The Father's Holy Ones, the Blest

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The Father's Holy Ones, the Blest is written by the Benedictine Nuns of Stanbrook Abbey. In the Divine Office (1974) it is sung at Morning Prayer on November 1st, the Solemnity of All Saints. The Office recommends the hymn tune: Auctoritate Saeculi as it's musical setting. An alternative tune that can also be used is Duke Street, as featured in the following video.


Alternative Tune: Duke Street

Lord God and Maker of All Things

Creation is Upheld by You

Lord God and Maker of All Things was written by the Benedictine Nuns of the Conventus of Our Lady of Consolation of Stanbrook Abbey in North Yorkshire, England. It was first published in 1971 in the Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal. At that time the contempletive order was based in a Victorian abbey in Worcestershire, but they have recently moved to a new home in the North York Moors National Park. Lord God and Maker of All Things is set to the the old French Church melody, Auctoritate Saeculi from the Poitiers Antiphoner (1746). An alternative tune that can also be used is Eisenach, as featured in the following video. In the Liturgy of the Hours it is sung during Ordinary Time for Mid-afternoon Prayer.


Alternative Tune: Eisenach