Music

= HYMNS =

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest
1. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,

And in our hearts take up Thy rest;

Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid


 * To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. ||

2. O Comforter, to Thee we cry,

Thou heavenly Gift of God most high,

Thou Fount of life and Fire of love,


 * And sweet Anointing from above. ||

3. Praise we the Father and the Son,

And Holy Spirit with them One;

And may the Son on us bestow


 * The gifts that from the Spirit flow. ||

O Salutaris
1. O Salutaris Hostia!

Quae coeli pandis ostium:

Bella premunt hostilia,

Da robur, fer auxilium.

2. Uni trinoque Domino

Sit sempiterna gloria,

Qui vitam sine termino

Nobis donet in Patria. Amen.

Tantum Ergo
1. Tantum ergo Sacramentum

Veneremur cernui;

Et antiquum documentum

Novo cedat ritui;

Praestet fides supplementum

Sensuum defectui.

2. Genitori, Genitoque

Laus et jubilatio,

Salus, honor, virtus quoque

Sit et benedictio;

Procedenti ab utroque

Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

V. Panem de coelo praestitisti eis,

R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.

Adeste Fideles
1. Adeste, fideles,

Laeti triumphantes;

Venite, venite in Bethlehem;

Natum videte

Regem Angelorum,

Venite, adoremus,

Venite, adoremus,

Venite, adoremus Dominum.

2. Deum de Deo,

Lumen de lumine,

Gestant puellae viscera;

Deum verum,

Genitum non factum,

Venite, etc.

3. Cantet nunc Io!

Chorus Angelorum;

Cantet nunc aula coelestium.

Gloria

In excelsis Deo,

Venite, etc.

4. Ergo, qui natus

Die hodierna,

Jesu! tibi sit gloria,

Patris aeterni

Verbum caro factum,

Venite, etc.

Jesus, My Lord, My God
(REV. F. W. FABER)

1. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all!

How can I love Thee as I ought?

And how revere this wondrous gift,

So far surpassing hope or thought?

CHORUS.--Sweet Sacrament! we Thee adore,

Oh, make us love Thee more and more,

Oh, make us love Thee more and more.

2. Had I but Mary's sinless heart

To love Thee with, my dearest King,

Oh, with what bursts of fervent praise

Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!

To Jesus' Heart All Burning
(REV. A. J. CHRISTIE, S.J.)

1. To Jesus' Heart, all burning

With fervent love for men,

My heart with fondest yearning

Shall raise the joyful strain.

CHORUS.--While ages course along,

Blest be with loudest song


 * The Sacred Heart of Jesus

By every heart and tongued. ||

2. O Heart for me on fire

With love no man can speak,

My yet untold desire

God gives me for Thy sake.

3. Too true I have forsaken

Thy flock by willful sin;

Yet now let me be taken

Back to Thy fold again.

Jesus, Gentlest Savior
(REV. F. W. FABER)

1. Jesus, gentlest Savior!

God of might and power;

Thou Thyself art dwelling

In us at this hour.

Nature cannot hold Thee,

Heav'n is all too strait

For Thine endless glory,

And Thy royal state.

2. Out beyond the shining

Of the farthest star,

Thou art ever stretching

Infinitely far.

Yet the hearts of children

Hold what worlds cannot,

And the God of wonders

Loves the lowly spot.

Jesus! Savior of My Soul
1. Jesus! Savior of my soul,

Let me to Thy refuge fly,

While the nearer waters roll,

While the tempest still is nigh.

CHORUS.--Hide me, O my Savior, hide

Till the storm of life is past;

Safe into Thy haven guide,

O receive my soul at last.

Jesus! Saviour of my soul,

Let me to Thy refuge fly;

Ave, Ave, Jesus mild,

Deign to hear Thy lowly child.

2. Other refuge have I none,

Hangs my helpless soul on Thee,

Leave, oh, leave me not alone,

Still support and strengthen me.

Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
(REV. E. CASWALL)

1. Jesus, the very thought of Thee

With rapture fills my breast;

But sweeter far Thy Face to see,

And in Thy presence rest.

2. Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,

Nor can the mem'ry find

A sweeter sound than Thy blest Name,

O Saviour of mankind!

3. Jesus, our only joy be Thou,

As Thou our prize wilt be;

O Jesus, be our glory now

And through eternity.

What Happiness Can Equal Mine?
(REV. F. W. FABER)

1. What happiness can equal mine?

I've found the object of my love:

My Jesus dear, my King Divine,

Is come to me from heav'n above;

He chose my heart for His abode,

He there becomes my daily bread;

There on me flows His healing blood;

There with His flesh my soul is fed.

CHORUS.--What happiness can equal mine?

I've found the object of my love:

My Jesus dear, my King Divine,

Is come to me from heav'n above.

