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Alleluia - Score PDF

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Alleluia - Score PDF

Offertory - Score PDF

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Introit - Score PDF

Gradual - Score PDF

Alleluia - Score PDF

Offertory - Score PDF

Communion - Score PDF]]> <![CDATA[Propers for the Second Sunday of Advent - Gregorian Chant]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=3020 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:06:08 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=3020 Propers for the Second Sunday of Advent - Gregorian Chant
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Gradual - Score PDF

Alleluia - Score PDF

Offertory - Score PDF

Communion - Score PDF]]> Propers for the Second Sunday of Advent - Gregorian Chant
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Gradual - Score PDF

Alleluia - Score PDF

Offertory - Score PDF

Communion - Score PDF]]> <![CDATA[Propers for the First Sunday of Advent - Gregorian Chant]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=2988 Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:22:27 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=2988 Propers for the First Sunday of Advent - Gregorian Chant
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Introit

Gradual

Alleluia

Offertory

Communion]]> Propers for the First Sunday of Advent - Gregorian Chant
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Introit

Gradual

Alleluia

Offertory

Communion]]> <![CDATA[Advent Hymn - Creator Alme Siderum]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=459 Sun, 13 Dec 2020 12:24:47 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=459 Creator Alme Siderum
Advent Hymn

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Creator Alme Siderum (Creator, maker of the stars) is a chant hymn for the First Sunday of Advent. The hymn is based on the 7th century hymn Conditor alme siderum, which underwent heavy revision in 1632 by Pope Urban VIII to fit the meters of classical Latin. Only one line of the original remained in the new version sung here.

Creator Alme Siderum is in the Liber Usualis, the book that contains the Gregorian chant for all the Masses of the year as well as the Divine Office. (Please note: not even the Liber Usualis was spared by the progressivists, as it was revised in the '50s and '60s to fit in with liturgical “reforms”.)

The hymn pleads for the Maker of the stars to hear our prayers and to defend us from the enemy with the weapons of heavenly grace.

Creator Alme Siderum is interpreted here by the Czech choir, Schola Gregoriana Pragensis.

Listen to Creator Alme Siderum

Lyrics

Latin lyrics
1. Creator alme siderum,
Aeterna lux credentium,
Jesu Redemptor omnium,
Intende votis supplicum.

2. Qui daemonis ne fraudibus,
Periret orbis, impetu,
Amoris actus, languidi,
Mundi medela factus es.

3. Commune qui mundi nefas,
Ut expiares; ad crucem,
E Virginis sacrario,
Intacta prodis victima.

4. Cujus potestas gloriae,
Nomenque cum primum sonat,
Et coelites et inferi,
Tremente curvantur genu.

5. Te deprecamur ultimae,
Magnum diei Judicem,
Armis supremae gratiae,
Defende nos ab hostibus.

6. Virtus, honor, laus, gloria,
Deo Patri cum Filio,
Sancto simul Paraclito,
In saeculorum saecula.


English lyrics
1. Creator, maker of the universe of stars,
Eternal light of the faithful,
Jesus Redeemer of all,
Hear the prayers of Thy supplicants.

2. Thou who, to avoid that the deceits of the Devil
Should destroy the entire universe,
Moved by an act of love,
Became the healer of the ailing world.

3. To expiate the sins of the world,
On the Cross,
Thou came from the Virgin's womb,
As a spotless Victim.

4. When Thy glorious power,
And name are heard,
The inhabitants of Heaven and Hell,
Trembling bend their knees.

5. We beseech Thee, finally,
Great Judge of the Last Day,
With the weapons of heavenly grace,
Defend us from our enemies.

6. Power, honor, praise and glory,
To the Father and to the Son,
And to the Holy Paraclete,
For ever and ever.]]> Creator Alme Siderum
Advent Hymn

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Creator Alme Siderum (Creator, maker of the stars) is a chant hymn for the First Sunday of Advent. The hymn is based on the 7th century hymn Conditor alme siderum, which underwent heavy revision in 1632 by Pope Urban VIII to fit the meters of classical Latin. Only one line of the original remained in the new version sung here.

Creator Alme Siderum is in the Liber Usualis, the book that contains the Gregorian chant for all the Masses of the year as well as the Divine Office. (Please note: not even the Liber Usualis was spared by the progressivists, as it was revised in the '50s and '60s to fit in with liturgical “reforms”.)

The hymn pleads for the Maker of the stars to hear our prayers and to defend us from the enemy with the weapons of heavenly grace.

Creator Alme Siderum is interpreted here by the Czech choir, Schola Gregoriana Pragensis.

Listen to Creator Alme Siderum

Lyrics

Latin lyrics
1. Creator alme siderum,
Aeterna lux credentium,
Jesu Redemptor omnium,
Intende votis supplicum.

