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Alleluia! Alleluia! Sing a New Song to the Lord; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Alma Redemptoris Mater; Angels We Have Heard on High; Anima Christi (Soul of my Saviour) Asperges me; As a Deer; As I Kneel Before You (also known as Maria Parkinson's Ave Maria) At That First Eucharist; At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing; At the Name of Jesus; Attende ...
The fourth stanza finally addresses the present congregation to join together in praise. So, this hymn addresses the traditional Three States of the Church (the Church Triumphant, the Church Expectant, the Church Militant), reflecting the belief in the communion of saints. [4] The original text follows: [2] Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
"O sanctissima" (O most holy) is a Roman Catholic hymn in Latin, seeking the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and often sung in various languages on her feast days.The earliest known publication was from London in 1792, presenting it as a traditional song from Sicily; no original source or date has been confirmed for the simple melody or poetic text.
A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches, to which are added prayers for families and individuals (1834) [257] Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions (1838) [258] Church of the Lutheran Confession. The Lutheran Hymnal (1941)
Tantum ergo" is the incipit of the last two verses of Pange lingua, a Medieval Latin hymn composed by St Thomas Aquinas circa A.D. 1264. The "Genitori genitoque" and "Procedenti ab utroque" portions are adapted from Adam of Saint Victor's sequence for Pentecost. [1] The hymn's Latin incipit literally translates to "Therefore so great".
"Faith of our Fathers" is a Catholic hymn, written in 1849 [1] by Frederick William Faber in memory of the Catholic Martyrs from the time of the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and Elizabeth. [2] Faber wrote two versions of the hymn: one with seven stanzas for Ireland, and another with four for England. [3]
These liturgies include the Magnificat hymn, which is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns—perhaps the earliest, according to historian Marjorie Reeves. It is named after its first word in the 4th-century Vulgate Bible, based on Luke 1:46–55 , and is widely used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and the Eastern Orthodox.
In 1976 the words of the first verse of the Salve Regina were used as a repeating theme in the song Oh What a Circus in the musical Evita, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. [19] Salve Regina University, a U.S. university established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1934, was named in honor of the Salve Regina hymn and motto. [20]