“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)
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CHRISTMAS
Huron Carol of St. Jean de Brébeuf
(“Upon the birth of Jesus”)
Translation: Fr. Dominic Popplewell
TUNE: “Une Jeune Pucelle” • 86 86 88 R
This famous Christmas carol was possibly written around 1642AD, when Saint Brébeuf was in Quebec, recuperating from a broken collarbone, which had left him in excruciating pain for many months.