Veni Sancte Spiritus (“Holy Spirit, Lord of light”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
Tune: “Amyot” • 777 D
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Salve Caput Cruentatum
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Tune: “Sillery” • 88 88 8
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Salve Caput Cruentatum (“Hail, O head whose gore pours down thee”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Sillery” • 88 88 8
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“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” by Reginald Heber
Tune: “Nicaea” • 11 12 12 10
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“Praise To The Lord, The Almighty”
Text by Joachim Neander; translation from German by Catherine Winkworth
Tune: “Lobe Den Herren” • 14 14 4 7 8
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“Quis Est Iste Qui Venit De Edom?” (Isaias 63)
Adaptation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Ecclesia” • 87 87 87 87 87 87
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Stille Nacht (“Silent Night, Holy Night”)
This German text was composed by Fr. Josef Mohr, a Catholic priest who died in 1848. He should not be confused with a Jesuit priest, Fr. Josef Hermann Mohr (d. 1892), who published many German hymnals. The English translation (“Silent Night”) was composed by John Freeman Young.
Tune: “Stille Nacht” • 66 88 66
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The Painful Cross Of Christ (“Whoever to virtue thinketh hard the way”) • This text was written by Saint Thomas More (Lord Chancellor of England) and published circa 1510AD.
Tune: “Lincoln’s Inn” • 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
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Venez Divin Messie (“O come, Divine Messiah”)
Translation: Sister Mary of Saint Philip
Tune: “Venez, Divin Messie” • 78 76 R
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“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”
The meaning of “God rest you merry” is “God keep you merry.” Note the archaic use of the word rest (“keep”)—indeed, this carol probably dates from the 16th century.
Tune: “God Rest You Merry” • 86 86 86 R
