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
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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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“Crown Him With Many Crowns” by Matthew Bridges
Tune: “Diademata” • S. M. D.
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“My Song Is Love Unknown” by Samuel Crossman
Tune: “Love Unknown” • 66 66 44 44
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“What Child Is This?”
Translation: William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Greensleeves” • 87 87 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
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“Adeste Fideles, Laeti Triumphantes” by John Francis Wade
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Tune: “Adeste Fideles” • 11 9 11 R
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Adeste Fideles, Laeti Triumphantes (“God rest you merry, Gentlemen”)
Translation: Fr. Frederick Oakeley, Canon of Westminster Cathedral
Tune: “Adeste Fideles” • 11 9 11 R
