Corpus Christi Watershed

“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)

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Page 804 GENERAL USE
In Principio Creavit Deus (“Fountain of fullness, name of being”)
Paraphrase (Book of Genesis) by Fr. Dominic Popplewell
TUNE: “Rendez à Dieu” • 98 98 D


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Additional information about Hymn 804

There is also a gorgeous CHORAL ARRANGEMENT with tune in tenor, and rehearsal videos for each individual voice are available at LALEMANT POLYPHONIC, #18418.
Speaking about this very melody, Erik Routley (Companion to Congregational Praise, 1953) called it “one of the simplest and most moving even of this great series of [Genevan] tunes.” To hear how that sounds LIVE at a real Mass—when the TENOR takes the melody—click here. Listen to a volunteer choir singing a verse with Trebles only (video). Listen to a volunteer choir singing a verse with men only (Mp3).
Originally, this was the French version of Psalm 117 “Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus”
7 June 2026 Rehearsal in Church Basement