“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” by Reginald Heber
Tune: “Nicaea” • 11 12 12 10
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Schönster Herr Jesu (“Lord Jesu fairest, every lord who rulest”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Schönster Herr Jesu” • 567 557
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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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Panis Angelicus, Fit Panis Hominum
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
These are the final Verses of “Sacris Solemniis” by St. Thomas Aquinas
Tune: “Charleroi” • 12 12 12 8
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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.
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Qui Procedis Ab Utroque (“Holy Paraclete, life-giver”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Tune: “Alles Ist An Gottes Segen” • 887 D
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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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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.
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Quem Vidistis Pastores? Dicite (“Angels we have heard on high”)
Translation: Most Rev’d James Chadwick, Bishop of Hexham
Tune: “Gloria” • 77 77 R
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Adeste Fideles, Laeti Triumphantes (“God rest you merry, Gentlemen”)
Translation: Fr. Frederick Oakeley, Canon of Westminster Cathedral
Tune: “Adeste Fideles” • 11 9 11 R
