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Matthew 2: 20; Psalm 93: 1-2 [Latin] – [Saying, Arise, and] Take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

Original Latin:

Tolle puerum et matrem ejus, et vade in terram Israel: defuncti sunt enim qui quaerebant animam pueri.

Dominus regnavit! Decorem indutus est; indutus est Dominus, fortitudine praecinxit se. Etenim firmavit orbem terrae, qui non commovebitur. Firmata sedes tua ex tunc.

“Saint Joseph and the Christ,” – painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682)

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“Tolle puerum,” Communion chant for Sunday in the Octave of the Nativity, from Graduale Romanum, Solesmes, 1961, p46, or The Liber Usualis, Solesmes, 1961, p. 436.

Communio: Tolle puerum

Sung by Marek Klein of the Graduale Project

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Psalm 77: 18b; Psalm 84: 1-2a [Latin] – The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

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ILLUXÉRUNT coruscatióne tu orbi terræ: commóta est et contrémuit terra.

Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virútum! concupíscit et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini. [Gloria Patri…]

Lightning over Schaffhausen and Kohlfirst, photographed from Dörflingen. Image via Wikimedia Commons (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.)
Lightning over Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and Kohlfirst, photographed from Dörflingen. Image via Wikimedia Commons (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.)

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Introitus: Illuxerunt, chant for The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (August 6 feast day). From Graduale Romanum (Solesmes, 1961) and The Liber Usualis (Solesmes, 1961).

Introitus "Illuxerunt".

Sung by Luca Cipriani (@docdotorg) in Munster, Germany

Free sheet music at Corpus Christi Watershed – includes English translation under the neumes and original Latin text

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Matthew 17: 9 [Latin] – And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision you have seen to no man, till the Son of Man be risen from the dead.

VISIÓNEM quam vidístis némini dixéritis, donec a mórtuis resúrgat Fílius hóminis. [Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum dico ego opera mea regi. Apeciosus forma es prae filis homium diffusa est gratia in labis tuis propterea benedixit te deus in aeternum.]

The Transfiguration of Christ by Carl Bloch
The Transfiguration of Christ by Carl Bloch – Image via Wikimedia Commons

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Visionem, chant for Communio/Communion from Graduale Romanum (Solesmes) or The Liber Usualis (Solesmes). For 2nd Sunday of Lent and The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (August 6).

Communio: Visionem quam vidistis

Sung by Marek Klein, Graduale Project

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1 Corinthians 10:16 [Latin] – The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?

Calix benedictiónis, cui benedícimus, nonne communicátio sánguinis Christi est? et panis, quem frángimus, nonne participátio córporis Dómini est? 

Offertorium: Calix benedictionis
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Calix benedictionis, Offertorium chant from Graduale Romanum, Solesmes, 1961, p. 541 or The Liber Usualis, Solesmes, 1961, p. 1535 for Propers: The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Offertorium: Calix benedictionis

Sung by Marek Klein, Graduale Project

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