English Hymns for St. Francis
  • PLTT
    Posts: 150
    Any hymns in English (not Latin, although translated hymns are fine) that could be sung for St. Francis of Assisi, that is NOT Canticle of Creation, or Make me a channel of your peace?

    I'd like to draw attention to some other aspects of Francis - maybe love of the Cross, or his Eucharistic-Marian piety.....
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  • NihilNominisNihilNominis
    Posts: 1,021
    There is the traditional Franciscan Ultima in mortis hora, which is given in English in the St Michael Hymnal, 4th Edition.
  • MarkB
    Posts: 1,084
    Since I have the new Divine Office Hymnal, I looked in it. For the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, it has an English hymn: "With Radiant Glory Francis Shines".

    You can find it on p. 7 here:
    https://fdlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FDLC_2022_Worship_Aid.pdf

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  • davido
    Posts: 942
    Please see this older forum discussion: https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/12873/translator-francisce-christi-signifer#Item_11
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  • oldhymnsoldhymns
    Posts: 229
    There are actually quite a few hymns to St. Francis of Assisi. I am attaching six of them that I have scanned for you. The first comes from Tozer's Catholic Church Hymnal, 1905. The remaining five are from a more obscure hymnal: St. Francis Hymnal, published by the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement at Graymoor, Garrison, NY. This excellent hymnal consists of 679 pages and was published by the Sisters in 1925. I hope you find something useful among these hymns! (Since it was on the same scan of the last hymn, there is a hymn to St. John the Baptist also included. His feast day is a long way off now, but maybe it can be used in Advent).
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  • tomjaw
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    Plenty here from the Franciscans including ones mentioning the Cross

    https://archive.org/details/cantuale-romano-seraphicum/page/156/mode/2up

    I have metrical translations of the Dominican Hymns, I don't think I have seen Translations of the Franciscan hymns. Although we have talented people here that may be interested.
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