Sequence for Easter

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ProVobis said:
If you had Gregorian chant, the Sequence was but a small part of it, yes? šŸ˜‰

I always fear that many will walk out during some of the extended chants but they donā€™t.
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Indeed the whole Mass was in Gregorian chant. The abbey church was filled to capacity and indeed the couple sitting next to us got up and left at the Offertory. I guess it was just too much for them šŸ¤·

Mass lasted an hour and a half. I guess they were of the ā€œread to 'em, feed 'em and speed 'em in 50 minutesā€ crowd. Mass lasted exactly an hour and a half whereas a normal Sunday Mass is about an hour and fifteen.
 
CyrilSebastian said:
At Easter Sunday Mass here, the Sequence was Christ the Lord Is Risen Today. It was gloriously sung.
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Thatā€™s a hymn- and a very appropriate one for Easter- but itā€™s not the sequence. The sequence has its own text and is not (to my knowledge) optional for Easter Sunday.
 
twf said:
Thatā€™s a hymn- and a very appropriate one for Easter- but itā€™s not the sequence. The sequence has its own text and is not (to my knowledge) optional for Easter Sunday.
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Iā€™m 99% sure youā€™re talking about the Wesley hymn that goes by the same name. There is another hymn that is a metrical version of the Easter Sequence that goes by the same name, but the words are derived from the Sequence.
Christ, the Lord, is risen today. Christians, haste your vows to pay.
Make your joy and praises known at the Paschal Victimā€™s throne.
For the sheep the Lamb has bled, sinless in the sinnerā€™s stead,
Christ, the Lord, is risen on high; now he lives, no more to die!
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Christ, the victim, undefiled, God and sinners reconciled;
when in strange and awesome strife met together death and life.
Christians, on this happy day, haste with joy your vows to pay!
Christ, the Lord, is risen on high. Now he lives, no more to die!
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Say, O wondā€™ring Mary, say what you saw along the way.
ā€œI beheld two angels bright, empty tomb, and wrappings white.
I beheld the glory bright of the risen Lord of Light.
Christ, my hope, is risen again. Now he lives and lives to reign!ā€
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Christ, who once for sinners bled, now the first-born from the dead.
Throned in endless might and power, lives and reigns forevermore!
Hail, eternal hope on high! Hail, our King of Victory!
Hail, our prince of life adored! Help and save us, gracious Lord!
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*1. Victimae Paschali laudes immolent Christiani
2. Agnus redemit oves; Christus innocens Patri reconciliavit peccatores.
3. Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando; dux vitae mortuus, regnat vivus.
4. Dic nobis, Maria, quid vidisti in via?
5. Sepulchrum Christi viventis et gloriam vidi resurgentis.
6. Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes.
7. Surrexit Christus spes mea: praecedet vos in Galilaeam.
8. Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere; tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere. Amen. Alleluia.
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Translation given, not what I consider literal, but gives the gist.
  1. Christians! to the Paschal Victim offer your thankful praises.
  2. The Lamb the sheep redeemeth: Christ, who only is sinless, reconcileth sinners to the Father.
  3. Death and life contended in that conflict stupendous: the Prince of Life, who died, deathless reigneth.
  4. Speak, Mary, declaring what thou sawest wayfaring.
  5. "The tomb of Christ who now liveth: and likewise the glory of the Risen.
  6. Bright Angels attesting, the shroud and napkin resting.
  7. Yea, Christ my hope is arisen: to Galilee He goeth before you."
  8. We know that Christ is risen, henceforth ever living: Have mercy, Victor King, pardon giving. Amen. Alleluia.
 
CatholicZ09 said:
Iā€™m 99% sure youā€™re talking about the Wesley hymn that goes by the same name. There is another hymn that is a metrical version of the Easter Sequence that goes by the same name, but the words are derived from the Sequence.
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This is the wording of the Sequence we used. The cantor told us the hymn number in the hymnal. The title was Christ the Lord Is Risen Today.
 
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