Day 20 of Preparing Your Heart for Advent

When reading the words to this song, think about the fact that Jesus is a stem from the lineage of Jesse. Jesus bloomed in Bethlehem and continues to bloom within our hearts when we receive Him.

Lo How a Rose

Lo how a rose e'er blooming,

From tender stem hath sprung,

Of Jesse's lineage coming,

As saints of old have sung.

It came, a flower bright, amid the cold of winter,

When half-spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it,

The Rose I have in mind,

With Mary we behold it,

The virgin mother kind.

To show God's love aright,

She bore to us a Savior,

When half spent was the night.