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Christmas Day Mass Hymns 2013

(Translation)
Entrance: A Song the world is singing Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy,
Lord have mercy
1. There’s a song of wondrous beauty,
Like a peal from angel choirs, Gloria: Glory to God
For it sounds o’er care and duty,
And fulfils the heart’s desires. All: Gloria,Gloria in excelsis Deo,
O the cadence sweet, ascending, Et in terra pax hominibus
Joins the harmony of heav’n, Bonae voluntatis.
And a carol never ending Benedicimus te, Adoramus te,
to mortal tongues is giv’n; Glorificamus te.
And the world takes up the strain:
Solo: Gratias agimus tibi
Chorus: Propter magnam gloriam tuam:
O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant.
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. All: Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis.
Come and behold him, Deus pater omnipotens.
Born the King of angels;
O come let us adore Him (3) Christ the Lord. Solo: Domine Fili unigenite
All: Jesu Christe, Jesu Christe.
2. There’s a song, sweet music pealing,
3. ‘Tis an echo from on high, Solo: Domine deus, Agnus Dei,
Unto all the earth revealing All: Filius, Filius Patris.
blessings from beyond the sky.
There is beauty in the singing, Solo: Qui tollis peccata, peccata mundi,
There is joy beyond compare. Miserere, nobis:peccata mundi,Suscipe,
For it comes, salvation bringing, de-precati-onem, nostram.
To mankind ev’rywhere; Qui sedet ad dexteram
And the world takes up the strain: Patris, miserere nobis.

4. Nigher still and higher swelling, All: Quoniam tu solus, tu solus Sanctus,
5. circling all the list’ning earth, Tu solis Dominus; tu solus altissimus,
While its harmonies are telling of the Jesu, Jesu Christe,Cum Sancto Spiritu in
mighty Saviour’s stream; gloria Dei Patris,Cum sanctu in Gloria Dei
Ever onward, ever growing, Patris, Amen (6)
Mankind it shall redeem;
And the world takes up the strain: (Translation)
Glory to God in the Highest
And peace to his people on earth.
Mass: Petites Messes Solennelles Lord God heavenly King,
Kyrie: Lord Have mercy Almighty God and father,
We worship you, we give you thanks,
Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison. We praise you for your glory.
Kyrie Eleison. (3)
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father.
Christe Eleison, Christe Eleison, Lord God, Lamb of God.
Christe, Christe Eleison (2) You take away the Sins of the World
Have mercy on us.
You are seated at the right
hand of the Father Receive our prayer.
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For you alone are the Holy one, With the dawn of redeeming grace,
You alone are the most high , Jesus, Lord, at thy birth (2)
Jesus Christ, With the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the father. Amen .
Sanctus: Holy, Holy, Holy
Responsorial Psalm 97: Sanctus, Sanctus,
Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabbaoth.
All the Ends of the Earth have seen the Salvation Pleni sunt coeli,coeli et terra
of our God. Gloria, Gloria tua; Hosanna in excelsis!
Hosanna in excelsis, in excelsis!
1. Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked
wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have Benedictus qui venit, qui venit,
brought salvation. R/. Benedictus qui venit in Nomine Domini,
Benedictus qui venit,benedictus qui venit
2. The Lord has made known his salvation; In Nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis (6)
has shown his justice to the nations. (Translation)
He has remembered his truth and love for the Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God of power and might,
house of Israel. R/. Heaven and earth are full of your glory,
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes,
3. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation in the name of the lord. Hosanna in the highest.
of our God. Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out
your joy. R/. Proclamation:
Be born in us incarnate Love (2)
4. Sing psalms to the Lord with harp, with the
sound of music. With trumpets and the sound of Our Father/ Pater Noster:
the horn acclaim the king, the Lord. R/.
Pater noster, quies in caelis:
Acclamation: Sanctificetur nomen tuam;
Alleluia! (6) Adveniat regnum tuum;
Let our gladness know no end, Alleluia! Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, Et in terra.
Unto earth did Christ descend, Alleluia!
On this day God gave, his son God gave, his son, Panem nostrum cotidianum da nobis hodie;
Alleluia! Et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos
dimittimus debitoribus nostris;
Offertory: Silent Night Et ne nos in ducas in tentati onem;
Sed libera nos a malo.
Silent Night, Holy night, (Translation)
All is calm, all is bright, Our father who art in heaven,
Round yon virgin, mother and child, Hallowed be thy name;
Holy infant so tender and mild, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
Sleep in heavenly peace (2) On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
Silent Night, Holy night, Forgive us our trespasses
Shepherd quake, at the sight. As we forgive those who trespass against us.
Glories stream from heaven afar, Lead us not into temptation
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia, But deliver us from all that is evil.
Christ the saviour is born (2)
Agnus Dei: Lamb of God
Silent Night, Holy night,
Son of God, love’s pure light, Solo: Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Radiant beams from thy holy face, quitolis peccata mundi,
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Miserere, miserere nobis. (2)

All: Agnus Dei, quitolis peccata mundi, (3) High up in the night sky,
Dona nobis,dona nobis pacem, pacem, shines a great big star (2)
pacem. It leads you to the stable
(Translation) where the boy named Jesus lay,
Lamb of God you take away, the sins of the world, With the ox and ass around him
Have mercy on us/ Grant us peace. and the whole world stops to sing;

Communion: : Immanuel He’s Christ the King, angels did sing,

The shepherds came to praise his name;
A sign shall be given, a virgin will conceive A boy named Jesus in Bethlehem,
A human baby bearing, undiminished deity Merry Christmas!!!
The glory of the nations, A light for all to see
That hope for all who will embrace,
His warm reality.

Immanuel, Our God is with us,

And if God is with us
Who could stand against us;
Our God is with us, Immanuel.

For all those who live in the shadow of death

a glorious light has dawned;
for all those who stumble in the darkness
Behold your light has come!

Immanuel, Our God is with us …

So what will be your answer?

or will you hear the call?
Of Him who did not spare His son
But gave him for us all.

On earth there is no power

there is no depth or height
that could ever separate us
from the love of God in Christ

Immanuel, Our God is with us …

Recessional: Come On Everybody

Come on everybody
I’ve got good news for you (2)
It’s about this boy named Jesus,
born in Bethlehem this day,
A babe this son of Mary and Joseph I must say

He’s Christ the king, angels did sing,

The shepherds came to praise his name;
A boy named Jesus in Bethlehem,
Merry Christmas!