HELP TO CLEAR HIS WAY / DOWN AMONG US HE HAS CHOSEN /
HERE TO TASTE OUR CUP OF LIFE / WHO WOULD GUESS THAT HE’D BE COMING / HERE TO
SHARE BOTH JOY AND STRIFE.

3. HEARTS WILL WANDER, EYES MUST OPEN / EARS SHALL CATCH HIS EVERY WORD / WORDS OF
THUNDER, WORDS OF WISDOM / WORDS LIKE THESE WERE NEVER HEARD / THROUGH THE
AGES WE’VE BEEN WAITING / COUNTLESS PRAY’RS ABOVE DID FLY / NOW HE’S COMING
DOWN AMONG US / HERE TO LIVE AND HERE TO DIE.

DAAN NG KAPAYAPAAN

//: PANGINOON, AKO’Y IYONG GAWING DAAN NG ‘YONG KAPAYAPAAN / NANG ANG PAG-IBIG MO’Y
MAIHATID, KUNG SAAN MAN MAY ALITAN.

1. DADALHIN KO’Y KAPATAWARAN, SAAN MAN MAY KAPINSALAAN / IHAHATID KO’Y

PANANALIG, SAAN MAN MAY ALINLANGAN. (KORO)

2. DADALHIN KO’Y KALIWANAGAN, KUNG SAAN MAN MAY KADILIMAN / IHAHATID KO’Y
KAGALAKAN, SAAN MAN MAY NALULUMBAY. (KORO)

3. TULUTAN MONG DI KO HANAPIN, MADAMAYAN KUNDI DUMAMAY / NI ANG AKO’Y

MAUNAWAAN, KUNDI UMUNAWANG TUNAY. (KORO)

WAITING IN SILENCE

1. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, WE LONG FOR YOU,
LORD. / GOD EVER WITH US, EMMANUELLE, / COME, LORD JESUS, MARANATHA!

2. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, WE TRUST IN YOUR

LOVE. / O SUN OF JUSTICE, TRUE PRINCE OF PEACE, / COME WITH YOUR JUSTICE, LORD,
MARANATHA!

3. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, LORD, WE SEEK YOUR
TRUTH. / WISDOM INCARNATE, TEACH US YOUR WAY; / SHOW US THE PATH OF LIFE,
MARANATHA!

4. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, WE LONG FOR NEW
LIFE. / O KEY OF DAVID, OPEN OUR HEARTS. / GIVE US NEW VISION, LORD, MARANATHA!

5. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, OUR HEARTS THIRST
FOR YOU. / FLOWER OF JESSE, BLOOM IN OUR MIDST. / MAKE US YOUR GARDEN, LORD,
MARANATHA!

CODA: MAKE US YOUR GARDEN, LORD. . . . . . MARANATHA!

CITY OF GOD BY DAN SCHUTTE

1. AWAKE FROM YOUR SLUMBER! ARISE FROM YOUR SLEEP! / A NEW DAY IS DAWNING FOR ALL
THOSE WHO WEEP. / THE PEOPLE IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT.
THE LORD OF OUR LONGING HAS CONQUERED THE NIGHT.
 REFRAIN: LET US BUILD THE CITY OF GOD. / MAY OUR TEARS BE TURNED INTO DANCING!
FOR THE LORD, OUR LIGHT AND OUR LOVE, / HAS TURNED THE NIGHT INTO DAY!

2. WE ARE SONS OF THE MORNING; WE ARE DAUGHTERS OF DAY. / THE ONE WHO HAS LOVED US
HAS BRIGHTENED OUR WAY. / THE LORD OF ALL KINDNESS HAS CALLED US TO BE
A LIGHT FOR HIS PEOPLE TO SET THEIR HEARTS FREE.

BRIDGE:

GOD IS LIGHT; IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS. / LET US WALK IN HIS LIGHT, HIS CHILDREN
ONE AND ALL.

3. O COMFORT MY PEOPLE MAKE GENTLE YOUR WORDS, / PROCLAIM TO MY CITY THE DAY OF
HER BIRTH.

4. O CITY OF GLADNESS, NOW LIFT UP YOUR VOICE!

PROCLAIM THE GOOD TIDINGS THAT ALL MAY REJOICE!

PANAHONG ADBIYENTO

1. PANAHONG ADBIYENTO, LAPIT NA ANG PASKO / PUSO NAMIN AY HANDA, HESUS, HALIKA NA.
2. ANG MUNDO AY NAWALAN NG KAPAYAPAAN / PAGKAT IKAW AY WALA, HESUS, HALIKA NA.
3. PAG-IBIG NAMING TUNAY / SA ‘YO’Y NAGHIHINTAY / NITONG KASINTA-SINTA, HESUS, HALIKA
NA. (ulitin lahat)

WAITING IN SILENCE

1. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, WE LONG FOR YOU, LORD.
GOD EVER WITH US, EMMANUELLE, / COME, LORD JESUS, MARANATHA!

2. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, WE TRUST IN YOUR LOVE. /
O SUN OF JUSTICE, TRUE PRINCE OF PEACE, / COME WITH YOUR JUSTICE, LORD,
MARANATHA!

3. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, LORD, WE SEEK YOUR
TRUTH. / WISDOM INCARNATE, TEACH US YOUR WAY; / SHOW US THE PATH OF LIFE,
MARANATHA!

4. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, WE LONG FOR NEW LIFE. / O
KEY OF DAVID, OPEN OUR HEARTS. / GIVE US NEW VISION, LORD, MARANATHA!
5. WAITING IN SILENCE, WAITING IN HOPE; / WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE, OUR HEARTS THIRST FOR
YOU.
FLOWER OF JESSE, BLOOM IN OUR MIDST. / MAKE US YOUR GARDEN, LORD, MARANATHA!

CODA: MAKE US YOUR GARDEN, LORD. . . . . . MARANATHA!