For So the Children Come

Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.

Narrator:
1 For so the children come
And so they have been coming
Always in the same way they come
born of the seed of man and woman.

Congregation sings:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.

Narrator:
2 No angels herald their beginnings.
No prophets predict their future courses
No wise men see a star to show where to find
The babe that will save humankind

Congregation:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.

Narrator:
3 Yet each night a child is born is a holy night
Fathers and mothers–sitting beside their children’s cribs
Feel glory in the sight of a new life beginning
They ask, “Where and how will this new life end?
Or will it ever end?”

Congregation:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.

Narrator:
4 Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping

Congregation:
Each night a child is born is a holy night:
A time for singing,
A time for wondering,
A time for worshipping,
Each night a child is born is a holy night.

Source: Singing the Journey: a supplement to Singing the Living Tradition #1061