Quem Terra, Pontus, Aethera (“Sing we Him whose wondrous story”)
Translation: The editors
First Tune: “All Saints” • 87 87 77
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Quem Terra, Pontus, Aethera (“Sing we Him whose wondrous story”)
Translation: The editors
Second Tune: “Irby” • 87 87 77
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Jesu Redemptor Omnium (“Lamb, whose blood for all men streamed”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
First Tune: “St George” • 77 77 D
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Jesu Redemptor Omnium (“Lamb, whose blood for all men streamed”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Tune: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 D
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Jesu Redemptor Omnium (“Lamb, whose blood for all men streamed”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Third Tune: “Heustis” • 77 77 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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“Once In Royal David’s City” by Cecil Frances Alexander
Tune: “Irby” • 87 87 77
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“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
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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
