Ave Maris Stella (“Star of ocean, lead us”)
Translation: Msgr. Ronald A. Knox
Tune: “St Martin” • 66 66 Trochaic
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Ave Maris Stella (“Hail, O Star that pointest”)
Translation: John Athelstan Riley
First Tune: “St Martin” • 66 66 Trochaic
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Ave Maris Stella (“Hail, O Star that pointest”)
Translation: John Athelstan Riley
Second Tune: “Ravenshaw” • 66 66 Trochaic
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Ave Maris Stella (“Hail, O Star that pointest”)
Translation: John Athelstan Riley
Third Tune: “Ave Radix” • 66 66 Trochaic
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Ave Maris Stella (“Hail, O Star that pointest”)
Translation: John Athelstan Riley
Fourth Tune: “Waltham Forest” • 66 66 Trochaic
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“Jesus, Meek And Lowly” by Fr. Henry Augustine Collins, Cistercian
Tune: “St Martin” • 66 66 Trochaic
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“Lo! he comes with clouds descending” by John Cennick
Tune: “Helmsley” • 87 87 47
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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
