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[español] ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime

Veronica Moreno · December 26, 2014

Una traducción del texto de Fr. David Friel del 26 de diciembre 2014
ÉRASE UNA LUNA DE INVIERNO
para nuestros lectores hispanohablantes.

IENTRAS CONTINUAMOS nuestra celebración del Nacimiento de nuestro Señor, aquí hay un hermoso villancico escrito por uno de nuestros patrones de CCW, San Juan de Brébeuf. Escribió el original en Wyandot (la lengua indígena Huron) como medio de evangelización.

En el himno, el padre de Brébeuf utiliza conceptos tradicionales de la religión Huron para transmitir la historia del Nacimiento de Cristo. Esta es “inculturación” en su sentido más verdadero y más saludable. Haga clic aquí para obtener una historia más completa de este villancico.

El autor fue un hombre valiente muy digno de nuestra emulación, y este es un hermoso poema muy digno de nuestra reflexión”.

Érase una luna de invierno,
ya huídos todos los pájaros,
que el poderoso Gitchi Manitou
envió coros de ángeles en su lugar;
en su luz, las estrellas se apagaron,
y los cazadores curiosos oyeron el himno:

R./ Jesús, tu Rey ha nacido,
Jesús ha nacido,
en excelsis gloria.

En una choza de leña rota
se encontró el tierno Niño,
un ropaje raído de piel de conejo
envuelve su entera belleza.
Pero a medida que se acercaban los valientes cazadores,
el canto del ángel sonó alto y fuerte: R./

La primera luna del invierno
no es tan redonda y hermosa
como era el anillo de gloria en
el indefenso Infante allí.
Los jefes de lejos se arrodillaron ante Él
con regalos de piel de zorro y castor.R./

Oh, hijos de la selva libre,
el canto de los ángeles es verdadero.
El Santo Niño de la Tierra y el Cielo
ha nacido hoy para ti.
Ven a arrodillarte ante el radiante Niño,
que te trae belleza, paz y alegría. R./

St. Jean de Brébeuf, c. 1643
(traducción de ccwatershed del la traducción de by J. Edgar Middleton, 1926, alt.)

¡Deseándoles a nuestros lectores mucha alegría a medida que continuamos dando la bienvenida a la Presencia de Cristo entre nosotros!

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

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Veronica Moreno is married to a teacher and homeschools five children. She has been cantor at her local Catholic parish for over a decade.—(Read full biography).

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President’s Corner

    Latin Liturgy Association
    We note with pleasure that Mrs. Regina Morris, president of the Latin Liturgy Association, has featured—on page 4 of Volume CXXIX of their official newsletter—the three (3) terrific versions of the Stations of the Cross found in the Brébeuf Hymnal. One of the main authors for the blog of the Church Music Association of America said (6/10/2019) about this pew book: “It is such a fantastic hymnal that it deserves to be in the pews of every Catholic church.”
    —Corpus Christi Watershed
    “Music List” • 28th in Ordinary Time (Year C)
    Readers have expressed interest in perusing the ORDER OF MUSIC I’ve prepared for 12 October 2025, which is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). If such a thing interests you, feel free to download it as a PDF file. As always, the Responsorial Psalm, Gospel Acclamation, and Mass Propers for this Sunday are conveniently stored at the dazzling feasts website alongside the official texts in Latin.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    PDF Download • “Offertory” for this Sunday
    This coming Sunday, 12 October 2025, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Its OFFERTORY ANTIPHON (PDF) is gorgeous, and comes from the book of Esther, as did the ENTRANCE CHANT last Sunday. Depending on a variety of factors, various hand-missals (all with Imprimatur) translate this passage differently. For instance, “príncipis” can be rendered: King; Prince; Lion; or Fierce lord. None is “more correct” than another. It depends on which source text is chosen and what each translator wants to emphasize. All these pieces of plainsong are conveniently stored at the blue-ribbon feasts website.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Quick Thoughts

    New Bulletin Article • “12 October 2025”
    My pastor requested that I write short articles each week for our parish bulletin. Those responsible for preparing similar write-ups may find a bit of inspiration in these brief columns. The latest article (dated 12 October 2025) talks about an ‘irony’ or ‘paradox’ regarding the 1960s switch to a wider use (amplior locus) of vernacular in the liturgy.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “American Catholic Hymnal” (1991)
    The American Catholic Hymnal, with IMPRIMATUR granted (25 April 1991) by the Archdiocese of Chicago, is like a compendium of every horrible idea from the 1980s. Imagine being forced to stand all through Communion (even afterwards) when those self-same ‘enlightened’ liturgists moved the SEQUENCE before the Alleluia to make sure congregations wouldn’t have to stand during it. (Even worse, everything about the SEQUENCE—including its name—means it should follow the Alleluia.) And imagine endlessly repeating “Alleluia” during Holy Communion at every single Mass. It was all part of an effort to convince people that Holy Communion was historically a procession (which it wasn’t).
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    “Canonic” • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Fifty years ago, Dr. Theodore Marier made available this clever arrangement (PDF) of “Come down, O love divine” by P. R. Dietterich. The melody was composed in 1906 by Ralph Vaughan Williams (d. 1958) and named in honor of of his birthplace: DOWN AMPNEY. The arrangement isn’t a strict canon, but it does remind one of a canon since the pipe organ employs “points of imitation.” The melody and text are #709 in the Brébeuf Catholic Hymnal.
    —Jeff Ostrowski

Random Quote

“We wish to express the hope that students of Gregorian Chant come back to the pure Vatican Edition, in the ancient block-note form, without the addition of any signs whatever, in order to achieve Gregorian unity.”

— Josef Gogniat (12 March 1938)

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