Selections for Palm Sunday 2013 from Cantus Mundi

Selections for Palm Sunday:

• Ride On, Jesus, Ride (African American Spiritual)
• Ride On, King Jesus (African American Spiritual)
• Mantos y Palmas (Mexico, Spanish)
• All Glory, Laud and Honour (English)
• Gloria, laus, et honor (Latin, plainchant)
• The King of Glory
• Benedictus qui venit (Taizé)
• Hosanna - Palm Sunday (Taizé)

Hosanna - Palm Sunday (Taizé)

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

Benedictus qui venit (Taizé)

Music: Jacques Berthier (English bio) (French bio)

See my other blog postings in the "Taizé" series of chants.

Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

The King of Glory

Refrain:

The King of Glory comes,
the nation rejoices
Open the gates before him,
lift up your voices.

(1) Who is the King of Glory?
How shall we call him?
He is Immanuel,
the promised of ages.

(2) In all of Galilee,
in city or village
he goes among his people,
curing their illness.

(3) He gave his life for us,
the pledge of salvation,
he took upon himself
the sins of the nation.

(4) He conquered sin and death;
he truly has risen.
And he will share with us
his heavenly vision.

Text: Willard F. Jabush (b. 1930) © 1966, 1984
Tune: KING OF GLORY 12.12 + Refrain, Israeli folk tune

See my other blog postings in the Contemporary Catholic series.

Gloria, Laus, Et Honor

Refrain:

Gloria, laus et honor
tibi sit, Rex Christe, Redemptor:
Cui puerile decus prompsit
Hosanna pium.

Israel es tu Rex, Davidis et
inclyta proles:
Nomine qui in Domini,
Rex benedicte, venis. (Refrain)

Coetus in excelsis te laudat
caelicus omnis,
Et mortalis homo, et cuncta
creata simul. (Refrain)

Plebs Hebraea tibi cum palmis
obvia venit:
Cum prece, voto, hymnis,
adsumus ecce tibi. (Refrain)

Hi tibi passuro solvebant
munia laudis:
Nos tibi regnanti pangimus
ecce melos. (Refrain)

Hi placuere tibi, placeat
devotio nostra:
Rex bone, Rex clemens, cui
bona cuncta placent. (Refrain)

Historical Background Information (Wikipedia)

Words: Theodulph of Orléans (810)

See my other blog postings in the plainchant series.

All Glory, Laud, and Honour

Refrain:

All glory, laud, and honour,
to thee, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.

Thou art the King of Israel,
thou David's royal Son,
who in the Lord's name comest,
the King and Blessed One. (Refrain)

The company of angels
are praising thee on high,
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply. (Refrain)

The people of the Hebrews
with psalms before thee went;
our prayer and praise and anthems
before thee we present. (Refrain)

To thee, before thy passion,
they sang their hymns of praise;
to thee, now high exalted,
our melody we raise. (Refrain)

Thou didst accept their praises;
accept the prayers we bring,
who in all good delightest,
thou good and gracious King. (Refrain)

Translation of Gloria, Laus et Honor

Words: Theodulph of Orléans (810), English Translation: John Mason Neale (1854)
Music: ST. THEODULPH (VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN), Meter: 76.76 D by Melchior
Teschner (1615)

Mantos y Palmas

Mantos y palmas esparciendo va
El pueblo alegre de Jerusalén
Y a lo lejos ya se puede ver
En un pollino a Jesús el Rey

Estribillo:

Mientras mil voces resuenan por doquier
Hosanna al que viene en el nombre del Señor
Con un estruendo de gran exclamación
Prorrumpen con voz triunfal
Hosanna, hosanna al Rey (2x)

Como en la entrada de Jerusalén
Un día todos vamos a cantar
Cuando regrese Cristo otra vez
Para llevarnos al eterno hogar

Composer: Rubén Ruiz Avila (1972)

Ride on, King Jesus

Ride on King Jesus
No man can-a-hinder me
Ride on King Jesus
Ride on
No man can-a-hinder me
No man can-a-hinder me

In that great getting up morning
Fair thee well, fair thee well
In that great getting up morning
Fair thee well, fair thee well
Ride on King Jesus
No man can-a-hinder me
Ride on King Jesus
Ride on
No man can-a-hinder me
No man can-a-hinder me

Traditional African American Spiritual

Ride On, Jesus, Ride

Refrain:

Ride on, Jesus, ride. Ride on, Jesus, ride.
Ride on, Jesus, conquering King. Ride on, Jesus, ride.

King Jesus rides on a milk white horse. Ride on Jesus, ride.
The river Jordan He did cross. Ride on, Jesus, ride.

My Jesus left his throne above. Ride on Jesus, ride.
See his mercy and love. Ride on Jesus, ride.

Traditional African American Spiritual.