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New Release! Chant Compendium 8 with beautiful Gregorian chant

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

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Holy God, we praise Thy Name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred Name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.


This is a beautiful classic Catholic hymn, used by the Church for a couple of centuries. The words are at­trib­ut­ed to Ig­naz Franz, in Ma­ria The­re­sa’s Ka­thol­isch­es Ge­sang­buch (Vi­en­na: cir­ca 1774) trans­lat­ed from Ger­man to Eng­lish by Clar­ence A. Wal­worth, 1858.

It is still sung today in many conservative or traditional Catholic circles, usually as a Benediction (adoration) hymn.




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