Vita Sanctorum, Decus Angelorum (“Life of thy saints and glory of thine angels”)
Translation: Alan Gordon McDougall
Tune: “Kenmore” • 11 11 11 5
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Meditationes Divi Augustini (“Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended?”)
Translation: Robert Bridges
Tune: “Herzliebster Jesu” • 11 11 11 5
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“Brightest And Best” by Reginald Heber
Tune: “Epiphany” • 11 10 11 10
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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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In Dulci Jubilo (“Good Christian men, rejoice”)
attr. Bl. Henry Suso, Dominican Priest
Translation: Dr. John M. Neale
Tune: “In Dulci Jubilo” • 66 77 78 55
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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.