Regina Caeli Laetare (“Be joyful, Mary, heavenly Queen”)
“Regina Caeli” was initially a Christmas hymn, but over the centuries it became an Easter hymn; at this point, both text and tune should only be used during Eastertide.
Tune: “Regina Caeli Jubila” • 88 R
Regina Caeli, Jubila (“For mirth now, Queen of heaven, sing”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Regina Caeli Jubila” • 88 R
Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae (“Hail, Holy Queen enthroned above”)
Text by Hermann Contractus, Monk of Reichenau Abbey
Tune: “Salve Regina Coelitum” • 88 R
Salve, Regina Caelitum (“Hail, Queen among the heavenly ones”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Mainz” • 88 R
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
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
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
“Blessed Are The Sons Of God”—Cento; based on John Cennick
Tune: “Dix” • 77 77 77
“As With Gladness, Men Of Old” by William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Dix” • 77 77 77
Huron Carol of St. Jean de Brébeuf (“Upon the birth of Jesus”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Une Jeune Pucelle” • 86 86 88 R
This famous Christmas carol was possibly written around 1642AD, when Saint Brébeuf was in Quebec, recuperating from a broken collarbone, which had left him in excruciating pain for many months.