O Splendor Aeterni Patris (“Brightness of the Father’s Glory”)
The original Latin hymn was composed by Fr. Charles Coffin; it was translated into English by James Russell Woodford.
Tune: “All Saints” • 87 87 77
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Te Deum Laudamus, Te Dominum Confitemur (“Holy God, we praise Thy name”)
Translation: Paraphrase in English by Fr. Clarence Walworth
Tune: “Grosser Gott” • 78 78 77
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“Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom”
(Saint) John Henry Cardinal Newman, Oratorian
Tune: “Allen” • 10 4 10 4 10 10
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Wer Sind Die Von Gottes Throne (“Who are these, like stars appearing?”)
Translation: Frances E. Cox
Tune: “All Saints” • 87 87 77
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“O Sanctissima, O Piissima”
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Tune: “Sicilian Mariners” • 10 7 10 7
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“Lift High The Cross” by George Kitchin (originally published in 1887, but revised in 1916)
Tune: “Crucifer” • 10 10 R
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Discendi, Amor Santo (“Come down, O love divine”)
Bianco da Siena; translated from Italian by Richard Frederick Littledale.
Tune: “Down Ampney” • 6 6 11 D
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“Once In Royal David’s City” by Cecil Frances Alexander
Tune: “Irby” • 87 87 77
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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.