Visit the homepage for more information. The following is a compilation of Marian hymns from major Protestant and Catholic hymnals. Indicated next to the titles is the season or other special ...

Catholic hymnody has a less happy history. I have an old Pius X hymnal and it is filled with hymns, mostly to the saints and the blessed mother, that can generously be described as saccharine.

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This traditional Catholic hymn speaks of Jesus Christ as our king ‘whose reign shall never cease’. It frequently features on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, Palm Sunday, and also the ...