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PDF Download • “Hymn to Christ the King” (SATB)

Jeff Ostrowski · March 29, 2021

NTIL POPE PIUS XI instituted the feast of Christ the King (in 1925, the jubilee year), the KINGSHIP OF CHRIST was traditionally celebrated on the Epiphany and on Palm Sunday. Indeed, the 1961 Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae says for Palm Sunday: Nihil impedit, quominus cantetur a fidelibus hymnus Christus vincit, vel alius cantus in honorem Christi Regis. Translated into English, that means: “The faithful may also sing the hymn CHRISTUS VINCIT or any other chant in honor of Christ the King.” Yesterday—which was Palm Sunday—we sang a Hymn to Christ the King called Te Saeculorum Principem. We used the harmonies from the Brébeuf hymnal, and the mood of this melody was just perfect for Palm Sunday. A literal English translation is included:

*  PDF Download • Te Sæculorum Principem (SATB)
—Using the Hymn Tune of “Notre Dame” with Brébeuf harmonies.

In this recording from yesterday, you can hear a baby crying:

The fifth verse of “Te Saeculorum Principem” is particularly beautiful:

For this art Thou concealed
on the altar by the form of
bread and wine, pouring forth
salvation upon Thy children
from Thy pierced heart.

Number 753 in the Brébeuf hymnal is “Te Saeculorum Principem,” with a wonderful English translation by Father Fitzpatrick.

Below you will find five (5) rare translations of “Te Saeculorum Principem”—and these can be sung to the “Notre Dame” tune above.

(1)  English Translation • Stanbrook Benedictines

(2)  English Translation • Monsignor Henry

(3)  English Translation • Alan McDougall

(4)  English Translation • Father Fitzpatrick

(5)  English Translation • Walter Shewring

The translation by Shewring is also #143 in the London Oratory Hymn Book.

Our recessional yesterday was “Vexilla Regis Prodeunt” (sung in English), which is Number 529 in the Brébeuf hymnal.

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Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Palm Sunday Extraordinary Form, Te Saeculorum Principem Last Updated: October 5, 2021

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About Jeff Ostrowski

Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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    Vespers Booklet (4th Sunday of Lent)
    The organ accompaniment booklet (24 pages) which I created for the 4th Sunday of Lent (“Lætare Sunday”) may now be downloaded, for those who desire such a thing.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Vespers Booklet, 3rd Sunday of Lent
    The organ accompaniment I created for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (“Extraordinary Form”) may now be downloaded, if anyone is interested in this.
    —Jeff Ostrowski
    Weeping For Joy! (We Hope!)
    Listening to this Easter Alleluia—an SATB arrangement I made twenty years ago based on the work of Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel—one of our readers left this comment: “I get tears in my eyes each time I sing to this hymn.” I hope this person is weeping for joy!
    —Jeff Ostrowski

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“You have thereby removed from the celebration of the Mass all superstitions, all greed for lucre, and all irreverence … removed its celebrations from private homes and profane places to holy and consecrated sanctuaries. You have banished from the temple of the Lord the more effeminate singing and musical compositions.”

— ‘Bishop Racozonus, speaking at the last session of the Council of Trent (1563)’

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