Sancti Venite, Christi Corpus Sumite (“Come all ye holy”)
Translation: Fr. Adrian Fortescue
Ninth Tune: “Würtemburg 5B” • 57 57 A
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Sancti Venite, Christi Corpus Sumite
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Ninth Tune: “Würtemburg 5B” • 57 57 A
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Sancti Venite, Christi Corpus Sumite (“Come all ye holy”)
Translation: Fr. Adrian Fortescue
Third Tune: “Coelestem Panem 5B” • 57 57 A
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Sancti Venite, Christi Corpus Sumite
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Third Tune: “Coelestem Panem 5B” • 57 57 A
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Sancti Venite, Christi Corpus Sumite (“Come all ye holy”)
Translation: Fr. Adrian Fortescue
Fourth Tune: “Gott Sei Dank 5B” • 57 57 A
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Sancti Venite, Christi Corpus Sumite
Translation: Textus originalis Latinus
Fourth Tune: “Gott Sei Dank 5B” • 57 57 A
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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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“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
