Advent Calendar | Day 7 (Katie Burk)

Improvisation on Conditor alme siderum (Creator of the stars at night) for the seventh day of Advent, played by Katie Burk, Organ Scholar at Trinity Cathedral in Portland.

 

Conditor alme siderum (7th cent.)

1 Creator of the stars of night,
your people’s everlasting light,
O Christ, Redeemer of us all,
we pray you, hear us when we call.

2 In sorrow that the ancient curse
should doom to death a universe,
you came to save a ruined race
with healing gifts of heav'nly grace.

3 When earth drew on to darkest night,
you came, but not in splendor bright,
not as a king, but the child
of Mary, virgin mother mild.

4 At your great name, majestic now,
all knees must bend, all hearts must bow;
all things on earth with one accord
join those in heav’n to call you Lord.

5 To God the Father, God the Son,
and God the Spirit, Three in One,
praise, honor, might, and glory be
from age to age eternally.

 

Waiting: An Aural Advent Calendar is offered as an anchor for your Advent contemplation & reflection in the midst of the hectic secular Christmas season. Pause each day for brief 5-10 minute episodes, original meditations on the theme of waiting by interfaith clergy & artists from across our region & beyond.      

 

Bring us with you as you drive to work or linger over coffee, as you prepare dinner or while you get ready for bed – a moment of quiet to help prepare for the extraordinary thing that is about to happen.