Holy God, We Praise Thy Name (add’l verses)

Congregation and Choir of the Cincinnati Oratory
June 11, 2023 - Corpus Christi (Sunday) Mass
Sean Connolly, Organist

This arrangement was prepared for my graduate recital at CUW. It was fulfilling to hear it sung by a large and enthusiastic congregation.

Holy God, we praise Thy name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee.
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in heav’n above adore Thee.
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark! the glad celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising;
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising,
Fill the heav’ns with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy Lord!

Lo, th’ apostles’ holy train
Join Thy sacred name to hallow.
Prophets swell the glad refrain,
And the white-robed martyrs follow,
And from morn till set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.

Thou art King of Glory, Christ;
Son of God, yet born of Mary.
For us sinners sacrificed,
As to death a Tributary,
First to break the bars of death,
Thou hast opened heav’n to faith.

From Thy high, celestial home,
Judge of all, again returning,
We believe that Thou shalt come,
On the dreadful Doom’s-day morning.
When Thy voice shall shake the earth,
And the startled dead come forth.

Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray,
By a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today,
Never let us be confounded.
Lo! I put my trust in Thee,
Never, Lord, abandon me.

Holy Father, holy Son,
Holy Spirit, three we name Thee;
Though in essence only one,
Undivided God we claim Thee
And, adoring, bend the knee
While we own the mystery.