“Pure Virgin, Hear Our Song Today” by Fr. Dylan Schrader
Tune: “Eisenach” • 88 88 (LM)
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O Gloriosa Femina (“O glorious Maid, exalted far”)
Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers; translated into English by Percy Dearmer
“O Gloriosa Femina” (a.k.a. “O Gloriosa Domina”) was originally the second half of “Quem Terra, Pontus, Aethera.” Brébeuf page 392 includes the complete poem by Fortunatus.
Tune: “Winchester New” • 88 88 (LM)
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O Salutaris Hostia (“O saving Victim opening wide”)
Many other melodies and translations can be used, or this hymn may be sung in Latin. Search the index for Verbum Supernum Prodiens by St. Thomas Aquinas (†1274).
Tune: “Duguet” • 88 88 (LM)
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Quicumque Christum Quaeritis (“All ye who seek on Christ to gaze”)
Translation: Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary
Tune: “Duguet” • 88 88 (LM)
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Te Saeculorum Principem (“The Prince of ages and of man”)
Translation: Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary
Tune: “Hilderstone” • 88 88 (LM)
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Adesto Pater Domine (“Be present, Father, Lord of all”)
Translation: Alan Gordon McDougall
First Tune: “Cupertino” • 88 88 (LM)
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Adesto Pater Domine (“Be present, Father, Lord of all”)
Translation: Alan Gordon McDougall
Second Tune: “Song 34” • 88 88 (LM)
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Aurora Caelum Purpurat (“The morn had spread her crimson rays”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Tune: “La Rochelle” • 88 88 (LM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
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Aeterne Rex Altissime, Redemptor (“Eternal Monarch, King most high”)
Translation: Fr. John Fitzpatrick, Oblate of Mary
Tune: “Bressani” • 88 88 (LM)
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Hymnum Canamus Gloriae (“A hymn of glory let us sing”)
Saint Bede the Venerable, Doctor of the Church; translated into English following Benjamin Webb and Elizabeth R. Charles.
Text only—can be used with any 88 88 (LM)
