Feast of St. Dunstan

This Hymn is a 12th century imitation of the Salve Festa Dies, originally a Processional hymn sung on Easter Sunday. The text of this hymn comes from a manuscript, in the collection of Corpus Christi College Cambridge.

Salve, sancta dies, celebri dignissima laude, Qua, Dunstane pater, caelica scandis ovans.

Salve Sancta Dies

Salve Festa Dies Dunstan

Second version, to be sung on the Feast day

We do not have a translation of this hymn.

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The Annunciation

Transferred this year to the Monday after Low Sunday

1st Vespers with commemoration of Low Sunday

Mysterium Ecclesiae

Vespers and Matins hymn, for the Feasts of the Immaculate Conception, Purification and Annunciation of the B.V.M. from the Salzinnes Antiphonal 16th c.

 

St. Luke

A search of the Analecta Hymnica, brings very few hymns for St. Luke,

En Evangeliste Adest, Mozarabic Hymn

Deus Tuorum Militum, 11th century hymn from a Veronensis manuscript.

St. Wenceslas

Hymns for St. Wenceslas,

Dies Venit Victoriae, 14th century Prague manuscript

Office from a Prague manuscript of 1677

Ut celebs tuas rebore tyro, Vespers Hymn

Gubernatore spiritali carens, Compline Hymn

Mente praesaga divinitus actus, Matins Hymn

Temporis cursu jubet fratricida, Laudes Hymn

SS. Cosmas and Damian

Hymns for SS. Cosmas and Damian,

Christi fideles Milites 13/14 century Neapolitan hymn (set to Sarum melody)

Immensa Christi Praemia 14/15 century Ambrosian hymn (set to Ambrosian melody)

Conditor cosmic omniumque salus

Solemne tempus vertitur

St. Anna, Mother of the B. V. M.

The Sarum use has the following Hymns,

Matins: In Anne puerperio

Lauds:Felix Anna Pre Aliis

Vespers: Ave Mater Anna

Other Hymns can be found here, Feast of St Anne

 

St. Pascal Baylon

From the Franciscan Breviary,

Vespers Hymn, Laeta Devote Celebret

Matins Hymn, SplendorPaternaeGloriae

Lauds Hymn, Quam se Deus mirabilem

Common of Martyrs

The Aeterna Christi munera is the oldest of the hymns In natali martyrum, and so is the source and inspiration of all other hymns for martyrs.  We have set the original verses of this hymn to two Dominican melodies.

Aeterna Christi Munera

 

Conversion of St. Paul

From the Liturgical Year, Gueranger

“St Peter Damien has consecrated a hymn to the doctor of the Gentile in strains of energetic piety.”

Paule doctor egregie

N.B. We have not found an original melody for this hymn so have set this to an Ambrosian melody.

 

 

St Phillip and James

Congregational Propers sheet

Vespers Booklet