QUELLE EST CETTE ODEUR AGREABLE (what is that fragrance?)is a pretty French carol describing the wonder of Christ’s coming to Earth – think of the wonderful scent of a special incense wafting through the air you’re breathing; it’s a representation of all the great and good things – especially salvation – that Jesus came to give us.
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Where is that goodly fragrance flowing to steal the senses all away? adorns the air, and nothing like it the shepherds sensed in fields in May? Where is that goodly fragrance flowing to steal the senses all away? A light so bright, a beam so piercing Shepherds to Bethlehem, go hasten! All pow’rful God, and King eternal, Translation by Rod Mather |
Quelle est cette odeur agréable, Bergers, qui ravit tous nos sens? S’exhale-t-il rien de semblable Au milieu des fleurs du printemps? Quelle est cette odeur agréable Bergers, qui ravit tous nos sens? Mais quelle éclatante lumière A Bethléem, dans une crèche Dieu tout puissant, gloire éternelle |
Church Calendar: Christmas
Hymn tune: QUELLE EST CETTE ODEUR AGREABLE
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