Faith of Our Fathers

Faith of Our Fathers 

Frank Patterson

Anthem of the gallant English Catholics who endured horrors unimaginable for their ancient faith.

God bless Thomas More and Catholic Martyrs who died under the Tudor reign.

This magnificent hymn is for them.

 

 

Faith of our Fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword:
Oh, how our hearts beat high with joy
Whene'er we hear that glorious word.

Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

Our Fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free:
How sweet would be their children's fate,
If they, like them, could die for thee!

Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

 

 

Faith of our Fathers! Mary's prayers
Shall win our country back to thee:
And through the truth that comes from God
England shall then indeed be free.

Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

Faith of our Fathers! we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife:
And preach thee too, as love knows how
By kindly words and virtuous life:

Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

 

*In countries outside of England, the words "Our land" have been substituted for "England".

 

환란과 핍박 중에도

 

1. 환난과 핍박 중에도 성도는 신앙 지켰네
이 신앙 생각할 때에 기쁨이 충만하도다
성도의 신앙 따라서 죽도록 충성하겠네

2. 옥중에 매인 성도나 양심은 자유 얻었네
우리도 고난 받으면 죽어도 영광되도다
성도의 신앙 따라서 죽도록 충성하겠네

3. 성도의 신앙 본받아 원수도 사랑하겠네
인자한 언어 행실로 이 신앙 전파하리라
성도의 신앙 따라서 죽도록 충성하겠네

 

 

"Faith of our Fathers" is a Catholic hymn, written in 1849 by Frederick William Faber in memory of the Catholic martyrs from the time of the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and Elizabeth.

Faber wrote two versions of the hymn: with seven stanzas for Ireland and with four for England.

The Irish version was sung at hurling matches until the 1960s.

 

In England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland it is usually sung to the traditional tune Sawston;

in the United States, the tune St Catherine by Henri Hemy is more commonly used.

 

 

Frank Patterson (5 October 1938 – 10 June 2000)

was an internationally renowned Irish tenor following in the tradition of singers such as Count John McCormack and Josef Locke. He was known as "Ireland's Golden Tenor".

 

Bronze life-size piece by Jerry McKenna titled "The Golden Tenor Statue".

Unveiled in Mick Delahunty Square, Clonmel,County Tipperary, Ireland. in June 2002.

 

Patterson's music to commemorate those killed in Manhattan in 9/11 Memorial.

 

"You'll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say an Ave there for me;
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me."

 

World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City

was hit on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.