O Esca Viatorum (“O Food the pilgrim needeth”)
The Latin text is also included, in a metrical (singable) version.
Second Tune: “O Esca Viatorum” • 776 D
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O Esca Viatorum (“O Food the pilgrim needeth”)
The Latin text is also included, in a metrical (singable) version.
First Tune: “In Allen Meinen Thaten” • 776 D
Page 751
Summi Parentis Filio (“To Christ, the Prince of Peace”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
Tune: “Festal Song” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
Page 746
Lux Alma, Jesu, Mentium (“Light of the anxious heart”)
Translation: (Saint) John Henry Cardinal Newman, Oratorian
Tune: “Potsdam” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
Page 723
“We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father”
Based on a work by Vincent S. Coles
Tune: “Thaxted” • 13 13 13 13 13 14
Page 703
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.
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
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Instantis Adventum Dei (“The coming of our God”)
Translation: Fr. Charles Coffin
Tune: “Seán 8M” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
