She lit a candle in the dowtown cathedreal

quietly confessing counting on a blessing

she looked as if she had no where to go

I could see her weeping hands together

hoping you would hear.

This is the time of year we hold our familes

near but God let us be a friend to the hurting.



Oh Emanuel God with us spirit revealed

in us that we may be a hope to the world

Oh Emanuel God with us with a light to break

the drakness that we may show your hope

to the world Emanuel be God in us.



I moved in closer just so I oculd se her face,

maybe she was a mother someones only

duaghter her silver hair shimmered like

the snow, Christmas bells were ringing

now beside her kneeling I asked her name

She said this was the time of year I had my family

near but they've all gone and I have been so lonely



Oh Emanuell God with us, spirit revealed

in us that we may be a hope to the world

Oh Emanuel God with us with a light to break the darkness

that we may show your hope to the world Emanuel be God in us



So with my family that Christmas day a girl

of sixty years could laugh and play as we watched

her dance our eyes were full of tears



Oh Emanuel God with us spirit revealed in us that we

may be a hope to the world

Oh Emanuel God with us with a light to break the darkness

that we may show your hope to the world Emanuel be God in us



Be God in us