Hear the bells break the silence
Shatter it to the bone
Hear the old world dying
Withering like the fig tree
Holy violence storms the soul
And penetrates the temple veil
The heavens are unhinged
Flooding earth with song,
The melody of Eden’s innocence
That wove the first red dawn
It bursts, it bounds, a ball of light
A star, that guides the searcher,
And sheep with their lambs
This is the Nativity of all that is
The Triune Council and Bethlehem’s Babe
Earth’s kings in their glory tremble
But the bruised reeds are healed
Go out to the corners and cry:
Eden grows in a Virgin’s womb!
Eden lies in a feeding troth!
Eden is a seed that dies!
Eden is the bread that rises!
Let the infinite invade the finite
Let the unseen reveal His Face
Let Master suffer and serve!
For He is speech to the mute
And the sight of the blind
He is the word to the deaf
And the limbs of the lame
May the chasm be bridged
And the distance be tread
Come, Sin, show us your worst!
Come, Death, deal us your sting!
Come, Satan, wield your deceit!
For the Lamb of God is come,
Swaddled in the straw,
Slain for our salvation,
And we scorn the powers of Hell!
They have come to naught!
By His birth we are born anew,
By His dying, death is trampled down
And by His rising, we will rise to Him!
Yes. Thank you.