Where True Love is Dwelling, God is Dwelling There

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Where True Love is Dwelling, God is Dwelling There is written by the Scottish Jesuit Priest, Fr. James J. Quinn (1919-2010). In the Divine Office (1974) it is sung with the Office of Readings. The recommended tune in the Office is Gott Ein Vater by Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860). An alternative tune that can also be used is Quietude (Green), as featured in the following video.


Alternative Tune: Quietude (Green)

Remember Those, O Lord

For Them We Humbly Pray

Remember Those, O Lord was written by the Scottish Jesuit Priest, Fr. James J. Quinn (1919-2010). In the Divine Office (1974) it is sung at Morning Prayer in the Office for the Dead. It is set to the tune: Franconia, by the German composer Johann Balthasar König (1691-1758).


Tune: Franconia

Joy Fill Your Heart, O Queen Most High

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Joy Fill Your Heart, O Queen Most High was written by the Scottish Jesuit Priest, Fr. James Quinn (1919-2010). It is set to the tune Lasst Uns Erfreuen, first published in the Jesuit hymnal: Ausserlesene Catlwlische Geistliche Kirchengesänge of 1623. In the Divine Office (1974), Joy Fill Your Heart, O Queen Most High is sung after Night Prayer (Compline) as an antiphon - a final anthem to the Blessed Virgin Mary.


Tune: Lasst Uns Er­freu­en

Forth From on High the Father Sends

Jesus in Form of Bread and Wine

Forth From on High the Father Sends was written by the Scottish Jesuit Priest, Fr. James Quinn (1919-2010). It is sung to the tune: Melcombe, by the English composer Samuel Webbe (1740-1816). Initially published in 1782 as an anonymous chant tune in An Essay on the Church Plain Chant, it was ascribed to Webbe in later hymnals after 1791. In the Divine Office (1974), Forth From on High the Father Sends is used with Morning Prayer on the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).


Tune: Melcombe

Easter Glory Fills the Sky

Christ Now Lives, No More To Die

Easter Glory Fills the Sky was written by the Scottish Jesuit Priest, Fr. James Quinn (1919-2010). In the Divine Office (1974) the recommended tune is Francois. Two alternative tunes that can also be used are Llanfair and Gwalchmai, as featured in the following videos. In the Divine Office (1974), Easter Glory Fills the Sky is used during the Easter season up until Ascension.

Tune: Llanfair (3 Verses)
 

Tune: Gwalchmai

Blessed Be the Lord Our God

With Joy, Let Heaven Ring

Blessed Be the Lord Our God was written by the Scottish Jesuit Priest, Fr. James Quinn (1919-2010). In the Divine Office (1974) it is sung with Sunday Evening Prayer I (Week 2). It is set to the tune: Corona, as featured the following video. An alternative tune that can also be used is the more well known: Diademata.


Tune: Corona


Alternative Tune: Diademata

Sing All Creation, Sing to God in Gladness

Joyously Serve Him, Singing Hymns of Homage

Sing All Creation, Sing to God in Gladness (Psalm 100) is written by the Scottish Jesuit priest, theologian and hymn writer: Fr. James J. Quinn (1919-2010). It is based upon Psalm 100 and is set to the tune: Diva Servatrix, from the Bayeux Antiphoner of 1739. It can also be sung to the tune: Christe Sanctorum, as featured in the following video. In the Divine Office, Sing All Creation, Sing to God in Gladness (Psalm 100) is used with Morning Prayer.


Tune: Christe Sanctorum

I Am the Holy Vine

So Shall You Yield Much Fruit

I Am the Holy Vine is written by the Scottish Jesuit priest, theologian and hymn writer: Fr. James J. Quinn (1919-2010). First published in 1969 as part of his collection: New Hymns for All Seasons, it is a versification of John 15:1-5. It is set to the tune: Love Unknown, composed by John Ireland (1879-1962) in 1918. In the Divine Office, I Am the Holy Vine is sung at Morning Prayer.


Tune: Love Unknown

Come, Praise the Lord, the Almighty

Praise to the Son, the Redeemer Who Wrought Our Salvation!

