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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Te Deum Laudamus, Te Dominum Confitemur (“Holy God, we praise Thy name”)
Translation: Paraphrase in English by Fr. Clarence Walworth
Tune: “Grosser Gott” • 78 78 77
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“Immaculate Mary, Thy Praises We Sing”
Both versions of the Refrain are provided; either can be chosen.
Tune: “Lourdes Hymn” • 65 65 R
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Panis Angelicus, Fit Panis Hominum
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
These are the final Verses of “Sacris Solemniis” by St. Thomas Aquinas
Tune: “Charleroi” • 12 12 12 8
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“We Pray Thee, Heavenly Father”
Based on a work by Vincent S. Coles
Tune: “Thaxted” • 13 13 13 13 13 14
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“Jesus, Meek And Lowly” by Fr. Henry Augustine Collins, Cistercian
Tune: “St Martin” • 66 66 Trochaic
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“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
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Quem Vidistis Pastores? Dicite (“Angels we have heard on high”)
Translation: Most Rev’d James Chadwick, Bishop of Hexham
Tune: “Gloria” • 77 77 R
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“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Charles Wesley
Tune: “Mendelssohn” • 77 77d R