One of the treasures of our monastery is a Graduale from 1818 containing the chants of the Mass used in the church of Lyons in the early 19th century. This is an example of the ‘neo-Gallican’ liturgical books which were composed in France in the early modern period. While they eventually gave way to the use of the more authentic liturgical books of the Roman Rite–thanks in large part to the determined efforts of Dom Prosper Gu\u00e9ranger, founder of the Abbey of Solesmes–nonetheless there are many fascinating gems of piety and devotion in these books.<\/p>\n
One feature of the Graduale of Lyons is its multiplicity of Sequences to be sung before the Gospel on feasts. Sequences abounded in the Middle Ages, but were greatly reduced in the Roman Rite by the reforms after the Council of Trent. The neo-Gallican books, however, maintained the use of many sequences, which can be fruitful for personal devotion.<\/p>\n
Today, the traditional feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, has a Sequence of its own, rich with Scriptural allusions, which is to be sung to the tune of the Sequence for Corpus Christ, Lauda Sion Salvatorem<\/em>. The opening verses of this Sequence, Crucifixum<\/em> adoremus<\/em>, use the same melody as the opening verses of Lauda Sion<\/em>; since, however, it is not as long as its model, its skips in the last four verses (marked here by an asterisk) to the tune of the last four verses of the Corpus Christi Sequence, Ecce Panis Angelorum<\/em>. Below is the text of the Sequence with a translation.<\/p>\n Portae tremant infernales,<\/em> Ligno serpens nos peremit,<\/em> Lege factus maledictus,<\/em> Lectus Dei morientis<\/em> Ut, pro vobis qui precatur,<\/em> Crucifixus voluntate,\u00a0<\/em> Passus nobis, nobis surget;<\/em> *O fons omnis Crux virtutis!<\/em> Die tua ne damnemur;\u00a0<\/em> Tuae Cruci nos confige;<\/em> Vetus homo perimatur; Let the gates of Hell tremble, By the wood the serpent slew us, Made accursed under the Law, The bed of God as He dies That the voice of the Blood might be heard, Crucified by His own will, Having suffered for us, for us He will rise; *O Cross, fount of every virtue! That we may not be condemned on Thy day, Fasten us to Thy Cross; Let the old man be slain; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the treasures of our monastery is a Graduale from 1818 containing the chants of the Mass used in the church of Lyons in the early 19th century. This is an example of the ‘neo-Gallican’ liturgical books which were composed in France in the early modern period. While they eventually gave way to the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-765","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/591"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27285"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27306,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27285\/revisions\/27306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n Crucifixum adoremus:<\/em>
\nChristi crucem praedicemus,<\/em>
\nSalvi per quam vivimus.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEleventur aeternales:<\/em>
\nIn hoc signo vincimus.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nChristus ligno nos redemit:<\/em>
\nCulpam Adae sustulit.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAgnus Dei benedictus<\/em>
\nMaledictum abstulit.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEst cathedra nos docentis:<\/em>
\nSimul mori discite.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nVox cruoris audiatur, <\/em>
\nNe loquentem spernite.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMox resurget potestate,<\/em>
\nSuo victor funere.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nAmor tantus jam nos urget:<\/em>
\nHuic fas uni vivere.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nO aeternae spes salutis!<\/em>
\nO redemptae servitutis<\/em>
\nVeteris signaculum!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFac nunc, Christe, judicemur:<\/em>
\nBene stulti gloriemur
\nCrucis improperio.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPer hanc mundo nos transfige,<\/em>
\nMundum nobis crucifige;<\/em>
\nHic nos ure, nos afflige,<\/em>
\nUt sis tunc praesidio.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMali corpus destruatur,
\nSanguis tuus ne perdatur;
\nHomo morti ne tradatur
\nEmptus tanto pretio.
\nAmen.<\/em><\/td>\nLet us adore the Crucified:
\nLet us preach the Cross of Christ,
\nBy which we are saved and live.<\/p>\n
\nLet the eternal gates be raised up:
\nIn this sign we conquer.<\/p>\n
\nBy the wood Christ redeemed us:
\nHe lifted Adam’s fault.<\/p>\n
\nThe blessed Lamb of God
\nTook away the curse.<\/p>\n
\nIs His chair as He teaches us:
\nLearn to die with Him.<\/p>\n
\nWhich makes entreaty for you,
\nDo not spurn Him Who speaks.<\/p>\n
\nHe will soon rise by His power,
\nVictorious by His own death.<\/p>\n
\nSuch great love now impels us:
\nIt is right to live for Him alone.<\/p>\n
\nO eternal hope of salvation!
\nO seal of redemption
\nFrom the ancient servitude!<\/p>\n
\nGrant, O Christ, that we may be judged now:
\nLet us boast well, as fools,
\nIn the Cross’s reproach.<\/p>\n
\nBy it, transfix us to the world,
\nCrucify the world to us;
\nBurn us, afflict us here,
\nThat Thou mayest be our defense then.<\/p>\n
\nLet the body of evil be destroyed,
\nLet Thy Blood not be lost;
\nLet man not be delivered up to death
\nBeing bought at such a great price.
\nAmen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n