'Crux Fidelis' - by the Norbertines of St. Michael's Abbey

Crux Fidelis, "Faithful cross," a Gregorian chant, performed by the Schola of St. Michael's Abbey

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[Wacdonaldnoneyt]

Great Singing! Can’t wait to join after College!

[tradcatpat]

Gorgeous glorification of our Lord. Thank you so much for allowing us to participate!

[Finsirith]

Crux fidelis, inter omnes
Arbor una nobilis,
Nulla talem silva profert,
Fronde, flore, germine.
Dulce lignum, dulces clavos,
Dulce pondus sustinet.

Pange, lingua, gloriosi,
Proelium certaminis,
Et super Crucis trophaeo,
Dic triumphum nobilem,
Qualiter Redemptor orbis,
Immolatus vicerit.

Crux fidelis, inter omnes
Arbor una nobilis:
Nulla talem silva profert,
Fronde, flore, germine.

[SacraTheosis]

So lovely! I'm not sure if my former roommate Nate would appreciate my AI-created power metal. Obviously, it's ontologically nothing compared to this, but it does have some classical and Gregorian Chant here and there :) Nathanius, let me know if you ever see this comment!

[oliveri]

Beautiful! Can you guys do Adoro te Devote?

[CImum]

Jako lijepo, Bozji blagoslov iz Hrvatske

[sarah_b_]

I KNEW I recognized this chant when I heard it on that other clip!! Nice.

[afarah]

God bless you for sharing your beautiful voices with such lovely harmony. CD available?

[Finsirith]

Faithful cross! above all other,
one and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom,
none in fruit thy peer may be;
sweetest wood and sweetest iron!
Sweetest weight is hung on thee.

Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle,
sing the ending of the fray;
now above the cross, the trophy,
sound the loud triumphant lay:
tell how Christ, the world’s Redeemer,
As a victim won the day.

Faithful cross! above all other,
one and only noble tree!
None in foliage, none in blossom,
none in fruit thy peer may be;

[aswincherian]

Faithful Cross!
above all other,
one and only noble Tree!
No other wood shows itself so excellent
None in leaf, in flower, in shoot.
Sweetest wood and sweetest spike
You bear the sweetest burden.

Speak, my tongue, the Savior's glory;
Triumphant in the struggle
And triumphant over the cross
Appointed the noble victor
The redeemer of the world
Conquers through sacrifice.

With regard to our forebears
Suffering with the perpetrators of the deceit
because of the crime of the fruit tree
In order to thwart death, anguish, and ruin,
He himself then signified by [another] tree
Condemned the wood of the cross to absolve us.

This work is our salvation,
Demanding a new order.
The traitor takes many forms
Beguiling with his wiles and ways.
Thence bring healing
To the enemy from whence comes the wound.

When, therefore the sacred vessel came forth
In the fullness of time
Cast out from the protection of the Father
born to restore the world
Even from a virgin's womb
Appearing dressed in flesh.

The wail of an infant tightly wrapped
and put in a manger:
The Virgin Mother has
wrapped his limbs in cloth
and the hand of God
has bound his feet.

Five years times six already completed,
the time passed in mortal flesh
Absolved of guilt, the redeemer
consigned himself to suffering
The Lamb raised on a cross
Sacrificed on a stake.

Behold, faint, he drinks the gall
Thorns, spikes, spears
pierce his gentle flesh:
the blood gushes and flows
Earth, sea, stars - the whole universe
Is cleansed by that stream

Lofty tree, bend your branches,
Loose the tension on his flesh
And relax the severity of the stakes
on the distended, heavenly limbs
of the King who has
meekly surrendered himself by His birth.

You, who were alone found worthy
to bear Mankind's sacrificial victim
Also now prepare a place of refuge
An ark for the shipwrecked world
Anointed with sacred blood
shed from the body of the Lamb.

May there be everlasting blessings
to the glorious Trinity:
equal honor to the Father, and to the Son
and to the Holy Ghost
One three-fold name
Universally lauded. Amen.

[levinanji]

Nice chant....but you should include latin subtitles or lyrics in the video