“I Can Celebrate You" Original Hymn (Advent, Gifts, Joy)

“I Can Celebrate You" Original Hymn (Advent, Gifts, Joy)

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DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD

This hymn, originally written for the How Does a Weary World Rejoice bundle for Advent 2023, is created for use in congregational worship and other ministry contexts. We’ve set fresh words of faith to a well-loved public domain hymn tune for maximum singability.

License for congregational use is included in the purchase—no reporting to CCLI or other licensing agencies is required. To inquire about other uses, such as recording or publishing, please contact us.

“I Can Celebrate You”
Inspired by Luke 1:24-45; Isaiah 40:1-11
Tune: CRANHAM (“In the Bleak Midwinter”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2023
Music: Gustav Holst (1906)

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DOWNLOAD includes:

  • PDF sheet music with four-part harmony

  • PNG image of the lyrics and melody for use in bulletins

  • Lyrics to copy and paste for bulletins and screens

Lyrics:

 “I Can Celebrate You”
Tune: CRANHAM (“In the Bleak Midwinter”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2023
Music: Gustav Holst (1906) 

I can celebrate you, I can hold your joy 
When the load is crushing and you’ve lost your voice 
I can celebrate the promise your life holds 
When the weariness bears heavy on your soul 

I can recognize good fruit that you will bear 
When your own self-doubt hides gifts you have to share 
I can recognize your Christ-light deep within 
Every gift that God has sown waiting to begin 

We can hold each other in our joy and fear 
Knowing that the Spirit moves when we are near 
We can hold each other, lift each other up 
Filling one another from the Spirit’s cup 

This optional verse may be used as a doxology for the season of Advent: 

Praise the One Creator, praise the Living Christ 
Praise the Holy Spirit, praise both day and night 
Praise when you are weary, praise in times of joy 
Praise, my soul, with all your strength and your heart and voice 

credit info:

Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org

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