Special Doxologies

The Hymns of the Breviary and Missal

Special doxologies are provided in the Breviary for certain feasts and seasons. They are all written in imabic dimeters, and they replace the ordinary doxologies in all hymns of the same meter.

The following doxology is said from Christmas till the Epiphany, during the Octave of Corpus Christi, on the feasts of the Sacred Heart and Holy Name, and on feasts of the Blessed Virgin and during their Octaves.

Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui natus es de Virgine,
Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula. All honor, laud, and glory be,
O Jesu, Virgin-born, to Thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.

For the Epiphany and Octave
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui apparuisti gentibus,
Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula. All glory, Lord, to Thee we pay,
For Thine Epiphany to-day;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.

In Paschaltime
Deo Patri sit gloria,
Et Filio, qui a mortuis
Surrexit, ac Paraclito,
In sempiterna sæcula. To Thee who, dead, again dost live,
All glory, Lord, Thy people give;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.

For Ascensiontide
Jesu, tibi sit gloria,
Qui victor in cœlum redis,
Cum Patre, et almo Spiritu,
In sempiterna sæcula. All Glory, Lord, to Thee we pay.
Ascending o’er the stars to-day;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To Father and to Paraclete.