The Liturgical Year/Volume 2/Appendix
APPENDIX.
HYMN.
[The stanzas usually sung are marked thus *]
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* Come, ye Faithful, in joy and triumph, to Bethlehem, and gaze on the new-born King of Angels! Come, let us adore the Lord! |
* Adeste fideles, læti, triumphantes, |
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* The Virgin's womb carries the God of God, the Light of Light, the true God, that was born, not made. Come, let us adore the Lord! |
* Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine, |
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Lo! the Shepherds are called, and, leaving their flocks, hasten to the humble Crib. Let us, also, go thither, with joy. Come, let us adore the Lord! |
En grege relicto, humiles ad cunas |
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We shall see the eternal brightness of the Eternal Father hid under the veil of Flesh—the Infant-God wrapt in swaddling-clothes. Come, let us adore the Lord! |
Æterni Parentis splendorem æternum |
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Let us devoutly embrace Him, who, for our sakes, is become poor and lies on straw. Oh! who will refuse to love Him, who so loves us? Come, let us adore the Lord! |
Pro nobis egenum et fœno cubantem |
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* Let the Angel choir now sing its Hymns. Let the court of the Blessed give forth its Glory be to God in the highest! Come, let us adore the Lord! |
* Cantet nunc Io chorus angelorum, |
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* To thee, O Jesus! who art this day born, be glory. Glory be to thee, O Word of the Eternal Father, that art now made Flesh! Come, let us adore! |
* Ergo qui natus die hodierna, |
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.