Jesus Christ is Risen Today- Ascension
  • Bobby Bolin
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    Out of curiosity, how appropriate is this hymn for the Ascension? I've seen many churches program this both on Easter and for the Ascension but I'm wondering if the text fits both.
  • PaixGioiaAmorPaixGioiaAmor
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    Weird to me.

    But a hymn is a hymn, especially a "good hymn" with suitable music and good text; and ALL of Easter IS an extension of Easter Sunday, so I'm not sure I could say that it's NOT appropriate.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    I think that Easter itself is the obvious focus of this hymn. It is about Christ's victory over the grave and his 'rising' to life from death. While I would never have thought about this hymn as appropriate for Ascension, I suppose one could, in an oblique exercise, interpret that he has 'risen' into heaven. A sober look at the entire text, though, would reveal that its 'proper' use is Easter Day and, perhaps, a few Sundays of Eastertide. Ascension, while within Eastertide, has a different focus and theme; and, there are many fine Ascension hymns that one should want not to omit (one of my favourites being 'The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns').
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  • BenBen
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    I wouldn't stop you, but it strikes me as a little odd.
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  • Liam
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    Eastertide has different phases in the OF. The first 3 Sundays (especially the Octave) are oriented to the first appearances of the risen Lord. Music oriented to Easter Day can be quite fitting for all of those Sundays. Easter 4 is Good Shepherd Sunday, and a thematic pivot to the next 3 Sundays, which are oriented towards the fulfillment of the Paschal Mystery. Finally, there is the pre-Pentecost novena (or octave, cough, cough).
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  • kenstb
    Posts: 369
    MJO, good suggestion for an Ascension hymn. I'm curious as to whether anyone has others I might try.
  • Xav
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    My favourite is Alleluia, sing to Jesus! on Hyfrydol.
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  • matthewjmatthewj
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    Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise, which could technically be sung to the same tune as Jesus Christ is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN).
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  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    Matthew, that is exactly what I'd like to do with our Choristers.
    Might you know where to locate that in PDF?
    I know I can do it on my own, but time being what it is...
  • matthewjmatthewj
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    No, I don't have it.

    EASTER HYMN is so familiar, could you just give them the text and they would be fine?
  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    Yes, that's what I was thinking. They'll be fine.
    I just asked thinking you may have it handy.

    Thanks for the suggestion in the first place! :)
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