Over at The Josias I have translated a hymn to Christ the King by Fr. Erich Przywara, S.J. I tried to preserve enough of the original metre that the English can be sung to Fr. Josef Kreitmaier, S.J.’s stirring melody. I also wrote an introduction explaining the use that was made of that hymn by Catholic Youth in dark times.
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Do you know that another hymn by Przywara, dear Father, “Großer König aller Völker”? I even prefer it to the “Oh Du mein Heiland”:
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I can’t remember ever having sung that one.
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Its in the Augsburg Gotteslob appendix, old and new (I believe), but I don’t think it is much widespread elsewhere.
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