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[MarysLittleFlower]

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I submit... Jesu Rex Admirabilis by Palestrina 

For any Latin fans :D 

1. Jesu, Rex admirabilis 
Et triumphator nobilis
Dulcedo ineffabilis
Totus desiderabilis.

2. Mane nobiscum Domine
Et nos illustra lumine
Pulsa mentis caligine
Mundum reple dulcedine.

3. Te saeculorum Principem, 
Te, Christe, regem gentium,
Te mentium, Te cordium 
unum fatemur arbitrum.

4. Amor Iesus continuus
Mihi languor assiduus
Mihi Iesus mellifluus
Fructus vitæ perpetuus

5. Quocumque loco fuero
Semper Iesum desidero
Amore Iesus langueo
& corde totus ardeo

http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Jesu_Rex_admirabilis

Come Down O Love Divine

Come down, O love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

Let holy charity
mine outward vesture be,
and lowliness become mine inner clothing;
true lowliness of heart,
which takes the humbler part,
and o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.

And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till Love create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.

 

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Words: Bianco da Siena, d. 1434;
trans. Richard Frederick Littledale, Jr., 1867

Music: Down Ampney, North Petherton

Meter: 66 11 D

http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/c/c186.html

 

We sing both in our parish choir :D EF Mass. 

Another one... O Bread of Heaven

O bread of heaven, beneath this veil
thou dost my very God conceal;
my Jesus, dearest treasure, hail;
I love thee and adoring kneel;
each loving soul by thee is fed
with thine own self in form of bread.


O food of life, thou who dost give
the pledge of immortality;
I live; no, ‘tis not I that live;
God gives me life, God lives in me:
he feeds my soul, he guides my ways,
and every grief with joy repays.


O bond of love, that dost unite
the servant to his living Lord;
could I dare live, and not requite
such love then death were meet reward:
I cannot live unless to prove
some love for such unmeasured love.


Belovèd Lord in heaven above,
there, Jesus, thou awaitest me;
to gaze on thee with changeless love,
yes, thus I hope, thus shall it be:
for how can he deny me heaven
who here on earth himself hath given? 
 

http://ehymnbook.org/CMMS/hymnSong.php?id=pd24246

 

[Seven77]

 Just our voices, just the way God gave them to us.

[HopefulHeart]

Pange Lingua

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

O Santissima

Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All

Immaculate Mary

[MarysLittleFlower]

 Just our voices, just the way God gave them to us.

Is that a reference to the tattoo thread Seven? I don't understand why this has to be brought here... Anyway the analogy doesn't work because our voices were given to form them into speaking or singing.  

[Seven77]

 All Are Welcome

City of God

 Anything from Glory and Praise Vol. 1, 2, 3

 

 

Is that a reference to the tattoo thread Seven? I don't understand why this has to be brought here... Anyway the analogy doesn't work because our voices were given to form them into speaking or singing.  

 

Gregorian chant…:)

[MarysLittleFlower]

 All Are Welcome

City of God

 Anything from Glory and Praise Vol. 1, 2, 3

 

 

Gregorian chant…:)

sure :D I can go with that. 

Oh and my other favourite hymn: Gather us in. Just kidding :P. Gregorian all the way. And polyphony like Sicut Cervus or basically anything by Palestrina. 

Edited August 3, 2015 by MarysLittleFlower

[Gabriela]

Best song ever:

 

Edited August 3, 2015 by Gabriela