HYMNS FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 29, 2024

THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH

YEAR C

“HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING”

Text: 77 77 D with refrain; Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, alt.

Music: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847; adapt. By William H. Cummings, 1831-1915

“GLORY TO GOD”

Mass of Joy and Peace by Tony Alonso

Words © 1969, 1981, 1997, 2010 ICEL. Published with the approval of the Committee on Divine Worship, USCCB. Setting © 2010 GIA

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 84:2-3, 5-6, 9-10

“Blessed are they who dwell in your house, O Lord.”

Music: Owen Alstott, © 1977, 1990, OCP

Christmas Season Gospel Acclamation

“Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.”

Music: Adapt. fr. Sussex Carol; Barbara Bridge, © 2005, Barbara Bridge

Published by OCP

“GOD REST YOU MERRY, GENTLEMEN”

Text: 86 86 86 with refrain; Trad. English carol, 18th cent.

Music: Trad. English carol; melody fr. Little Book of Christmas Carols, ca. 1846

Mass of Joy and Peace by Tony Alonso

Words © 1969, 1981, 1997, 2010 ICEL. Published with the approval of the Committee on Divine Worship, USCCB. Setting © 2010 GIA.

“SILENT NIGHT”

Text: Irregular; Joseph Mohr, 1792-1848; English tr. by John F. Young, 1820-1885

Music: Franz X. Gruber, 1787-1863

“GOOD CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, REJOICE”

Text: 66 77 78 55; Latin and German, 14th cent.; tr. by John M. Neale, 1818-1866, alt.

Music: J. Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1535

Music used with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-737134