Consors Paterni Luminis (“Our hope alone, thy sovereign Father’s peer”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
First Tune: “Toulon” • 10 10 10 10
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“Sing Praise To God Who Reigns Above”
Translated from German by Frances Elizabeth Cox
Tune: “Mit Freuden Zart” • 87 87 88 7
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Consors Paterni Luminis (“Our hope alone, thy sovereign Father’s peer”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Second Tune: “Farley Castle” • 10 10 10 10
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Aeterna Caeli Gloria (“O Star, for whose pure light the heaven makes room”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Second Tune: “Dublin” • 10 10 10 10
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Aeterna Caeli Gloria (“O Star, for whose pure light the heaven makes room”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
First Tune: “Farley Castle” • 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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O Filii Et Filiae (“Ye sons and daughters of the Lord”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
Tune: “O Filii Et Filiae” • 888 A
Complete verses in Latin are included alongside the English.
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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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“Lo! he comes with clouds descending” by John Cennick
Tune: “Helmsley” • 87 87 47
