“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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Vergine Madre, Figlia Del Tuo Figlio (“Maiden, yet a Mother”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Tune: “Une Vaine Crainte” • 65 65 D
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Vergine Madre, Figlia Del Tuo Figlio (“Maiden, yet a Mother”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Text only—can be used with any 65 65 D
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“O Lord, I Am Not Worthy”
Tune: “Non Dignus” • 76 76
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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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Discendi, Amor Santo (“Come down, O love divine”)
Bianco da Siena; translated from Italian by Richard Frederick Littledale.
Tune: “Down Ampney” • 6 6 11 D
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“Once In Royal David’s City” by Cecil Frances Alexander
Tune: “Irby” • 87 87 77
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“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Charles Wesley
Tune: “Mendelssohn” • 77 77d R
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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.
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“Gabriel Saluting, Heaven Thee Recruiting” by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
Tune: “Reginald” • 66 76 R
