Regina Caeli Laetare (“Be joyful, Mary, heavenly Queen”)
“Regina Caeli” was initially a Christmas hymn, but over the centuries it became an Easter hymn; at this point, both text and tune should only be used during Eastertide.
Tune: “Regina Caeli Jubila” • 88 R
“Hail Redeemer, King Divine” by Fr. Patrick Brennan, Redemptorist
First Tune: “St George” • 77 77 D
“Hail Redeemer, King Divine” by Fr. Patrick Brennan, Redemptorist
Second Tune: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 D
“We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father”
Based on a work by Vincent S. Coles
Tune: “Thaxted” • 13 13 13 13 13 14
Victimae Paschali Laudes (“Christ the Lord is risen today”)
Wipo of Burgundy, Chaplain to Emperor Conrad II; translated into English by Jane Elizabeth Leeson
Tune: “Paschal Lamb” • 77 77 D
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.
Discendi, Amor Santo (“Come down, O love divine”)
Bianco da Siena; translated from Italian by Richard Frederick Littledale.
Tune: “Down Ampney” • 6 6 11 D
“Songs Of Thankfulness And Praise” by Christopher Wordsworth
Tune: “St George” • 77 77 D
“The Epiphany—a cardinal feast—commemorates three manifestations of Christ’s divinity: the visit of the Wise men, our Lord ’s Baptism, and the miracle at Cana.”—Fr. Adrian Fortescue
“What Child Is This?”
Translation: William Chatterton Dix
Tune: “Greensleeves” • 87 87 R
“Lo! he comes with clouds descending” by John Cennick
Tune: “Helmsley” • 87 87 47
