Regina Caeli, Jubila (“For mirth now, Queen of heaven, sing”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Regina Caeli Jubila” • 88 R
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Page 785
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
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Lux Alma, Jesu, Mentium (“Light of the anxious heart”)
Translation: (Saint) John Henry Cardinal Newman, Oratorian
Tune: “Potsdam” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
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Summi Parentis Filio (“To Christ, the Prince of Peace”)
Translation: Fr. Edward Caswall, Oratorian
Tune: “Festal Song” • 66 86 (SM)
A “text only version” is included at page bottom, providing melodic flexibility.
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Quicumque Christum Quaeritis (“O ye, the truly wise, who in the Lord delight”)
Translation: Robert Campbell of Skerrington
Tune: “Festal Song” • 66 86 (SM)
Page 734
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
Pages 712-713
“To Thee, O Gracious Father” by Fr. Christopher G. Phillips
Tune: “Thaxted” • 13 13 13 13 14 14
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Stille Nacht (“Silent Night, Holy Night”)
This German text was composed by Fr. Josef Mohr, a Catholic priest who died in 1848. He should not be confused with a Jesuit priest, Fr. Josef Hermann Mohr (d. 1892), who published many German hymnals. The English translation (“Silent Night”) was composed by John Freeman Young.
Tune: “Stille Nacht” • 66 88 66
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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.
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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
