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1 2 Christ Is Born to Us This Day Delores Dufner, OSB Christine Manderfeld, OSB Soprano I Soprano II Alto I Alto II & & REFRAIN With oyful, refreshing conviction & & F N Christ is N F orn to us this day! sing al - le - lu - ia! De - o gra - ti - & P VERSES 1 2 & & 1 2 & Re as! - oice, Come, see the riv - ers clap their hands Look at the moun - Sim - ple folk kneel e - fore a Child Great ones o don No is e - gun sal - va - tion s day; no must dark night P leap - ing for oy! God has ap - peared, sing glo - ri - or-ship a King God is ith us, sing glo - ri - ay to the sun e - sus is Light, sing glo - ri - n n a! a! a! Fine tains to give DC n n n n 1989, Sisters of St Benedict Pulished y OCP, 556 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 9721 All rights reserved Edition

2 Textriter Notes The original as ritten in the Huron language in the early 1600s y Saint ean de Bréeuf, a esuit missionary Bruce Cockurn ( 195), a Canadian singer and songriter, descries the English text most often used for the, Tas in the moon of intertime, as incredily Victorian-esque and a sentimentalized affair hich orders on eing patronizing In this Anglicized text, God is called Gitchi Manitou, a name hich doesn t appear in Bréeuf s original Huron-language text The translation on hich I ased my text as done y Dr ohn L Steckley, a linguist at the University of Sudury in Ontario ho speaks the Huron language Dr Steckley s literal translation speaks aout the irth of Christ as a lieration from evil It descries the ilical magi as men of great influence ho anointed esus scalp ith sunfloer seed oil many times as a sign of their respect Both Sister Christine and I anted to e sure that humanity s adoption y God, a key idea in Bréeuf s last stanza, e included in my text Dr Steckley s literal translation of this final stanza is: We ill give to him praise for his name Let us sho reverence for him as he comes to e compassionate to us It is providential that you love us and ish, I should adopt them St ean de Bréeuf Translated y ohn Steckley Adapted y Delores Dufner, OSB Flute Percussion Soprano Alto Organ INTRO Shaker Hand Drum Delores Dufner, OSB UNE EUNE PUCELLE, ith refrain Arranged y Christine Manderfeld, OSB Ó Ó 1 ( Take Three) Text 1996, 2011, ohn Steckley (used y permission of HSW Literary Agency) and Sisters of St Benedict All rights reserved Music arr 2011, Sisters of St Benedict, St oseph, MN Pulished y OCP, 556 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 9721 All rights reserved

3 % % VERSES 1, (Percussion tacet Verse ) SI SII 1 cour -age, ev - ery hu - man heart, for e - sus Christ is orn Be - hold, the e - eld - ers see a on-drous star that leads them on the ay And hen it stops, 1 1 A spir find - it ho en - slaved us no is gone The lies it speaks cor - rupt the the Child on hum - le ed of hay They greet him then and, o - ing leave its ords and ays e - hind oy - ful praise their rev - rence sho to Coda fi to Coda fi vil they mind, lo, so ith e - sous aha - ton - hia e - sus is (e - soos ah - ton - ya) Ó 1, orn e - sous aha - ton - hia Ó

4 5 VERSE 2: Unison 2 Good Organ (8' flutes) spir - its from the sky ap - pear and ring good nes to 2 come an-nounc-ing Ma -ry s Child, for she has giv - en irth Re - oice, re -oice! their 2 song earth They re - sounds; their mes - sage all the orld as-tounds: e - sous aha - 2 ton ẇ - hia, e - sus is orn e - sous aha - ton - hia DS al Coda Three DS al Coda

5 6 fi CODA Flute INTERLUDE fi fi Percussion SI SII hia A Organ Ó S/A For Ó Organ (', 8' flutes) Ó VERSE Ó love s com -pas -sion

6 of - fered us, glad voic - es let us raise A - dopt - ed as God s Ó chil - dren, e give thanks and rev - rent praise Re - oice, re - oice! our song re - sounds; our mes - sage all the orld as - tounds: e - sous aha - ẇ ẇ 7

7 8 ton - hia, e - sus is orn e - sous aha - ton - Fl Perc hia Ó

8 Delores Dufner, OSB Reoice in esus Birth Traditional English Melody Arranged y Christine Manderfeld, OSB 9 Organ p A INTRO VERSE 1: Unison 1 p peo - ple long in dark - ness have seen a on - drous 1 a - y orn of Ma - ry has 1 a VERSE 2 Soprano P Alto 2 An Organ p - y orn of Ma - ry has rought an end to rought an end to night - nounce God s pres-ence ith us; re - oice in e - sus light The night irth The All Text and music arrangement 201, Sisters of St Benedict Pulished y OCP, 556 NE Hassalo, Portland, OR 9721 All rights reserved

9 10 2 crea 2 - tures, sing your prais - es ith danc - crea - tures, sing your prais - es ith danc - VERSE SI SII A F God s F ing on the ing on the glo - ry shines in splen - dor; in e - sus grace ap - earth! All earth! pears O, com - fort all the suf - f ring and ipe a - ay their tears! O, Reoice in esus Birth

10 11 N com - fort all the suf - f ring and ipe a - ay their tears! VERSE : Unison P We p ear no in our spark of that same spark of that same od - ies, in ves - sels made glo - ry re - vealed in Christ to - of glo - ry re - vealed in Christ to - day clay, a day, a Reoice in esus Birth

11 12 VERSE 5 Descant Melody 5 5 f So f 5 So f al 5 alk 5 sing e al - le - lu - ia, sing out ith sing e al - le - lu - ia for prom-ised fu - ture oy right, Sing and - le - lu - ia, sing out ith oy Sing al -le -lu - live no more in in dark - ness, ut Love s live 5 dark - ness, ut live in Love s de - light de - in Christ the div light Light And alk ia, no more in Reoice in esus Birth

1972, 1996, Robert J. Dufford, SJ. Published by OCP Publications, 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland OR, All rights reserved.

Keyboard for Assembly, Two-Part Choir, Keyboard, Guitar, and Flute INTRO: Lightly ( = ca. 60) with pedal Bob Dufford, SJ Keyboard Accompaniment by Scot Crandal 1972, 1996, Robert J. Dufford, SJ. Published