“Love Broke Forth" Original Hymn (Incarnation, Christmas, Love)
“Love Broke Forth" Original Hymn (Incarnation, Christmas, Love)
DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC DOWNLOAD
This hymn, originally written for the Wandering Heart bundle for Lent 2024, 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.
"Love Broke Forth"
Inspired by Luke 2:1-20 | Isaiah 9:6
Tune: IRBY (“Once in Royal David’s City”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2024
Music: Cecil Frances Alexander (1848)
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:
Love Broke Forth
Tune: IRBY (“Once in Royal David’s City”)
Text: Anna Strickland, 2024
Music: Cecil Frances Alexander (1848)
Love broke forth in radiant fashion
And God called creation good
God made humans in her image
To be loved and understood
Then God took on flesh and bone
All of human life to know
Love broke forth into a body
Gently laid on Mary’s chest
See him swaddled in a manger
Mighty God now powerless
Giving up his throne on high
To experience this life
Love broke forth to know completely
Who you are and who you’ll be
Gathering into one body
All of our humanity
Tenderly Love speaks your name
Your belonging to proclaim
credit info:
Hymn text by Rev. Anna Strickland | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.org