2. I am my love's, and He is mine:

In me He dwells, in Him I live;

What greater treasures could I find?

And could, ye heavens, a greater give?

O sacred banquet, heav'nly feast!

O overflowing source of grace,

Where God the food, and man, the guest,

Meet and unite in sweet embrace!

The Love of Jesus
1. O the priceless love of Jesus:

O the strength of grace divine;

All His gifts are showered upon me,

All His blessings may be mine.

He is throned in Heavenly glory

Where no sin nor death can be;

Yet He loves me in this darkness,

Yet He does not turn from me.

2. I am blind, and poor, and wretched,

By temptations sorely tried;

Yet His watchful care abounding

Keeps me ever at His side.

He is God and King Eternal,

Higher than all height can be;

Yet His Heart is with me always,

Yet He stoopeth down to me.

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
(REV. C. WALWORTH)

1. Holy God, we praise Thy name,

Lord of all, we bow before Thee!

All on earth Thy sceptre claim,

All in heav'n above adore Thee.


 * Infinite Thy vast domain,

Everlasting is Thy name. ||

2. Hark! the loud celestial hymn,

Angel choirs above are raising!

Cherubim and Seraphim,

In unceasing chorus praising.


 * Fill the heavens with sweet accord;

Holy! Holy! Holy Lord. ||

Hail, Heavenly Queen!
1. Hail, heavenly Queen! Hail, foamy ocean star!

O be our guide, diffuse thy beams afar;

Hail, Mother of God! above all virgins blest,

Hail, happy gate of heav'n's eternal rest.

CHORUS.--Hail foamy ocean star! Hail, heav'nly Queen!


 * O be our guide to endless joys unseen. ||

2. "Hail, full of grace," with Gabriel we repeat;

Thee, Queen of heav'n, from him we learn to greet;

Then give us peace which heav'n alone can give,

And dead thro' Eve, thro' Mary let us live.

Mother Dear, Oh, Pray for Me
1. Mother dear, oh, pray for me,

Whilst far from heav'n and thee

I wander in a fragile bark,

O'er life's tempestuous sea;

O Virgin Mother, from thy throne,

So bright in bliss above,

Protect thy child and cheer my path,

With thy sweet smile of love.

CHORUS.--Mother dear, remember me,

And never cease thy care,

Till in heaven eternally

Thy love and bliss I share.

2. Mother dear, oh, pray for me,

Should pleasure's siren lay

E'er tempt thy child to wander far

From virtue's path away;

When thorns beset life's devious way,

And darkling waters flow,

Then, Mary, aid thy weeping child,

Thyself a mother show.

Ora Pro Me
1. Ave Maria! bright and pure,

Hear, O hear me when I pray,

Pains and pleasures try the pilgrim

On his long and dreary way.

Fears and perils are around me,

Ave Maria! bright and pure,

Ore pro me, ora pro me.

2. Ave Maria! Queen of Heaven,

Teach, O teach me to obey,

Lead me on, tho' fierce temptations

Stand and meet me in the way.

When I fail and faint, my Mother,

Ave Maria! bright and pure,

Ora pro me, ora pro me.

I'll Sing a Hymn to Mary
(REV. FR. WYSE)

I'll sing a hymn to Mary,

The Mother of my God,

The Virgin of all Virgins,

Of David's royal blood.

Oh, teach me, holy Mary

A loving song to frame,

When wicked men blaspheme thee

To love and bless thy name.

When troubles dark afflict me

In sorrow and in care,

Thy light doth ever guide me

O beauteous Morning Star.

Lo, I'll be ever ready

Thy goodly help to claim,

When wicked men blaspheme thee

I'll love and bless thy name.

Daily, Daily Sing to Mary
1. Daily, daily sing to Mary

Sing, my soul, her praises due;

All her feasts, her actions honor,

With the heart's devotion true.

Lost in wond'ring contemplation,

Be her majesty confess'd;

Call her Mother, call her Virgin,

Happy Mother, Virgin blest.

2. She is mighty to deliver;

Call her, trust her lovingly;

When the tempest rages round thee,

She will calm the troubled sea.

Gifts of heaven she has given,

Noble Lady, to our race;

She the Queen who decks her subject,

With the light of God's own grace.

Hymn to St. Joseph
1. With grateful hearts we breathe to-day

The tender accents of our love.

We carol forth a little lay

To thee, great saint in heaven above.

CHORUS.--O Joseph dear, from thy bright throne,

Incline thine ear unto our prayer.

And o'er us all as o'er thine own,

Extend thy fond paternal care,

And o'er us all as o'er thine own,

Extend thy fond paternal care,

Extend thy fond paternal care.

2. More favored than earth's greatest king.

Thou wert the guardian of that Child,

Around whose crib full choirs did sing,

With cadenced voices soft and mild.

