Category Archives: Evening Office/Evensong

The Day Is Past And Gone

This hymn was used for Compline on Sundays and Weekdays during Ordinary Time in the Paris Breviary (1736). This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The Church Hymn and Tune Book (1852) where it is … Continue reading

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O Saviour Jesu, Not Alone

This hymn is used for Lauds on the Solemnity of All Saints in the both Forms of the Roman Breviary. It is also used for Vespers I & Matins on All Saints in the Sarum Breviary. It is used for … Continue reading

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O Let The Heart Beat High With Bliss

This hymn was used for Vespers I & II of the Feast of the Sweetest Name of Jesus (Aug. 7) in the Sarum Breviary.  This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906) … Continue reading

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An Image Of That Heavenly Light

This hymn is used for Vespers I on the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Aug. 6) in the Sarum Breviary. This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906) where it … Continue reading

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Mary, Weep Not, Weep No Longer

This hymn was used for Lauds & Vespers II on the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen (Jul. 22) in the Sarum Breviary. This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906) where it … Continue reading

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Sing We All The Joys And Sorrows

This hymn was used for Vespers I on the Feast of St. Mary Magdalen (Jul. 22) in the Sarum Breviary. This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906) where it is listed … Continue reading

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With Gold Most Precious, And With Sanguine Hues Of Morn

The entirety of the hymn was used for Vespers and Matins on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul (June 29) in the Sarum Breviary. The use in the Roman Breviary is more complicated, and the translation below clearly follows … Continue reading

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Let Thine Example, Holy John, Remind Us

This hymn is used for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) in both Forms of the Roman Breviary and in the Sarum Breviary. Part I is used for Vespers, Part II for Matins/Office of … Continue reading

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All Prophets Hail Thee, From Of Old Announcing

This hymn was used for Vespers I on the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Sarum Breviary. This is the original text of this hymn as it appears in The English Hymnal (1906) where it … Continue reading

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Son Of A Virgin, Maker Of Thy Mother

This hymn is used for Matins in the Common of Virgins in the Extraordinary form of the Roman Breviary. The whole hymn is used for Virgin Martyrs, verses 1, 4 & 5 are used for a Virgin who is not a Martyr … Continue reading

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