If

Let me make songs for the people
make songs for the old and young
Songs to stir like a battle cry
Where ever they are sung

Not for the clashing of sabres
for carnage nor for strife
But songs to thrill the hearts of men
with more abundant life

Let me make songs for the children
before their footsteps stray
Sweet songs of love and duty
to float along their way

Our world so worn and weary
needs music pure and strong
to hush the jangle and discord
of sorrow pain and wrong

Let me make songs for the weary
amid life’s fever and fret
’til hearts relax their tension
and careworn brows forget

where music soothes all our sorrows
’til war and hurt shall cease
and hearts of men grow tender
and girdle the world with peace

Let me make songs for the people
make songs for the old and young
Songs to stir like a battle cry
where ever they are sung

Not for the clashing of sabres
for carnage nor for strife
But songs to thrill the hearts of men
with more abundant life

Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum
Ecce haereditas Domini filii
merces fructus ventris

“For so he giveth his beloved sleep
Lo, children and the fruit of the womb
are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord”

Ave Maria, gratia plena
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae
Ora
Amen

“Hail Mary full of grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus

Holy Mary
Mother of God
Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death
Amen”

Coniuncta
(Join together)

Come hear our voices that sing in the darkness
Joining in song roll the night time away
Love peace and freedom no boundaries between us
Rising together all peoples as one

Feel the pulse of beating hearts dancing in rhythm
Lift up your eyes to the light of the dawn
Come raise your voice so the angels can hear us
Make a song to be as one

Libertatem
(Freedom)

Joining our voices in unceasing chorus
Singing together our song for the world
Love peace and freedom no boundaries between us
Rising together all nations as one

Feel the pulse of beating hearts dancing in rhythm
Lift up your eyes to the light of the dawn
Come raise your voice so the angels can hear us
Share our dream to be as one

Sing for our world and our hope for tomorrow

Libertatem, unitatem
(Freedom, unity)

Feel the pulse of beating hearts dancing in rhythm
Lift up your eyes to the light of the dawn
Come raise your voice so the angels can hear us
Make a song to be as one

Sing for our world and our hope for tomorrow

Libertatem

SING!

Nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee
e’en though it be a cross that raiseth me

Still all my song shall be nearer my God to thee
nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee

Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down
darkness be over me, my rest a stone

yet in my dreams I’d be nearer my God to thee
nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee

Or if on joyful wing, cleaving the sky
sun moon and stars forgot, upwards I fly

Still all my song shall be nearer my God to thee
nearer my God to thee, nearer to thee

Te lucis ante terminum
Rerum creator poscimus
Ut solita clementia
Sis praesul ad custodiam

Before the ending of the day
creator of the world we pray
That with thy wonted favour thou
wouldst be our guard and keeper now

Keep me as the apple of an eye
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
Hide me

The heaven soars with voices above
The skies resound the power of thy love
The stars shine out their glorious light
Shine through our gloom and take us on high

Keep me as the apple of an eye
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings
Hide me

Sancto spiritu
Rerum creator

Te lucis ante terminum

O Lord, support us all the day long of this troublous life
until the shades lengthen and the evening comes
the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over
and our work is done

Then Lord, in thy mercy
grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest
and peace at the last
Amen

Sacris solemnis
Iuncta sint gaudia
Corda et voces
Et opera
Recedant vitera
Nova sint omnia
Sacris solemnis
Gaudia

Te trina deitas
Unaque poscimus
Sacris solemnis
Gaudia

Corda voces opera
Lucem ad inhabitas

At this our solemn feast
Let holy joys abound
In every act, voice and heart
Let ancient rites depart
And all be new around

Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining stars to you
Deep peace of the gentle night to you
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you
Deep peace of Christ the light of the world to you
Deep peace of Christ to you

Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace
according to thy word
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation
which thou hast prepared before the face of all people

To be a light to lighten the gentiles
and to be the glory of thy people Israel

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost
As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be
world without end
Amen

Can there be a shining in the shadows
or may we see the flicker of a spark
is there calm amid the storm and madness
must we shelter ever in the dark

Not a bird on the wing, nor a song they could sing
for the loved ones we see no more, their suffering and pain
but the sounds far and near, in the air plain and clear
are the voices for ever singing love lives again

for now a new day wakes the dawn, spreading its light across the sky
when all misery and sadness will pass away
for then we’ll find the harmony, stirring our hearts across the land
through the sighing and the weeping we find our way our way back home

In our mourning can we hold together
how can we face a future all alone
for the hope we hold amid the crying
is the dream we find a way back home

Not a bird on the wing, nor a song they could sing
for the loved ones we see no more, their suffering and pain
but the sounds far and near, in the air plain and clear
are the voices for ever singing love lives again

In paradisum deducant te angeli
in tuo adventu suscipiat te martyres
et perducante in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem

Lux aeterna luceat eis domine

“May the angels lead you into paradise
may the martyrs receive you at your arrival
and lead you to the holy city Jerusalem”