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Ex more docti mystico

Lyrics:    attributed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, 540-604.
Office:    The full hymn (nine verses) was divided into two and traditionally prescribed for Lent
until Passion Sunday; the first part for Matins, the second for Lauds.
Comments:    Translations and music are interchangeable.
Meter:    88.88

By Precepts Taught of Ages Past

Originally:    The Fast as Taught by Holy Lore.
Lyrics:    John Mason Neale, 1818-1866, in the Hymnal Noted, 1854;
revised in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861.
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ERHALT UNS, HERR

Composer:    Joseph Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1543;
adapted by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750.
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OLD 100TH

Composer:    attributed to Louis Bourgeois, ca. 1510-1561,
in Pseavmes octantetrois de Dauid mis en rime Francoise, Geneva, 1551.
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Keep We the Fast That Men of Old ©

Lyrics:    Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, 1888-1957, in The Westminster Hymnal, 1940.
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SAXONY

Composer:    ancient German chorale; in Spangenberg’s Christliches Gesangbuch, 1588.
Hymnals:    Westminster Hymnal, 1940: 30
Celebration Hymnal for Everyone: 341
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SONG 5

Composer:    Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625.
Hymnals:    New Living Parish Hymn Book: 127
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Now Let Us All with One Accord ©

Lyrics:    Praise the Lord, © 1972.
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OLD 100TH

Composer:    attributed to Louis Bourgeois, ca. 1510-1561,
in Pseavmes octantetrois de Dauid mis en rime Francoise, Geneva, 1551.
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Again We Keep This Solemn Fast ©

Lyrics:    Peter J. Scagnelli, 1949-2018, © 1975. Published by World Library Publications.
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Publisher:    ocp.orgonelicense.net

ERHALT UNS, HERR

Composer:    Joseph Klug’s Geistliche Lieder, Wittenberg, 1543;
adapted by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750.
Hymnals:    Catholic Worship Book II: 285
Heritage Missal, 2022-25: 250 • 2026-29: 223
Journeysongs, 2nd ed.: 394 • 3rd ed.: 353
Worship, 3rd ed.: 420 • 4th ed.:474
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