Gabriel, to Mary sent

Translator: James Quinn
Tune: [Came the Archangel to the Maid]
Published in 1 hymnal

Translator: James Quinn

James Quinn (b. Glasgow, Scotland, April 21, 1919; d. Edinburgh, Scotland, April 8, 2010) was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest who was ordained in 1950. As a consultant for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, sparked by Vatican II, he has exerted influence far beyond his native Scotland. A collection of his hymn texts is available from Selah Publishing company. Sing a New Creation Go to person page >

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First Line:	Gabriel, to Mary sent
Latin Title:	Angelus ad virginem
Translator:	James Quinn
Meter:	Irregular
Source:	sequence or cantilena from an early 14th Century manuscript (Arundel 248) and the Dublin Troper (1360)
Copyright:	Translation © James Quinn