Victimae Paschali Laudes (“Christ the Lord is risen today”)
Wipo of Burgundy, Chaplain to Emperor Conrad II; translated into English by Jane Elizabeth Leeson
Tune: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 D
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“The First Noël The Angel Did Say”
Tune: “The First Nowell” • 88 88 R
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“Songs Of Thankfulness And Praise” by Christopher Wordsworth
Tune: “St George” • 77 77 D
“The Epiphany—a cardinal feast—commemorates three manifestations of Christ’s divinity: the visit of the Wise men, our Lord ’s Baptism, and the miracle at Cana.”—Fr. Adrian Fortescue
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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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Veni Veni Emmanuel (“O come, O come, Emmanuel”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Tune: “Veni Veni Emmanuel” • 88 88 R
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“Gabriel Saluting, Heaven Thee Recruiting” by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Reginald” • 66 76 R
