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 012828
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, 86 86 88 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
% % 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
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
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
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
8 ton - hia, e - sus is orn e - sous aha - ton - Fl Perc hia Ó
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
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
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
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