Chants of the Vatican Graduale - MusicaSacra

88 Second Sunday after Epiphany
and filled the house of Nazareth would come also into our hearts, into
our families, and would permeate whole nations.
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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
INTROIT (Ps. 65:4)
1. Omnes terra adoret te, Deus, et 1. Let all the earth adore thee,
psallat tibi: 2. psalmum dicat no- and sing to thee: 2. let it sing a
mini tuo, Altissime. Ps. Jubilate psalm to thy name, O Most High.
Deo omnis terra, psalmum didte Ps. Shout with joy to God, all the
nomini ejus: date gloriam laudi earth, * sing ye a psalm to his
ejus. name: give glory to his praise.
Gone are the shepherds who knelt before the manger, departed the
Magi who had there adored and offered their gifts. But the spirit of
adoration which animated all of them has remained. It continues to
thrive in the Church. This supplies the theme for the Introits of the
first, second, and third Sundays after Epiphany. Our adoration must
be like mighty granite blocks, over which immense vaults raise themselves,
resounding with the joyous songs of praise. We are not only to
prostrate ourselves trembling before the divine majesty; each of these
Introits incites us to sing and to rejoice, for we find these words prominent:
adoret and psallat.
Melodically, also, these thoughts are entwined into one. Each begins
with a similar motive. Psalmum dicat nomini corresponds to omnis
terra adoret, with its ascent to c and the descending fourth. The second
phrase is more serene. Te Deus finds an echo in psallat tibi and even in
tuo. The second last (unaccented) syllable of (Altis)-sime carries groups
of neums, in order that a quieter descent may be possible. We find these
groups always on the second last syllable.
Every nation ought to adore God, to sing to His name, and all the
earth should glorify Him. We know how little this admonition is heeded.
This ought to awake in us the resolution to sing this song with so much
more reverence and joy.
GRADUAL (Ps. 106: 20, 21)
1. Misit Dominus verbum suum, 1. The Lord sent his word, 2. and
2. et sanavit eos: 3. et eripuit eos de healed them: 3. and delivered them
interitu eorum. %. 1. Confiteantur out of their distress. $". 1. Let to the