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New hymn for Advent - Chosen Daughter of Israel
August 19, 2026 - 3:12pm — Don9of11
I thought I would try my hand at composing lyrics for a new Advent hymn. The hymn is called Chosen Daughter of Israel and I set it to the melody WINCHESTER NEW or On Jordan's Bank.
This hymn draws its inspiration from the Advent liturgies honoring Mary as the Chosen Daughter of Israel. Rooted in Scripture and the Church's prayer, it reflects Advent's promises of salvation, presenting Mary as the faithful daughter of Israel through whom Christ, the long-awaited Savior, comes into the world.
Your thoughts and suggestions are welcomed.
Tune: WINCHESTER NEW (On Jordan's Bank)
Verse 1
O God, who planned our saving day,
You chose from David's line the way;
Your ancient covenant is sealed,
As promised truth is now revealed.
Verse 2
The Virgin Mary, chaste and fair,
Is named the child of Adam's care;
By her untainted, sinless grace,
She brings relief to Adam's race.
Verse 3
By faith a child of Abraham,
She bore the long-foretold I AM;
From Jesse's root the branch has grown,
To make the flower of justice known.
Verse 4 (Doxology)
To God the Father, source of might,
To Christ the Lord, our saving Light,
And to the Spirit, Lord of love,
Be praise from earth and heaven above.
This hymn draws its inspiration from the Advent liturgies honoring Mary as the Chosen Daughter of Israel. Rooted in Scripture and the Church's prayer, it reflects Advent's promises of salvation, presenting Mary as the faithful daughter of Israel through whom Christ, the long-awaited Savior, comes into the world.
Your thoughts and suggestions are welcomed.
Chosen Daughter of Israel
Meter: 8.8.8.8 (Long Meter)Tune: WINCHESTER NEW (On Jordan's Bank)
Verse 1
O God, who planned our saving day,
You chose from David's line the way;
Your ancient covenant is sealed,
As promised truth is now revealed.
Verse 2
The Virgin Mary, chaste and fair,
Is named the child of Adam's care;
By her untainted, sinless grace,
She brings relief to Adam's race.
Verse 3
By faith a child of Abraham,
She bore the long-foretold I AM;
From Jesse's root the branch has grown,
To make the flower of justice known.
To God the Father, source of might,
To Christ the Lord, our saving Light,
And to the Spirit, Lord of love,
Be praise from earth and heaven above.
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Good lyrics
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com
Child of Adam's care
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com
Good lyrics
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Offertory or Communion verse
Verse 4 (Offertory/ Communion)
Accept, O Lord, these offerings,
and change them into Salvation,
The true Lamb, Jesus Christ your Son,
brought forth for us the Bread of Life! (or the Bread of Life brought forth for us) ?
Verse 5 (Doxology)
To God the Father, source of might,
To Christ the Lord, our saving Light,
And to the Spirit, Lord of love,
Be praise from earth and heaven above.
www.howefamily.com
Lyric suggestion
How about this for verse 4?
Accept, O Lord, our offerings
To you from whom salvation springs.
You rose victorious from your strife,
Transformed into our Bread of Life!
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com
interesting choices
The verse I'm working from is drawn directly from the Prayer over the Offerings:
Accept, O Lord, these offerings,
and by your power change them
into the Sacrament of salvation,
in which, fulfilling the sacrifices of the Fathers,
is offered the true Lamb, Jesus Christ your Son,
born of the ever-Virgin Mary in a way beyond all telling.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
And the phrase "Bread of Life brought forth for us" comes from the Communion Antiphon:
Rejoice and be glad, O joy of Israel!
Through the angel you received the world's joy!
Rejoice and be glad,
for you brought to birth for us the Bread of Life!
So while your version produces cleaner rhymes, I'm inclined to preserve the imagery and wording of the liturgical texts as much as possible, even if that means sacrificing some poetic elegance.
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Fidelity to the source
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com
Another try at your verse
Another pass at your verse. Not quite there. It is faithful to the Prayer Over the Offerings for this particular Mass: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Chosen Daughter of Israel.
O Lord, may our oblation
Become for us salvation,
The offerings of Israel
By Mary's seed are now fulfilled.
oblation is sung o-bla--tion
salvation is sung sal-va--tion
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com
How These Hymn Lyrics Reflect the Marian Mass Texts
I came across a very interesting website that may help illustrate how these hymn lyrics closely mirror the scriptural texts, Lectionary readings, and proper antiphons.
From what I can tell, the material on this site corresponds closely to The Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a two-volume liturgical resource containing 46 distinct Mass formularies honoring Our Lady. Reviewing the texts side by side makes it easier to see how the hymn lyrics draw directly from the biblical, liturgical, and devotional themes found in the official Mass texts.
For those who would like to explore the material, the website is available here:
https://rmhealey.com/docs/CM-BVM/RM_CollectionsMasses_BVM.html#M01www.howefamily.com
The child of Adam's care
It was interesting how the only source or citation that Google could find for "Is named the child of Adam's care" was your lyrics in this post. What is the source for "child of Adam's care"?
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com
"Adam's care"
After submitting a few different queries or prompts, I received this explanation for the search phrase "Adam's care bible":
In the Bible, the phrase "Adam's care" refers to the original responsibilities and stewardship that God entrusted to the first man, Adam, in the Garden of Eden. This theological concept is rooted primarily in Genesis 2:15, which states that God placed Adam in the garden to "till it and keep it" (or in some translations, "work it and take care of it")
So Mary as the "Child of Adam's Care" now makes sense.
In Christian theology, calling Mary a "child of Adam" means she shares the same human nature and lineage as the rest of humanity, yet she was preserved from original sin. God granted her salvation in a unique way.
Furthermore, I found "daughter of Adam" in the source you gave above: https://rmhealey.com/docs/CM-BVM/RM_CollectionsMasses_BVM.html#Prefaces
She is by nature the daughter of Adam,
who by her sinlessness undid the sin of Eve.
She is by faith the true child of Abraham,
who first believed and so conceived.
She is by descent the branch from the root of Jesse,
bearing the flower that is Jesus Christ our Lord.
Richard Schletty | Schletty Design and Music | www.schletty.com