Name traditional Catholic hymns!

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I am trying to learn hymns to sing when I pray the LOTH at home. The “Christian Prayer” book has some nice ones and some of them are traditional, like “Let all mortal flesh keep silence,” but some not so much.

Anyway, please name traditional hymns so I can learn them! 😃 And just for fun and to compile knowledge, etc.
 
Student09 said:
I am trying to learn hymns to sing when I pray the LOTH at home. The “Christian Prayer” book has some nice ones and some of them are traditional, like “Let all mortal flesh keep silence,” but some not so much.

Anyway, please name traditional hymns so I can learn them! 😃 And just for fun and to compile knowledge, etc.
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Latin or English?

A few in Latin:

Veni Creator Spiritus
Lucis Creator
Te Lucis
Conditor alme siderum (that one is coming up soon)
Dies Irae (used this week in 3 parts at Office of Readings, MP and EP; used to be in the Requiem Mass pre-Vatican II)
Vexilla Regis (Holy Week)
Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium (by Venantius Fortunatus, for Holy Week)
Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium (St. Thomas Aquinas, feast of Corpus Christi)

Just to name a few. If you’re serious about latin, pick up a copy of Liber Hymnarius.
 
O sanctissima! (often called the Sicilian Mariners’ hymn). So pretty.🙂
 
OraLabora said:
Latin or English?
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Both. 🙂
OraLabora said:
A few in Latin:

Veni Creator Spiritus
Lucis Creator
Te Lucis
Conditor alme siderum (that one is coming up soon)
Dies Irae (used this week in 3 parts at Office of Readings, MP and EP; used to be in the Requiem Mass pre-Vatican II)
Vexilla Regis (Holy Week)
Pange Lingua Gloriosi Proelium (by Venantius Fortunatus, for Holy Week)
Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium (St. Thomas Aquinas, feast of Corpus Christi)
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Thanks! I know a couple of those - Veni Creator Spiritus and Pange Lingua (the second one). Dies Irae I have heard of. Never heard of the others.
OraLabora said:
Just to name a few. If you’re serious about latin, pick up a copy of Liber Hymnarius.
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Oh dear, another book that I would love to have but doesn’t fit in my college student budget. The list is getting longer and longer. A Latin missal is still on that list, too.

Thanks, though. I’ll keep it in mind, though, for when I’m less busy and can afford it. I recently learned the solemn Te Deum so I can chant it when it is called for in the Office of Readings, and it is SO beautiful.
 
Marian hymns are usually good for the end of the day. Alma Redemtoris Mater is pretty good for Advent. I always liked Panis Angelicus, and if you’re looking for something in English there is Faith of Our Fathers. O Virtus Sapientiae by Hildegard is… an antiphon.You probably already know most of those though.

Sorry, I am more familiar with Lutheran chorale tunes than Catholic hymns?😊
 
The_Fool said:
Marian hymns are usually good for the end of the day. Alma Redemtoris Mater is pretty good for Advent.
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Technically, it’s an antiphon, not a hymn, but it doesn’t make it any less beautiful!

In the Roman (and Benedictine) traditions, it is sung from the first Sunday of Advent through until Feb. 2. There are two versions, solemn and simple. The solemn is particularly beautiful, right up there with the solemn Salve Regina.
 
Divine Office.com has an audio for the LOTH [actually 2, a Podcast and an MP3]. Most of their hymns are in English, but I think they have a good Te Deum for the Office of Readings. My hearing is bad so I can’t get much of it, but others think it good.
 
Thanks for the correction, OraLabora. I learn something every day.
 
One of the comments to the video I posted says that that hymn is based on Christus Vincit, which would make sense, and according to several sources, it’s a strictly Catholic hymn. That’s why I thought it was probably a good choice.

I’m also looking for any other decent ones in English. If any of you can find links or videos of them, I’d greatly appreciate them.

While I’m on the subject, wouldn’t “All Creatures Of Our God And King” also qualify?
 
TBolt1000T said:
One of the comments to the video I posted says that that hymn is based on Christus Vincit, which would make sense, and according to several sources, it’s a strictly Catholic hymn. That’s why I thought it was probably a good choice.

I’m also looking for any other decent ones in English. If any of you can find links or videos of them, I’d greatly appreciate them.

While I’m on the subject, wouldn’t “All Creatures Of Our God And King” also qualify?
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I think “All Creatures” is fine but I’m probably not the best person to ask. I wish that my church would one day sing all the verses so that we could sing the verse telling “Sister Death” to praise God - because that is just so hard-core. 😃

Here are some English hymns that I know and like and that (to my knowledge) are considered to be traditional.

Praise the Lord, ye Heavens, Adore Him
Alleluia, sing to Jesus
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Holy God, we praise Thy name
Crown Him with many crowns
Come, Thou Almighty King
Ye Sons and Daughters
O Sacred Head, Surrounded (the words are set to the tune of the Passion chorale)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (of course)
 
To my knowledge, “Alleluia Sing to Jesus” and “Crown Him With Many Crowns” both originally came out of the Anglican church, but I still like them both.

I actually have a couple of recordings of the St. Martin of Tours choir singing “All Creatures,” and I’ll see if it has that line you were talking about. In fact, they just sang it a fiew weeks back, as the processional hymn for the OF.
 
TBolt1000T said:
To my knowledge, “Alleluia Sing to Jesus” and “Crown Him With Many Crowns” both originally came out of the Anglican church, but I still like them both.
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You are probably right. My own attitude is that if it’s theologically sound, then it’s Catholic. 😉

I mean, take a line like this - “Thou on earth both priest and victim in the Eucharistic feast.”

Sounds Catholic to me! 😃
 
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