The Immaculate Conception (“Our second Eve puts on her mortal shroud”)
Text by Fr. Robert Southwell, Martyr of Jesus Christ
Tune: “Quella” • 10 10 10 10 10 10
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Our Lady’s Salutation (“Spell Eva back and “Ave” shall you find”)
Text by Fr. Robert Southwell, Martyr of Jesus Christ
Tune: “Enemond” • 10 10 10 10 10 10
Page 779
The Assumption Of Our Lady (“If sin be captive, grace must find release”)
Text by Fr. Robert Southwell, Martyr of Jesus Christ
Tune: “Enemond” • 10 10 10 10 10 10
Page 772
Maria Durch Ein’ Dornwald Ging (“Through wood of thorn did Mary fare”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Maria Durch” • 85 88 6
Page 727
“Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All”
Translation: Fr. Frederick William Faber, Oratorian
Tune: “Sweet Sacrament” • 88 88 R
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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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“As With Gladness, Men Of Old” by William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Dix” • 77 77 77
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“The First Noël The Angel Did Say”
Tune: “The First Nowell” • 88 88 R
Page 653
Veni Veni Emmanuel (“O come, O come, Emmanuel”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Tune: “Veni Veni Emmanuel” • 88 88 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