2. Qui daemonis ne fraudibus,
Periret orbis, impetu,
Amoris actus, languidi,
Mundi medela factus es.

3. Commune qui mundi nefas,
Ut expiares; ad crucem,
E Virginis sacrario,
Intacta prodis victima.

4. Cujus potestas gloriae,
Nomenque cum primum sonat,
Et coelites et inferi,
Tremente curvantur genu.

5. Te deprecamur ultimae,
Magnum diei Judicem,
Armis supremae gratiae,
Defende nos ab hostibus.

6. Virtus, honor, laus, gloria,
Deo Patri cum Filio,
Sancto simul Paraclito,
In saeculorum saecula.


English lyrics
1. Creator, maker of the universe of stars,
Eternal light of the faithful,
Jesus Redeemer of all,
Hear the prayers of Thy supplicants.

2. Thou who, to avoid that the deceits of the Devil
Should destroy the entire universe,
Moved by an act of love,
Became the healer of the ailing world.

3. To expiate the sins of the world,
On the Cross,
Thou came from the Virgin's womb,
As a spotless Victim.

4. When Thy glorious power,
And name are heard,
The inhabitants of Heaven and Hell,
Trembling bend their knees.

5. We beseech Thee, finally,
Great Judge of the Last Day,
With the weapons of heavenly grace,
Defend us from our enemies.

6. Power, honor, praise and glory,
To the Father and to the Son,
And to the Holy Paraclete,
For ever and ever.]]> <![CDATA[Advent Hymn - Rorate Coeli Desuper]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=452 Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:56:39 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=452 Advent Hymn: Rorate Coeli Desuper


Roráte caéli désuper,
et núbes plúant jústum.

Drop down ye heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down righteousness:

Ne irascáris Dómine,
ne ultra memíneris iniquitátis:
ecce cívitas Sáncti fácta est desérta:
Síon desérta fácta est:
Jerúsalem desoláta est:
dómus sanctificatiónis túæ et glóriæ túæ,
ubi laudavérunt te pátres nóstri.

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord,
neither remember iniquity for ever:
the holy cities are a wilderness,
Sion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation:
our holy and our beautiful house,
where our fathers praised thee.

Peccávimus, et fácti súmus tamquam immúndus nos,
et cecídimus quasi fólium univérsi:
et iniquitátes nóstræ quasi véntus abstulérunt nos:
abscondísti faciem túam a nóbis,
et allisísti nos in mánu iniquitátis nóstræ.

We have sinned, and are as an unclean thing,
and we all do fade as a leaf:
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away;
thou hast hid thy face from us:
and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

Víde Dómine afflictiónem pópuli túi,
et mítte quem missúrus es:
emítte Agnum dominatórem térræ,
de Pétra desérti ad móntem fíliæ Síon:
ut áuferat ípse júgum captivitátis nóstræ.

Behold, O Lord, the affliction of thy people
and send forth Him who is to come
send forth the Lamb, the ruler of the earth from Petra of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion
that He may take away the yoke of our captivity
'
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,
and my servant whom I have chosen;
that ye may know me and believe me:
I, even I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no Savior:
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Consolámini, consolámini, pópule méus:
cito véniet sálus túa:
quare mæróre consúmeris,
quia innovávit te dólor?
Salvábo te, nóli timére,
égo enim sum Dóminus Déus túus,
Sánctus Israël, Redémptor túus.

Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people,
my salvation shall not tarry:
why wilt thou waste away in sadness?
why hath sorrow seized thee?
Fear not, for I will save thee:
for I am the Lord thy God,
the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer.]]> Advent Hymn: Rorate Coeli Desuper


Roráte caéli désuper,
et núbes plúant jústum.

Drop down ye heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down righteousness:

Ne irascáris Dómine,
ne ultra memíneris iniquitátis:
ecce cívitas Sáncti fácta est desérta:
Síon desérta fácta est:
Jerúsalem desoláta est:
dómus sanctificatiónis túæ et glóriæ túæ,
ubi laudavérunt te pátres nóstri.

Be not wroth very sore, O Lord,
neither remember iniquity for ever:
the holy cities are a wilderness,
Sion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation:
our holy and our beautiful house,
where our fathers praised thee.

Peccávimus, et fácti súmus tamquam immúndus nos,
et cecídimus quasi fólium univérsi:
et iniquitátes nóstræ quasi véntus abstulérunt nos:
abscondísti faciem túam a nóbis,
et allisísti nos in mánu iniquitátis nóstræ.

We have sinned, and are as an unclean thing,
and we all do fade as a leaf:
and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away;
thou hast hid thy face from us:
and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.

