Hymns for All Seasons
The first-ever comprehensive edition of Jesuit Father James Quinn's hymn texts.
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Be Thou My Vision (Appendix text)
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- A Sign Is Seen in Heaven
- O Food for Pilgrims Lowly
- Now Fades All Earthly Splendour
- Now Is the Hour of Rejoicing
- Now Let All on Earth Fall Silent
- Now Let Us All with One Accord (Appendix text)
- Now on This Feast of Love
- Now to the Throne of God in Exultation
- Now, from the Heavens Descending
- O Child of Promise, Come
- O Come, O Come, Thou Child Emmanuel
- O Father, Take in Sign of Love
- O First among the Chosen Twelve
- O Flock of Christ, Your Homage Bring
- O Food for Pilgrims Lowly
- Now at the Daylight’s Ending
- O Food to Pilgrims Given
- O God of Light, the Dawning Day
- O Light from Light
- O Mary, Conceived in the Grace of Your Son
- O Praise, My Soul, the Lord
- O Priest and Victim, Lord of Life
- O Queen of Heaven, to You the Angels Sing
- O Sacred Heart, for All Once Broken
- O Sacred Heart, for All Once Broken
- O Sing of the Lord Who Saves Us
- O White-Robed King of Glory
- Of the Firstborn of the Father
- On Carmel’s Mount Our Lady Tends
- Now before the Throne of Heaven
- My Soul Is Like the Deer
- Our Gospel Is the Risen Christ
- Loving Father, from Your Bounty
- Lord Jesus, Make Me Holy
- Lord Jesus, Once on Tabor’s Height
- Lord Jesus, Remember
- Lord, Bid Your Servant Go in Peace
- Lord, in My Heart Are Simple Thoughts
- Lord, Let Me Love You More and More
- Lord, Make Us Servants of Your Peace
- Lord, Speak Your Words of Peace
- Love Is Long-Suffering, Love Is Kind
- Love Is Long-Suffering, Love Is Kind
- Love Is of God
- Lovely Your Dwelling Is
- Loving Father, from Your Bounty
- My Shepherd Is My Lord and God
- Loving Shepherd, King Divine
- Mary of Carmel, Crowned with Heaven’s Glory
- Mass Verses for Adults
- Mass Verses for Children
- May Flights of Angels Lead You on Your Way
- May Glory, Praise and Honour
- May God Give His Grace in Our Waking
- Mother of Christ, Our Hope, Our Patroness
- Mother of Jesus, Mary of Ireland
- Mother of Mercy
- My Freedom, Lord, My Memory
- My Jesus, My Love, Look with Pity on Me
- My Love Is My God, My Life Is My Lord
- On Sion’s Mount the City Stands
- Our Heavenly Father, May Your Name
- Lord Jesus, Let Me Know You, Who You Are
- To You I Lift My Eyes, O Lord
- The Lord Is the Giver of Goodness
- The New Eve Stands Before the Tree (I)
- The New Eve Stands Before the Tree (II)
- The Seed Is Christ’s
- This Day God Gives Me
- This Day God Gives Me
- This Is My Will
- Those Who Weep as They Sow
- To God Our Father, Sovereign Lord
- To God with Gladness Sing
- To Those Who Revere You, O Lord
- To You I Lift My Eyes, Dear Lord
- To You, Lord, I Lift Up My Heart
- The Lord I Will Praise
- Town of David, King and Shepherd
- Wake from Your Sleep of Death
- We Praise You, God, Confessing You as Lord
- We Praise You, God, Confessing You as Lord (Prayer Text)
- We Praise You, O Queen in Glory
- We Who Live in Christ Were Born in His Death
- Where True Love Is Dwelling
- Who Is This in Glory Decked
- Word of God, Come Down on Earth
- Word of God, from Mary’s Womb
- You Are All-Fair, O Mary of the Glories
- You Are My Shepherd, Lord
- You Are Peter
- The Lord Is King, Enthroned on High
- The Bread That We Break
- Out of the Depths of Love
- See, from His Throne in Heaven Above
- Peace with the Father
- Peace, My Own Peace
- Praise God, O Heaven, in Heaven’s Height
- Praise Him as He Mounts the Skies
- Praise the Almighty, for All Praise Is Due to Him
- Praise the King of All Creation
- Praise the Lord, All You Nations
- Rejoice, All the World, at the Rising
- Remember Those, O Lord
- Remember, Father, Loving Lord
- Saint Augustine, Wisest Preacher
