Hymns and Rites of The church in the Common Tongue
Hymn of St. Godfrey
“God protect the good Saint Godfrey,
Sovereign ever good and great,
Save, O save him from mischances,
In prosperity and state!”
May his laurels ever blooming,
Be by patriot virtue fed,
May his worth the world illumine,
And bring back the sheep misled,
God preserve our good Saint Godfrey!
Sovereign ever good and great.”
Hymn of the One True God
“I summon today all these powers between me and those evils,
Against every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul,
Against incantations of false prophets,
Against black laws of pagandom,
Against false laws of heretics,
Against craft of idolatry,
Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,
Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.
God to shield me today
Against poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
So that there may come to me abundance of reward.
God with me, God before me, God behind me,
God in me, God beneath me, God above me,
God on my right, God on my left,
God when I lie down, God when I sit down, God when I arise.
God in the heart of every man who thinks of me,
God in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
God in every eye that sees me,
God in every ear that hears me.”
Hymn of St. Thomas
“O God, St. Thomas, upon you be peace,
Our ever-proud souls refuse to be seized,
The den of humanity is our sacred home,
And the throne of our suns will never go down.
The mountains of Oren are towers in height,
Which talk with the zenith of the highest skies,
A land that is splendid with brilliant sun,
Turning to a sky or almost a sky.
The flutter of our hopes and the beats of our hearts,
Depicted on the flag that united our land,
Did we not derive the black from every man's eye,
And from ink of martyr's blood wrote to the tall sky?
Spirits defiant and past so glorious,
And the martyrs' souls are our guardians,
St. Thomas protects us with his great shield,
So why won't we prosper and why wouldn't we build?”
Penance Rites (During confession)
“O, Creator the Father of mercies,
has reconciled the world to himself
and sent the Holy Light among us
for the forgiveness of sins;
through the ministry of the Church
may God give you pardon and peace,
and I absolve you from your sins. Amen"