The Sequence is not treated as a hymn:
Just FYI, of course!The text from the Lectionary for Mass may be used, or a metrical paraphrase may be sung, provided that it is found in an approved collection of liturgical songs.
The 2007 USCCB document, Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship, states the following about the Sequence at paragraph 166:
below is the proper translation which must be sung (in Ireland) so other english translations are of no use
I have always loved Latin. But these persons who seem almost to believe that God only understands Latin, and that Latin is holier than English give me second thoughts. Um, don't they realise that God really prefers Cranmerian English?
...Hebrew. [???]
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