Veni Sancte Spiritus (“Holy Spirit, Lord of light”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
Tune: “Champlain” • 777 with Refrain
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“I Sing The Mighty Power Of God” by Isaac Watts
Tune: “Ellacombe” • 86 86 D
Page 849
“Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” by Reginald Heber
Tune: “Nicaea” • 11 12 12 10
Page 799
“The King Of Love My Shepherd Is”
Paraphrase of Psalm 22 by Sir Henry Williams Baker
Tune: “St Columba 7M” • 87 87 Iambic
Pages 804-805
In Principio Creavit Deus (“Fountain of fullness, name of being”)
Paraphrase (Book of Genesis) by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Rendez à Dieu” • 98 98 D
Page 806
“Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom”
(Saint) John Henry Cardinal Newman, Oratorian
Tune: “Allen” • 10 4 10 4 10 10
Page 759
“To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King” by Fr. Martin B. Hellriegel
Tune: “Ich Glaub An Gott” • 87 87 R Iambic
Page 677
“What Child Is This?”
Translation: William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Greensleeves” • 87 87 R
Page 660
“Gabriel Saluting, Heaven Thee Recruiting” by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Reginald” • 66 76 R
Page 669
“God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”
The meaning of “God rest you merry” is “God keep you merry.” Note the archaic use of the word rest (“keep”)—indeed, this carol probably dates from the 16th century.
Tune: “God Rest You Merry” • 86 86 86 R