Dear Guardian of Mary
(REV. F. W. FABER)

1. Dear Guardian of Mary! dear nurse of her child!

Life's ways are full weary, the desert is wild;

Bleak sands are all round us, no home can we see;

Sweet Spouse of our Lady! we lean upon thee.

2. For thou to the pilgrim art father and guide,

And Jesus and Mary felt safe at thy side;

Ah! blessed Saint Joseph, how safe should I be,

Sweet Spouse of our Lady! if thou wert with me.

Dear Angel, Ever at My Side
(REV. F. W. FABER)

1. Dear Angel, ever at my side,

How loving must thou be,

To leave thy home in heaven to guide

A little child like me.

2. Thy beautiful and shining face

I see not, though so near;

The sweetness of thy soft, low voice

I am too deaf to hear.

O Lord, I am not worthy
O Lord, I am not worthy

That Thou shouldst come to me,

But speak the words of comfort,

My spirit healed shall be.

And humbly I'll receive Thee,

The bridegroom of my soul,

No more by sin to grieve Thee,

Or fly Thy sweet control.

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

 * Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down;
 * Fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown!
 * Jesus thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art;
 * Visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart.


 * Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast!
 * Let us all in thee inherit; let us find that second rest.
 * Take away our love of sinning; Alpha and Omega be;
 * (Original Lyric: take away our bent to sinning)
 * End of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty.


 * Come, Almighty to deliver, let us all Thy life receive;
 * Suddenly return and never, never more Thy temples leave.
 * Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above,
 * Pray and praise Thee without ceasing, glory in Thy perfect love.


 * Finish, then, thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be.
 * Let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee;
 * Changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place,
 * Till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.

For All the Saints

 * 1. For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
 * Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
 * Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 2. Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
 * Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
 * Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 3. For the Apostles’ glorious company,
 * Who bearing forth the Cross o’er land and sea,
 * Shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee:
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 4. For the Evangelists, by whose blest word,
 * Like fourfold streams, the garden of the Lord,
 * Is fair and fruitful, be Thy Name adored.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 5. For Martyrs, who with rapture kindled eye,
 * Saw the bright crown descending from the sky,
 * And seeing, grasped it, Thee we glorify.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 6. O blest communion, fellowship divine!
 * We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
 * All are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 7. O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
 * Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
 * And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 8. And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
 * Far off we hear the distant triumph song,
 * And hearts are brave, again, and arms are strong.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 9. The golden evening brightens in the west;
 * Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
 * Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 10. But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
 * The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
 * The King of glory passes on His way.
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!


 * 11. From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
 * Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
 * And singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
 * Alleluia, Alleluia!

Now Thank We All Our God
Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts and blessèd peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed; And free us from all ills, in this world and the next! All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given; The Son and Him Who reigns with Them in highest Heaven; The one eternal God, whom earth and Heaven adore; For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

O Sanctissima
O Sanctissima, O Piissima Dulcis Virgo Maria Mater amata, intemerata Ora, ora pro nobis

Tota pulchra es, O Maria Et macula non est in te Mater amata intemerata Ora, ora pro nobis

Sicut lilium inter spinas Sic Maria inter filias Mater amata intemerata Ora, ora pro nobis

In miseria, in angustia Ora Virgo pro nobis Pro nobis ora in mortis hora Ora, ora pro nobis

Tu solatium et refugium Virgo Mater Maria Quidquid optamus per te speramus Ora, ora pro nobis

O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Note: Verses in italics are sometimes omitted.


 * O God, our help in ages past,
 * Our hope for years to come,
 * Our shelter from the stormy blast,
 * And our eternal home.


 * Under the shadow of Thy throne
 * Thy saints have dwelt secure;
 * Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
 * And our defense is sure.


 * Before the hills in order stood,
 * Or earth received her frame,
 * From everlasting Thou art God,
 * To endless years the same.


 * Thy Word commands our flesh to dust,
 * Return, ye sons of men:
 * All nations rose from earth at first,
 * And turn to earth again.


 * A thousand ages in Thy sight
 * Are like an evening gone;
 * Short as the watch that ends the night
 * Before the rising sun.


 * The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
 * With all their lives and cares,
 * Are carried downwards by the flood,
 * And lost in following years.


 * Time, like an ever rolling stream,
 * Bears all its sons away;
 * They fly, forgotten, as a dream
 * Dies at the opening day.


 * Like flowery fields the nations stand
 * Pleased with the morning light;
 * The flowers beneath the mower’s hand
 * Lie withering ere ‘tis night.


 * O God, our help in ages past,
 * Our hope for years to come,
 * Be Thou our guard while troubles last,
 * And our eternal home.

In other languages, the word for "music" is:
Chamorro: dandan