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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“Love’s Redeeming Work Is Done” by Charles Wesley
Tune: “Savannah” • 77 77
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Puer Natus Est Nobis (“Bright and joyful is the morn”)
Based on the Introit for the Christmas Daytime Mass, which comes from Isaias 9.6.
Third Tune: “Culbach” • 77 77
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“Forty Days And Forty Nights” by George Hunt Smyttan
Tune: “Aus Der Tiefe” • 77 77
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Puer Natus Est Nobis (“Bright and joyful is the morn”)
Text only—can be used with any 77 77
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Puer Natus Est Nobis (“Bright and joyful is the morn”)
Based on the Introit for the Christmas Daytime Mass, which comes from Isaias 9.6.
First Tune: “All Saints 8B” • 77 77
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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