- Saint Cecilia, Loving Patron
- Saint of Siena, Fed by God
- See in David’s City
- The Angel Brought Mary the Word of the Lord
- Sing a New Song to God on High
- Sing to God with Gladness, All Creation
- Sing to the Lord of All
- Sing, All Creation
- Sing, All My Being
- Sing, Francis
- Sion, Sing in Exultation
- Skies at Midnight Burst Asunder
- Sleep, Little Child, While You May
- Son of the Father, Born Before Time’s Dawn
- Spare Us, Spare Us, Lord
- Teach Me to Serve You as I Should
- The Angel Brought Mary the Word of the Lord
- Lord Jesus, Let Me Live for You
- Lord Jesus, from Your Wounded Side
- A Voice Spoke from Heaven
- Creator Spirit, Lord of Grace (Prayer Text)
- Christians, Your Life Is to Love
- Come Down, O Spirit Blest
- Come Down, O Spirit Blest
- Come Down, O Spirit Blest
- Come, Adore This Wondrous Presence
- Come, Adore This Wondrous Presence (Prayer Text)
- Come, Bless the Lord
- Come, Christ’s Beloved
- Come, Holy Spirit, Fire of Truth
- Come, Joyful Pilgrims
- Come, Praise the Lord, the Almighty
- Creator Spirit, Lord of Grace
- Cross of Glory, Cross of Gladness
- Christ's Banner Guides Us on Christ's Way
- Cry Out in Gladness, All the Earth
- Darkness Has Faded, Night Gives Way to Morning
- Day Is Done, but Love Unfailing
- Dear Father, Take from Loving Hands
- Dear Love of My Heart
- Deep in Our Hearts, O King
- Easter Glory Fills the Sky
- Eternal God in Trinity
- Father of Mercies, Heaven’s Eternal Dayspring
- Father of Mercy, God of Consolation
- Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven (I)
- Father, Lord of Earth and Heaven (II)
- Five Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
- Christ’s Banner Guides Us on Christ’s Way
- Christ Was of Old, Yet Christ Is of Today
- Lord Jesus, at This Hour You Took
- Blessed Be the God of Israel
- All Kingship Is Yours
- Alleluia, Alleluia. Praise the Lord and His Christ
- Angel Voices, Richly Blending
- Angel, Sent by God the Father
- Around the Throne of God I Heard
- At This Great Feast of Love
- At This Same Hour, Redeemer King
- Be in My Seeing
- Before All Creation the Word Had Been Born
- Bless the Lord of the Sunrise
- Blessed Are You, Lord
- Blessed Are You, O Poor in Spirit
- Blessed Be the God of Israel
- Christ the King, Enthroned in Splendour
- Blessed Be the God of Israel
- Blessed Be the God of Israel
- Blessed Be the Lord Our God
- Blessed Be the Lord Our God
- Children, Greet Your New-Born King
- Christ Be Beside Me
- Christ Is My Faith, My Hope
- Christ Is the Likeness That Reveals
- Christ Is Victor (I)
- Christ Is Victor (II)
- Christ Is Victor (III)
- Christ Is Victor (IV)
- Christ Keeps His Promised Hour
- Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
- Five Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
- Forgive Them, Father Dear
- Joseph, We Praise You
- I Call, O Lord, on You
- I Sing of Your Goodness for Ever
- I Will Bless Your Goodness, God My Father
- Israel, Sing Your Song of Victory
- Jerusalem, Fairest of Cities
- Jesus on the Cross Is Dying
- Jesus, in Death You Shed Your Blood
- Jesus, Lord of Glory
- Jesus, Redeemer, from Your Heart
- Jesus, Your Church Was Built on Firm Foundations
- Jesus’ Body, Here We Greet You
- Jesus’ Soul, Make Holy
- Joseph, Wise Ruler of God’s Earthly Household
- Forth from on High the Father Sends
- Joy Fill Your Heart, O Queen Most High
- Joy Fill Your Heart, O Queen Most High (Prayer Text)
- Joy Is Yours, Mary
- Judge of the World, You Are Judged Unjustly
- King of Angels, You Are Welcome
- King, from Our Hands Receive
- Let All Be One in Mind and Heart
- Let Carmel Echo Joyfully
- Let Your Might Be the Lord Almighty
- Light of Undying Glory, Shine
- Look Down from Heaven, Lord
- Lord God, You Made Us for Yourself
- Lord Jesus Christ, You Built Your Church
- I Believe in God the Father
