Jam Desinant Suspiria (“Ye people, cease from tears”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Text only—can be used with any 66 86 (SM)
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Agnoscat Omne Saeculum (“He who is life’s reward draws near”)
Translation: Editors of the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal
Tune: “Fulda” • 88 88 (LM)
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Agnoscat Omne Saeculum (“He who is life’s reward draws near”)
Translation: Editors of the Saint Jean de Brébeuf Hymnal
Text only—can be used with any 88 88 (LM)
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“What Child Is This?”
Translation: William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Greensleeves” • 87 87 R
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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.