Christmas Eve Musical Selections 2024

Merry Christmas!  In addition to our usual and extra homily posts, the Emmaus Pastorate musicians would like to share with you some of the Christmas music they've prepared for you this season.  We hope it adds to your Christmas joy as we celebrate Christ's birth thru the feast of his baptism on January 12!  In this episode, you'll hear the music sung by the St. Joseph Choir on Christmas Eve 2024 at St. Joseph Parish in Elkader, IA.  The pieces in order of appearance are:

The People That Walk in Darkness (Bob Dufford)

Away in a Manger (CRADLE SONG)

Pavane for a Silent Night (Patrick Liebergen)

See Amid the Winter's Snow (Richard Kingsmore)

Still (Kathleen Basi)

O Holy Night (Keith Christopher)

By Candlelight (Ruth Elaine Schram)

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen, arr. John Uhal)

A Christmas Blessing (John Purifoy)

The Snow Lay on the Ground (Jody Lindh)

O Come, All Ye Faithful (ADESTE FIDELES)

O Little Town of Bethlehem (ST. LOUIS)

Silent Night (STILLE NACHT)

The First Nowell (THE FIRST NOWELL)

Et in Terra Pax (John Purifoy)

Joy to the World (ANTIOCH)