Also, as occasion may arise, let other selections from the treasury of hymns be incorporated." - #93. General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours "To whatever extent may seem desirable, the hymns are to be restored to their original form, and whatever smacks of mythology or ill accords with Christian piety is to be removed or changed. But they also are an element for the people in fact more often than the other parts of the office the hymns bring out the proper theme of individual hours or feasts and incline and draw the spirit to a devout celebration.". By their mystical and poetic character they are specifically designed for God's praise. Catechism of the Catholic Church "A very ancient tradition gives hymns the place in the office that they still retain. "The hymns and litanies of the Liturgy of the Hours integrate the prayer of the psalms into the age of the Church, expressing the symbolism of the time of day, the liturgical season, or the feast being celebrated." - #1177. The bars from heaven's high portals fell įrom death's dread sting thy servants free,įINITA IAM SUNT PROELIA - Anonymous, 1695 (Public Domain) The powers of death have done their worst,
THE STRIFE IS O’ER, THE BATTLE DONE by Francis Pott, 1861 (Public Domain)
In the Liturgy of the Hours, The Strife is O'er, The Battle Done is sung at Easter. Monk (1823-1889) added "Alleluias" and set it to the tune Victory, which is an adaptation of the Gloria Patri from the 1591 Choral Mass, Magnificat Tertii Toni by Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594). Alleluia, The Strife is O'er is a 1859 translation by Anglican Priest, Francis Pott (1832-1909) of Finita Jam Sunt Praelia, an anonymous Latin hymn first published in the 1695 Jesuit collection: Symphonia Sirenum Selectarum, Cologne.
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