Today is the “New Year’s Eve” of the Christian calendar. Tomorrow, we will celebrate the first Sunday of Advent. In Advent, we look to the coming of Christ at Christmas, and we also live into the hope of Christ in our lives today. This song beautifully articulates the in-between mood of Advent. The name of the song “All Shall Be Well” is an allusion to the prayer by Julian of Norwich.

He called him into the night (said)
Abram, count the stars so bright
Through you true peace will come
To every tribe and tongue
Though no one knows my Name
Blessing is coming all the same

And all shall be well

Now many years went by (of)
Withered hopes, unanswered cries (till)
One night a virgin heard
A cry that broke the silence of God
That star above them bright
Had shone for Abram that night
This child so weak, so small
Brings peace and rest to all

And all shall be well (2x)

The years unending seem
Here in this in between
“Peace on earth, God’s will for men”
Seems like it came and went
The wars they linger on
The darkness overcomes
We need not stars but sun
Break in O Coming One
Sometimes we cannot tell
That You will make all well