Puer Natus Est Nobis (“Bright and joyful is the morn”) Based on the Introit for the Christmas Daytime Mass, which comes from Isaias 9.6. FirstTune: “All Saints 8B” • 77 77
“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
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.