Gloriae Dei Cantores / Patterson Keeping Christmas: Beloved Carols & Christmas CD

Each year at Christmas, Gloriae Dei Cantores celebrates the "dawn of redeeming grace" with a traditional candlelit Service of Readings and Carols, retelling the stories of Christ's birth that stir us with memories and hopes for peace and love. Just for a time as you listen to these carols and stories, let your heart fill with gratitude for our many blessings, and with goodwill toward others. Gloriae Dei Cantores offers this recording with a prayer that the joy of the season brings you renewed hope and a fresh sense of wonder!

1. The First Nowell 2. Welcome 3. Reading: Matthew 1-18-21 4. O Prince of Peace! O Sharon's Dewy Rose 5. A Tender Shoot 6. Reading: Matthew 1:22-25 7. Shall I Tell You Who Will Come to Bethlehem? 8. A Child's Welcome: From a Celebration of Carols 9. Carol of the Star 10. Reading: Matthew 2:1-6 11. Willow Carol 12. On Christmas Day in the Morn 13. O Come, All Ye Faithful 14. Reading: Matthew 2:7-11 15. In the Bleak Midwinter 16. The Holly and the Ivy 17. Reading: Matthew 2:12-15 18. Nativity Carol 19. Angels We Have Heard on High 20. Reading: Matthew 2:16-18 21. Missa Ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib): Kyrie 22. Missa Ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib): Gloria 23. Missa Ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib): Sanctus/Benedictus 24. Missa Ad Praesepe (Mass at the Crib): Agnus Dei 25. Silent Night 26. Reading: Matthew 2:19-23 27. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly