O Bello Dio, Signor Del Paradiso (“O God of loveliness”)
Saint Alphonsus Liguori; translated into English by Fr. Edmund Vaughan
Tune: “St Elizabeth” • 66 66 66 8
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Nun danket alle Gott (“Now Thank We All Our God”)
Translation: Martin Rinkart
Tune: “Nun Danket” • 67 67 66 66
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Maria Durch Ein’ Dornwald Ging (“Through wood of thorn did Mary fare”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Maria Durch” • 85 88 6
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“O Lord, I Am Not Worthy”
Tune: “Non Dignus” • 76 76
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O Pater Sancte, Mitis Atque Pie (“Father most holy, gracious and forgiving”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Tune: “Iste Confessor” • 11 11 11 5
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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.
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Vita Sanctorum, Decus Angelorum (“Life of thy saints and glory of thine angels”)
Translation: Alan Gordon McDougall
Tune: “Kenmore” • 11 11 11 5
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Meditationes Divi Augustini (“Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended?”)
Translation: Robert Bridges
Tune: “Herzliebster Jesu” • 11 11 11 5
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“My Song Is Love Unknown” by Samuel Crossman
Tune: “Love Unknown” • 66 66 44 44
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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.