86 ‘wusic By Manoling Francisco, s ‘anpanceMent By Palan Reyes: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full of your glory, full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest. The Sanctus serves as a conclusion to the Preface and as an introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer. ; The Sanctusin the liturgy is @ song of unity, not just ofthe militant Church, — butof all the creatures of Godin | heaven and on earth. This is why itis meant to resemble a choir or a ‘symphony —itjoins the praises ofthe Church in heaven and on earth. 7 This new English setting follows the Latin formulation in that the Trisagion orthe “Thrice Holy” is placed in the ‘upper key. This indicates that “Holy, Holy, Holy” is a component of the acclamation that stands-on its own rather than a simple adjective used to describe God ‘Also, the new English translation ‘rewords “God of power and might” as “God of hosts” ("hosts” meaning an army) in order to communicate better prophet Isaiah’s vision of Yahweh Sabaoth, the Lord of the heavenly armies. ‘The word "Hosanna" is the Greek form of the Hebrew hosian-na. Itis a shout of triumph whose original and literal ‘meaning is “Rescue us! Help us!,” , we prayl,” “May God savel,” or “Give salvation!” ‘The expression is taken from Psalm 118:25: “Save us, we beseech you, 0 Lord! 0 Lord, we beseech thee, give us success!” This psalm is part of the Halle/(Psalm 113-118) and, in that context, was recited by the Lord at the Last Supper (cfMatthew 26:30 and Mark 14:26 explicitly mention that at the end of the meal Jesus and the twelve sung hymns).HOLY WELODY+-CHORDS sy Manoling Francisco, _apwanicement y Palan Reyes Allegretto J = 100 6 DFE En GD.GB CD CE ACK pss D 9G OH Em oo c A ae) < Hoye" How Ir HO os Wy Lord God of —_hosts.__ Hed==—venand “earth are fully of your glo - ry, ‘full of your 23 DSSi._D GB c GB D G ‘glory. Ho =" “sa=! -sena_ in the high - est’ «Ho - he who comes. in. the name of ‘the Co 4a GB e GB D G c De ~" Ho - sa - na in the high - est’ Ho - sa88 ‘GH FROM LIGHT: SONGS FOR SH TRANSLATION OF THE ROWAN MISSAL high = est. Ho -