Tolle puerum et matrem ejus [Take the child and his mother] (Matthew 2: 20; Psalm 93: 1-2) – Chant

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

Free sheet music at GregoBase

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