- I Am the Word That Spoke and Light Was Made
- I Am the Holy Vine
- God the Father Sends His Angel
- Forth in the Peace of Christ We Go
- From Depths of Grief I Cry
- Gabriel, to Mary Sent
- Give Answer, O God of Grace
- Give Rest to Your Servants, O Lord
- Give Thanks to God the Father
- Glorify, Magnify
- Glory to Christ Our King
- God All-Holy, Fountain of Life
- God Is Love, and Where True Love Is (I)
- God Is Love, and Where True Love Is (II)
- God Sent the Sinless One
- Grant, Lord, Your Gift of Peace
- I Am the Bread of Life
- Great Is Your Glory, O God
- Guide Us, Star of Ocean
- Hail Our Saviour’s Glorious Body
- Hail, Mary, Full of Gladness
- Hail, Our Queen and Mother Blest
- Have Pity, God of Grace, on Me, a Sinner
- Heart of Jesus, Full of Wisdom
- Holy Day of the Lord
- Holy Mary, Full of Grace, We Turn to You
- Holy Spirit from on High
- Holy Spirit, Lord, Gift of God
- How Deep the Riches of Our God
- How Full of Kindness Is the Lord
- Your Body, Jesus, Once for Us Was Broken
- Be Thou My Vision (Appendix text)
Hymns for All Seasons [Spiral-Bound Hymn Book]
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
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Hymns for All Seasons [Hardbound Hymn Book]
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
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Hymns for All Seasons [Spiral-Bound Hymn Book]
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
$35.00
30134838
SHIP
Hymns for All Seasons [Hardbound Hymn Book]
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
The Complete Works of James Quinn, SJ
$40.00
30132863
SHIP
Jesuit Father James Quinn published his first collection of hymn texts in 1969. Over the years this quiet, modest man by nature became one of the most prolific hymn text writers of our time. His treasury of hymn texts spans a wide spectrum of occasions and seasons, from hymns for children and adaptations of Scripture to well-established seasonal tunes, hymns for the Divine Office and more.
With Hymns for All Seasons, OCP is proud to present the first-ever complete edition of Father Quinn's hymn texts. Using clean, sparse language, Father Quinn bestowed on us a treasury of texts that are scriptural, catechetical and theological, texts that gained widespread use in Christian churches of all denominations around the world over the years.
An internationally known composer, Paul Inwood served as the editor for this lovely book—collecting all the hymns, writing scholarly notes, finding the musical settings and tracking down eight previously unpublished hymns.
Each hymn includes the following:
- Text-only version of hymn
- Author's notes (original to Fr. Quinn)
- Editor's notes (from Paul Inwood)
- Hymn tune options
- Suggested topics
- Music setting (though the majority of hymns have this, there are several that don't)
This definitive collection provides a wealth of information for hymnologists, pastoral musicians and others interested in hymns. It will also make a wonderful addition to any reference or music library.
Press
Quinn’s Hymns for All Seasons was reviewed in The American Organist! Colomnist Jonathan B. Hall writes, “In the Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, Sancrosanctum Concilium, the council fathers held that the rites of the Church should be distinguished by ‘noble simplicity.’ The poetry of James Quinn, SJ is written precisely to that point. Quinn’s hymn texts work out the meaning of noble simplicity.” Hall later concludes, “… Quinn succeeds extraordinarily well. That several of his texts have made their unassuming way into our hearts is proof enough.”
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Check out Come, Praise the Lord, the new collection from Paul Inwood, with hymn texts from James Quinn, SJ.