“Lord Jesus Christ, Of Joys And Treasures Rarest” by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Second Tune: “Highwood” • 11 10 11 10
Pages 812-813
Pages 810-811
“Lord Jesus Christ, Of Joys And Treasures Rarest” by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
First Tune: “Cyriacus” • 11 10 11 10
Page 788
“Blessed Are The Sons Of God”—Cento; based on John Cennick
Tune: “Dix” • 77 77 77
Page 752
“Crown Him With Many Crowns” by Matthew Bridges
Tune: “Diademata” • S. M. D.
Page 725
“O Lord, I Am Not Worthy”
Tune: “Non Dignus” • 76 76
Page 680
“As With Gladness, Men Of Old” by William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Dix” • 77 77 77
Page 679
“Brightest And Best” by Reginald Heber
Tune: “Epiphany” • 11 10 11 10
Page 678
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
Page 662
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.