Am Himmelfahrtstage
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Erhaben, o Herr, über alles Lob,
über alle Herrlichkeit;
herrschest du von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit.
Halleluja!
Exalted, O Lord, above all praise,
above all glory,
you rule for ever.
Hallelujah!

-Antiphon for Ascension

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Into Thy Hands
Jonathan Dove (b. 1959)

Into thy hands, O Lord and Father,
we commend our souls and bodies,
our parents and our homes,
friends and kindred.
Into thy hands, O Lord and Father,
we commend our benefactors and brethren departed.
Into thy hands, O Lord and Father,
we commend all thy people faithfully believing,
and all who need thy pity and protection.
Enlighten us with thy holy grace
and suffer us nevermore to be separated from thee.
Lord Jesus Christ, mercifully grant to me
that the rest of my pilgrimage may be directed according to thy will,
that the rest of my life may be completed in thee,
and my soul may deserve to enjoy thee,
who art eternal life forever.

-St. Edmund of Abingdon

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Adjuva nos Deus
Manuel de Sumaya (1680 – 1755)

Adjuva nos, Deus
salutaris noster,
et propter gloriam nominis tui:
Domine, libera nos,
et 1 ropitious esto peccatis nostris,
propter nomen tuum.
Help us, O God
of our salvation,
for the glory of thy Name:
Lord, deliver us,

and be merciful unto our sins,
for thy Name’s sake.

-Psalm 78:9

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My Flight for Heaven
Blake Henson (b. 1983)

Charm me asleep, and melt me so
With thy delicious numbers,
That, being ravish’d, hence I go
Away in easy slumbers.
Ease my sick head,
And make my bed,
Thou power that canst sever
From me this ill,
And quickly still,
Though thou not kill
My fever.
Fall on me like the silent dew,
Or like those maiden showers
Which, by the peep of day, do strew
A baptism o’er the flowers.
Melt, melt my pains
With thy soft strains;
That, having ease me given,
With full delight
I leave this light,
And take my flight
For Heaven.

-Robert Herrick

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Assumpta est Maria
Chant

G. P. da Palestrina (1525-1594)

David Bednall (b. 1979)

Assumpta est Maria in coelum:
gaudent angeli, 
laudantes benedicunt Dominum,
alleluia.
Mary is taken up into heaven,
the angels rejoice, 
praising, they bless God.

Alleluia.

-Offertory for the

Assumption of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

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Splendid Jewell
Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)

Refrain
Hail, hail, devout virgin,
Splendid jewel, Maria!
Now sing we with great delight
Of our perfect love,
Who prays for us to Christ,
Who is our light and way. Refrain
All you whose minds are in heaven,
Now sing sweetly,
Rightly presenting this gift
To Christ and the Virgin Mary. Refrain

High and glorious lady,
Mother of the most merciful Jesus,
You are the rose of heaven,
Than which there is none more beautiful. Refrain

-Poetry from Laudi Spirituali

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