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12/1/2019

Sunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 62

Filed under: Bach Cantatas,General,Music — Patterico @ 2:32 pm



It is the first Sunday of Advent. Today’s Bach cantata is “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” (Now come, Savior of the heathens):

Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 24:36-44:

The Day and Hour Unknown

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

The text of today’s piece is available here. It contains these words:

Now come, Savior of the heathens,
known as the Virgin’s child,
over whom the whole world marvels,
that God had ordained such a birth for Him.

. . . .

We honor this glory
and approach Your manger now
and praise with joyful lips
what You have prepared for us;
the darkness does not confuse us
and we see Your eternal light.

Happy listening! Soli Deo gloria.

[Cross-posted at The Jury Talks Back.]

One Response to “Sunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 62”

  1. A lovely selection, both reassuring and challenging. A perfect close to the first day of December.
    Thank you.

    John B Boddie (0fa0b7)


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