Come, Praise the Lord the Almighty is written by the Scottish Jesuit, Fr. James Quinn (1919-2010). Based on Psalm 117, his paraphrase is set to the anonymous German hymn tune: Lobe den Herren, first published in the Stralsund Gesangbuch of 1665. In the Divine Office, Come, Praise the Lord the Almighty is sung during Evening Prayer.


Tune: Lobe Den Herren

Hail Our Savior's Glorious Body / Pange Lingua

Hail Our Saviour's Glorious Body is a translation of the 13th century Latin hymn Pange Lingua by St. Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1274). In 1264 Aquinas was commissioned by Pope Urban IV (c.1195-1264) to compose an Office for the institution of the Feast of Corpus Christi. Pange, Lingua was one of several hymns he wrote for the Office. In 1969, the Scottish Jesuit, Fr. James J. Quinn (1919-2010) translated the text into English as Hail Our Saviour's Glorious Body. It is set to a 1964 arrangement of Gregorian Mode III by the Canadian composer, Eugene Lapierre (1899-1970). In the Divine Office it is used on the Feast of Corpus Christi.



PANGE, LINGUA, GLORIOSI by Thomas Aquinas, 1264

1. Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Corporis mysterium,
Sanguinisque pretiosi,
quem in mundi pretium
fructus ventris generosi
Rex effudit Gentium.

2. Nobis datus, nobis natus
ex intacta Virgine,
et in mundo conversatus,
sparso verbi semine,
sui moras incolatus
miro clausit ordine.

3. In supremae nocte coenae
recumbens cum fratribus
observata lege plene
cibis in legalibus,
cibum turbae duodenae
se dat suis manibus.

4. Verbum caro, panem verum
verbo carnem efficit:
fitque sanguis Christi merum,
et si sensus deficit,
ad firmandum cor sincerum
sola fides sufficit.

5. Tantum ergo Sacramentum
veneremur cernui:
et antiquum documentum
novo cedat ritui:
praestet fides supplementum
sensuum defectui.

6. Genitori, Genitoque
laus et jubilatio,
salus, honor, virtus quoque
sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
compar sit laudatio. Amen. Alleluja.

May Flights of Angels Lead You On Your Way

To Paradise and Heavens Eternal Day

May Flights of Angels Lead You On Your Way is a 1969 paraphrase by the Scottish theologian and hymnwriter, Fr. James Quinn S.J. (1919-2010) of the ancient Latin hymn, In Paradisum (Into Paradise). In Paradisum was traditionally used as an antiphon sung by a choir as the body is taken out of the Church in a Requiem Mass or at the burial. The text has been used by many composers, most famously by Gabriel Fauré. May Flights of Angels Lead You On Your Way is set to a variation of the 1875 tune, Unde Et Memores by William Henry Monk (1823-1889). The following video is sung to an alternative tune which I have been unable to identify. In the Liturgy of the Hours it is used in the Office of the Dead.

Now, From the Heav'ns Descending

All the Saints in Glory, From Every Time and Place  

Now, from the Heav'ns Descending was written by the Scottish theologian and hymnwriter, Fr. James Quinn S.J. (1919-2010). It was first published in 1969 as part of his collection,  New Hymns for All Seasons. He composed some 300 hymns. One of the last he wrote, Let Scotland's Hills was in honor of St. John Ogilvie, Martyr (1579-1615), Scotland's first Post-Reformation saint. Fr. Quinn was vice postulator for the cause of his canonization, which happened in 1976. Now From the Heav'ns Descending is sung to the tune Aurelia, written in 1864 by Samuel S. Wesley (1810-1876), grandson of Charles Wesley. In the Liturgy of the Hours it is used in the Common of Doctors of the Church.


Tune: Aurelia

Mother of Christ

Star of the Sea, Our Beacon in Distress 

Mother of Christ was written by the Scottish Jesuit priest, theologian and hymnodist; Fr. James Quinn, S.J. (1919-2010). It was first published in 1969 as part of the collection: New Hymns for New Seasons. After Fr. Quinn lamented the fact that there were too few hymns in the vernacular to compliment the New Mass, his fellow priest in the Edinburgh parish where they served, challenged him to write some of his own. All total, Fr. Quinn would eventually write about 300 hymns, some of which have become standards. Mother of Christ is sung to the tune Farley Castle, written in 1638 by Henry Lawes (1596-1662) as a setting for Psalm 72. It can also be sung to the tune: Old 124th (see the following video). In the Liturgy of the Hours it is used for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and in the Commons of the Blessed Virgin Mary.


