Global Christian Worship

Here’s a wonderful song I just discovered, by Fernando Ortega. 

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I’m actually promoting it as a song during Lent as much as Advent.

You’ll find an unofficial PDF lead sheet for the song here:
https://globalchristianworship.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/come-oh-redeemer-come-lead-sheet.pdf

A different unofficial lead sheet is at
https://globalchristianworship.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/fernando-ortega-come-oh-redeemer-come-ls.pdf

Here’s an instrumental version of the song for guitar in a different key:

Okay,  now check out these lyrics, and consider using the song during Lent.

1. Father, enthroned on high—―Holy, holy!
Ancient eternal Light—hear our prayer.

REFRAIN
Come, O Redeemer, come;
grant us mercy.
Come, O Redeemer, come;
grant us peace.

2. Lord, save us from the dark of our striving,
faithless, troubled hearts weighed down. REFRAIN

3. Look now upon our need; Lord, be with us.
Heal us and make us free from our sin. REFRAIN

Come, O Redeemer, Come
Text and tune: Fernando Ortega, 1996;
© 1996, Metro One, Inc.

Here’s some meditational thoughts on the song, by someone who obviously likes it very much:

I love this song for its focus on that of Christ’s redeeming work, on our own depravity, filth and need; and the light and darkness contrast. Christ’s purity, our faithless debauchery. This song comes out perfectly as a prayer to the Father. A plea that recognizes our helpless estate and anticipates with almost an agonizing joy that cleansing we will receive from the Perfect Light. With this musical arrangement you can really let out the agony of the soul that mourns in its sin while rejoicing in the clarity of thought that comes in realizing that these Old Testament-like callings/prophecy_pleadings have already come to fruition in Christ our Savior.

While one foot is in the shoe of the Prophet looking with tear filled eyes for the coming of the Truth, the Bridegroom, the other foot is safely in the wedding shoe as a bride dancing with the groom on their wedding night. This song is a glorious sense of old and new at the same time. And is applicable for all times. We today continually call for our Redeemer to cleans us from the sin in which we are daily so easily ensnared.

http://theologica.ning.com/profiles/blogs/song-review-come-oh-redeemer