Roman Mass Propers: Communion "Páter cum éssem"

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Tue, 2011/05/03 - 4:40pm
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ID: 
2021
This is part of: 
Roman Mass Propers: Temporal Cycle: Sunday Within the Octave of Ascension
Original Source
Official Liturgical Book: 
Graduale Romanum
Proprium de Tempore
Composition Date: 
Unknown
Composer: 
Unknown
Arrangers / Editors: 
Institute of Christ the King
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Communio
Proper Liturgical Time: 
Paschalis Temporis (Eastertide/Paschaltide)
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Sunday
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
1 min 15 sec
Composition Type: 
Antiphonum ad Communionem
Texture: 
Monophonic
Voices: 
Unison
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Musical Style: 
Gregorian
Gregorian Tone: 
4.
Lyrics: 

Pater, cum essem cum eis, ego servabam eos, quos dedisti mihi, alleluia: nunc autem ad te venio: non rogo, ut tolla eos de mundo, sed ut serves eos a malo, alleluia, alleluia.

Translated Lyrics: 

Father, while I was with them, I kept them whom Thou gavest Me, alleluia; but now I come to Thee: I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldst keep them from evil, alleluia, alleluia.