555. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia
8.8.8. with alleluias
O Filii et Filiae:
French, 15th cent.;
Solesmes Version, Mode II;
harm. Winfred Douglas, 1918
In harmony before v. 1, and after v. 9.
Refrain
Latin; Jean Tisserand (-1494);
Tr. John Mason Neale, 1852
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! | O sons and daughters, let us sing! The King of heaven, the glorious King, O'er death today rose triumphing. | 517 That Easter morn, at break of day, The faithful women went their way To seek the tomb where Jesus lay. | An angel clad in white they see, Who sat, and spake unto the three, "Your Lord doth go to Galilee." | That night the apostles met in fear; Amidst them came their Lord most dear, And said, "My peace be on all here." | When Thomas first the tidings heard, How they had seen the risen Lord, He doubted the disciples' word. | "My pierced hands, O Thomas, see; My hands, my feet, I show to thee; Not faithless, but believing be." | No longer Thomas then denied, He saw the feet, the hands, the side; "Thou art my Lord and God," he cried. | How blest are they who have not seen, And yet whose faith has constant been, For they eternal life shall win. | On this most holy day of days, To God your hearts and voices raise, In laud, and jubilee, and praise. | |