The Schola Cantorum of Vincent Ferrer - New York City
James D. Wetzel, Director of Music and Organist

Solemn Dominican Tone of the Te Deum
The organ versets were improvised by James D. Wetzel

Te Deum laudamus:
te Dominum confitemur.
Te aeternum Patrem, 
omnis terra veneratur.
Tibi omnes angeli,
tibi caeli et universae potestates,
tibi Cherubim et Seraphim
incessabili voce proclamant:
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra
majestatis gloriae tuae.
Te gloriosus apostolorum chorus,
te prophetarum laudabilis numerus,
te martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus.
Te per orbem terrarum
sancta confitetur Ecclesia,
Patrem immensae majestatis,
venerandum tuum verum et unicum Filium,
Sanctum quoque Paraclitum Spiritum.
Tu rex gloriae, Christe.
Tu Patris sempiternus es Filius.
Tu, ad liberandum suscepturus hominem,
non horruisti Virginis uterum.
Tu, devicto mortis aculeo,
aperuisti credentibus regna caelorum.
Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes, 
in gloria Patris.
Judex crederis esse venturus.
Te ergo, quaesumus, tuis famulis subveni,
quos pretioso sanguine redemisti.
Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis 
in gloria numerari.

Salvum fac populum tuum, Domine,
et benedic hereditati tuae.
Et rege eos, 
et extolle illos usque in aeternum.
Per singulos dies benedicimus te.
Et laudamus nomen tuum 
in saeculum, et in saeculum saeculi.
Dignare, Domine, die isto 
sine peccato nos custodire.
Miserere nostri, Domine, miserere nostri.
Fiat misericordia tua, Domine, super nos,
quemadmodum speravimus in te.
In te, Domine, speravi:
non confundar in aeternum.

We praise you, O God:
we acknowledge you to be the Lord.
All the earth worships you, 
eternal Father.
To you all the angels, 
to you the heavens, and all the powers therein,
to you the Cherubim and Seraphim
proclaim with unceasing voice:
Holy, Holy, Holy 
Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full 
of the majesty of your glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles,
the laudable fellowship of the prophets,
the spotless army of martyrs praise you.
The holy Church throughout the world 
does acknowledge you,
the Father of infinite majesty,
your venerable, true, and only Son,
also the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
You are the King of glory, O Christ.
You are the everlasting Son of the Father.
You, when you become man to deliver man,
did not abhor the Virgin’s womb.
You, having overcome the sting of death, 
opened to all believers the kingdom of heaven.
You sit at the right hand of God 
in the glory of the Father.
We believe that you will come to be the Judge.
We beseech you, therefore, to help your servants,
whom you have redeemed with your precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with your Saints 
in glory everlasting.

Save your people, O Lord,
and bless your inheritance.
And govern them 
and extol them for ever.
Day by day we bless you.
And we praise your name 
for ever and ever.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day 
to keep us without sin.
Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, 
as we have hoped in you.
In you, O Lord, have I hoped: 
let me never be confounded.

Recorded live during the Solemn Mass of Dedication at Saint Vincent Ferrer, 2019

Solemn Te Deum in alternatum

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