O Esca Viatorum (“O Food the pilgrim needeth”)
The Latin text is also included, in a metrical (singable) version.
Second Tune: “O Esca Viatorum” • 776 D
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“O Lord, I Am Not Worthy”
Tune: “Non Dignus” • 76 76
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“O Jesus, We Adore Thee”
Translation: Fr. Irvin M. Udulutsch, Capuchin
Tune: “Udulutsch” • 76 76 R
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Surrexit Christus Hodie (“Jesus Christ is risen today”)
Tune: “Easter Hymn” • 77 77 A
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Gott Vater Sei Gepriesen (“God Father, praise and glory”)
Translation: Fr. John Ernest Rothensteiner
Tune: “Gott Vater Sei Gepriesen” • 76 76 R
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Gloria, Laus, Et Honor Tibi Sit (“All glory, laud and honor”)
Saint Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans; translated into English by Dr. John M. Neale
Tune: “St Theodulph” • 76 76 R
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“Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise”
Text: After Charles Wesley and Thomas Cotterill.
Tune: “Llanfair” • 77 77 A
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Puer Natus Est Nobis (“Bright and joyful is the morn”)
Based on the Introit for the Christmas Daytime Mass, which comes from Isaias 9.6.
Second Tune: “Llanfair” • 77 77 A
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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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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.