O Most Wonderful!

For Christmas

Words: O Sanctissima, Latin Carol, English Translation by Anne Ridler, Date Unknown

Music: O Sanctissima
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1. O most wonderful!
O Most merciful!
Christ, our Saviour, is born on earth!
Sinners forgiven,
Sorrow forgotten:
Greet, O greet we now this glorious birth!

2. O most wonderful!
O Most merciful!
Christ, our Saviour, is born on earth!
Christ comes among us,
Christ will redeem us:
Greet, O greet we now this glorious birth!

3. O most wonderful!
O Most merciful!
Christ, our Saviour, is born on earth!
Armies on high sing
Praises unending:
Greet, O greet we now this glorious birth!

Sheet Music to "O Sanctissima" from O. Hardwig, ed., The Wartburg Hymnal (Chicago: Wartburg Publishing House, 1918), #91, p. 126.

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