THE PARISH OF ST. VINCENT FERRER AND ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA

The Very Reverend Walter C. Wagner, O.P., Pastor

James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

ADVENT PARISH STUDY

Lift Up Your Heads: God’s Word of Hope Sung in

Episode 2

Hymns for the End of Time:

Savior of the Nations, Come Savior of the Nations, Come

PLEA FOR UNITY AND HUMILITY New American Bible Philippians 2:1-11

1. If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any participation in the Spirit, any compassion and mercy,

2. complete my joy by being of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing.

3. Do nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory; rather, humbly regard others as more important than yourselves,

4. each looking out not for his own interests, but [also] everyone for those of others.

5. Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus,

6. Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.

7. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance,

8. he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.

9. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

10. that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11. and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Reference the Hymn: At the Name of Jesus by Caroline Marie Noel (1817-1877).

Reference the Gradual: Christus factus est.

2 Savior of the Nations, Come

HYMN: GENERAL INFORMATION

Text: Veni, Redemptor gentium attrib. St. (c. 340-397) para. (1483-1546) intermediate German trans. William M. Reynolds (1812-1876), alt.

Note: (1818-1866) translated the text as Come, thou Redeemer of the earth

Tune: NUN KOMM, DER HEIDEN HEILAND 77.77 melody based on Veni, Redemptor gentium, Office Hymn of Advent from Enchiridion, Erfurt, 1524 harm. Melchior Vulpius (c. 1560-1615)

More information about the music: bach-cantatas.com/CM/Nun-komm.htm

More information about the poem: aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2012/12/veni-redemptor-gentium.html

POEM

1. Savior of the nations, come; 3. Thou, the Father’s only Son, Virgin’s Son, here make thy home! Hast over sin the victory won. Marvel now, both heav’n and earth, Boundless shall thy kingdom be; That the Lord chose such a birth. When shall we its glories see?

2. Not by human flesh and blood; 4. Brightly doth thy manger shine; By the Spirit of our God Glorious is its light divine. Was the Word of God made flesh, Let not sin o’ercloud this light; Mary’s offspring, pure and fresh. Ever be our faith thus bright.

Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child Praise to God the Father sing, Of the virgin undefiled! Praise to God the Son, our King, Though by all the world disowned, Praise to God the Spirit be Still to be in heaven enthroned. Ever and eternally.

From the Father forth he came And returneth to the same, Captive leading death and hell High the song of triumph swell! 3 HYMN

4 ADDENDA

Verse 1 of the chant melody of the hymn on which Savior of the Nations, Come is based:

Melodic comparison between Veni, Redemptory gentium and Savior of the Nations, Come:

5 Organ settings by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

First prelude, BWV 599, of the ORGELBÜCHLEIN, a collection of German (hymns) for the whole .

BWV 659, of the GREAT EIGHTEEN LEPIZIG CHORALE, (also BWV 660, 661)

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