ALTERNATIVE TUNE: OLD 124TH

Praise Him As He Mounts the Skies

He Will Come Again in Love, Alleluia!

Praise Him As He Mounts the Skies, first published in 1968, was written by the Scottish Jesuit priest, theologian and hymnwriter: James Quinn (1919-2010). From 1969 to 1976, Fr. Quinn acted in several capacities to the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). They were responsible for the Vatican II translation of the Roman Rite from the original Latin into English; including the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. In the Divine Office, Praise Him As He Mounts the Skies is used at Ascension. It is sung to the tune: Lianfair (1817) written by Robert Williams (1781-1821).

Now at Daylight's Ending

When life's brief daylight ends.

Now At The Daylight's Ending, first published in 1969 was written Fr. James Quinn (1919-2010). In his Obituary, it said that in his final years he accepted the changes brought on by age and illness, and though he was no longer able to continue writing hymns, he started writing jokes and sharing them with everyone who came to visit. Now at Daylight's Ending is set to the Lutheran funeral hymn, Christus Der Ist Mein Leben (1609) by German singer and composer Melchior Vulpius. In the Liturgy of the Hours it is used during Ordinary Time for Night Prayer.

Tune: Christus Der Ist Mein Leben (with introduction)

Day is Done

Shadows fall, but hope prevailing.

Day is Done, first published in 1969 was written Father James Quinn S.J. (1919-2010). During his life, Fr. Quinn was particularily involved in ecumenical matters. Two of his most noted works, Day is Done and This Day God Gives Me have become equally popular among Catholics and Protestants alike. Like This Day God Gives Me, Day is Done is set to a well known and easily sung folk melody, in this case the Welsh tune, Ar Hyd Y Nos. In the Liturgy of the Hours Day is Done, But Love Unfailing is used during Ordinary Time for Evening Prayer.

Now Fades All Earthly Splendor

The shades of night descend

Now Fades All Earthly Splendor, first published in 1969 was written by Scottish Jesuit Priest, theologian, and hymnwriter James Quinn (1919-2010). It is set to the tune, Ewing (1861) by Alexander Ewing (1830 -1895). The tune is more commonly recognized as the setting for Jerusalem the Golden, which is a translation from the original Latin of a small portion of the 3000 line poem, De Contemptu Mundi by the 12th century monk Bernard of Cluny. In the Liturgy of the Hours, Now Fades All Earthly Splendor is used during Ordinary Time for Evening Prayer.


Tune: Ewing

Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven

Dwell within us, make us one.

Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven, with words by Fr. James Quinn, S.J. (1919-2010) is set to the tune Drakes Broughton by British composer, Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Written in 1878 when Elgar was just 21 years of age. The title refers to a wooded lane leading to Drake’s Broughton that the composer had a fondness for. In the Liturgy of Hours, Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven is used during Ordinary Time for Daytime Midmorning Prayer.

O God of Light

Each fresh beginning is your gift.

O God of Light was written by Fr. James Quinn S.J. (1919-2010) and was first published in New Hymns for All Seasons (1969). The text is set to the traditional English melody, Danby also used for the setting of 'Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow (1906) by Samual Longfellow.  The first video features a choral arrangement of 'Tis Winter Now, and the second has Father Quinn's words set to Pu­er No­bis (thanks to reader for comment below for helping identify tune). In the Liturgy of the Hours, O God of Light is used during Ordinary Time for Morning Prayer.
 
Tune: Danby


Tune: Puer Nobis

This Day God Gives Me

Rising, I Thank You

This Day God Gives Me is set to the traditional Gaelic melody, Bunessan with new words by Rev. Fr. James Quinn S.J was published in New Hymns for All Seasons (1969). The text is based upon St. Patrick's Breastplate, also known as Lorica, a prayer invoking God's protection through the day ascribed to St. Patrick (372-466). The second video features the same words sung to a popular variant of the tune performed by L'Angelus. In the Liturgy of the Hours, This Day God Gives Me is used during Ordinary Time for Morning Prayer.