“We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father”
Based on a work by Vincent S. Coles
Tune: “Thaxted” • 13 13 13 13 13 14
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“O Lord, I Am Not Worthy”
Tune: “Non Dignus” • 76 76
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Aurora Caelum Purpurat (“The morn had spread her crimson rays”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Tune: “La Rochelle” • 88 88 (LM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
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Aeterne Rex Altissime, Redemptor (“Eternal Monarch, King most high”)
Translation: Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary
Tune: “Bressani” • 88 88 (LM)
Page 707
Hymnum Canamus Gloriae (“A hymn of glory let us sing”)
Saint Bede the Venerable, Doctor of the Church; translated into English following Benjamin Webb and Elizabeth R. Charles.
Text only—can be used with any 88 88 (LM)
Page 708
Nunc Sancte Nobis Spiritus (“Come, Holy Ghost, who ever One”)
Translation: (Saint) John Henry Cardinal Newman, Oratorian
Tune: “Whitehall” • 88 88 (LM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
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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.
Page 682
Summi Largitor Praemii (“Sole hope of all the world and Lord”)
Translation: Alan Gordon McDougall
Tune: “Oakwood” • 88 88 (LM)
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Clarum Decus Jejunii (“The glory of these forty days”)
Text by Saint Gregory the Great translated into English by Maurice Frederick Bell
Text only—can be used with any 88 88 (LM) N.B. This text is usually sung to Spires (“Erhalt Uns Herr”), which has many variants. Let the congregation, therefore, follow the choir.
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O Amor Quam Ecstaticus (“O love, how deep, how broad, how high”)
Fr. Thomas à Kempis, Subprior of Mount St. Agnes
Translation: Benjamin Webb
Tune: “Agincourt” • 88 88 (LM)