Víde Dómine afflictiónem pópuli túi,
et mítte quem missúrus es:
emítte Agnum dominatórem térræ,
de Pétra desérti ad móntem fíliæ Síon:
ut áuferat ípse júgum captivitátis nóstræ.

Behold, O Lord, the affliction of thy people
and send forth Him who is to come
send forth the Lamb, the ruler of the earth from Petra of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion
that He may take away the yoke of our captivity
'
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord,
and my servant whom I have chosen;
that ye may know me and believe me:
I, even I, am the Lord, and beside me there is no Savior:
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

Consolámini, consolámini, pópule méus:
cito véniet sálus túa:
quare mæróre consúmeris,
quia innovávit te dólor?
Salvábo te, nóli timére,
égo enim sum Dóminus Déus túus,
Sánctus Israël, Redémptor túus.

Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people,
my salvation shall not tarry:
why wilt thou waste away in sadness?
why hath sorrow seized thee?
Fear not, for I will save thee:
for I am the Lord thy God,
the Holy One of Israel, thy Redeemer.]]> <![CDATA[Advent Hymns - First Sunday of Advent]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=145 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:37:44 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=145 Introit


Gradual


Alleluia


Creator Alme Siderum
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Gradual


Alleluia


Creator Alme Siderum
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]]> <![CDATA[Advent Hymn - Vox clara ecce intonat]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=70 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:32:16 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=70 Advent [Ambrosian] Hymn - 5th or 6th c.


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]]> <![CDATA[Advent Hymn - Alme Siderum]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=69 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:28:14 +0000 Stone]]> https://thecatacombs.org/showthread.php?tid=69 Creator Of The Stars Of Night "Alme Siderum" (Traditional Advent Hymn)
Advent Hymn from Ambrosian, 6th or 7th Century
Latin

Conditor alme siderum, aeterna lux credentium,
Christe, redemptor omnium, exaudi preces supplicum.

Qui condolens interitu mortis perire saeculum,
salvasti mundum languidum, donans reis remedium.

Vergente mundi vespere, uti sponsus de thalamo,
egressus honestissima Virginis matris clausula.

Cuius forti potentiae genu curvantur omnia;
caelestia, terrestria nutu fatentur subdita.

Te, Sancte, fide quaesumus, venture iudex saeculi,
conserva nos in tempore hostis a telo perfidi.

Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.


English

Creator of the stars of night, Thy people’s everlasting Light;
Jesu, Redeemer, save us all, And hear thy servants when they call.

Thou, grieving that the ancient curse
Should doom to death an universe,
Hast found the med’cine, full of grace,
To save and heal a ruin’d race.

Thou cam’st, the Bridegroom of the Bride,
As drew the world to evening-tide;
Proceeding from a Virgin shrine,
The spotless Victim all divine.

At whose dread Name, majestic now,
All knees must bend, all hearts must bow
And things celestial thee shall own,
And things terrestrial, Lord alone.

O thou, whose coming is with dread
To judge and doom the quick and dead,
Preserve us, while we dwell below,
From ev’ry insult of the foe.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Laud, honour, might, and glory be
From age to age eternally. Amen.]]> Creator Of The Stars Of Night "Alme Siderum" (Traditional Advent Hymn)
Advent Hymn from Ambrosian, 6th or 7th Century
Latin

Conditor alme siderum, aeterna lux credentium,
Christe, redemptor omnium, exaudi preces supplicum.

Qui condolens interitu mortis perire saeculum,
salvasti mundum languidum, donans reis remedium.

Vergente mundi vespere, uti sponsus de thalamo,
egressus honestissima Virginis matris clausula.

Cuius forti potentiae genu curvantur omnia;
caelestia, terrestria nutu fatentur subdita.

Te, Sancte, fide quaesumus, venture iudex saeculi,
conserva nos in tempore hostis a telo perfidi.

Sit, Christe, rex piissime,
tibi Patrique gloria
cum Spiritu Paraclito,
in sempiterna saecula. Amen.


English

Creator of the stars of night, Thy people’s everlasting Light;
Jesu, Redeemer, save us all, And hear thy servants when they call.

Thou, grieving that the ancient curse
Should doom to death an universe,
Hast found the med’cine, full of grace,
To save and heal a ruin’d race.

Thou cam’st, the Bridegroom of the Bride,
As drew the world to evening-tide;
Proceeding from a Virgin shrine,
The spotless Victim all divine.

At whose dread Name, majestic now,
All knees must bend, all hearts must bow
And things celestial thee shall own,
And things terrestrial, Lord alone.

O thou, whose coming is with dread
To judge and doom the quick and dead,
Preserve us, while we dwell below,
From ev’ry insult of the foe.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Laud, honour, might, and glory be
From age to age eternally. Amen.]]>