Justorum animae

The Souls of the Just

Jackson, Gabriel (b. 1962)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Propers → Offertory Antiphon
Latin

Occasion:
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle B
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle C
Proper of Saints → All Saints (November 1)
Proper of Saints → The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) (November 2)
Masses for the Dead

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — NH69 (2010)
ISBN 978-0-19-336870-5

Text Information:
Reference: Wisdom 3:1-3, Offertory, Solemnity of All Saints

Lyrics:

Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt,
et non tanget illos tormentum mortis.
Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori,
illi autem sunt in pace.

English translation:
The souls of the just are in the hand of God,
and no torment shall touch them.
They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead . . .
But they are in peace.

Notes: SATB with Alto, Tenor, and Bass divisi. Liber Usualis, 1974 Graduale Romanum, (and Gregorian Missal): all say “malitiae” where the Jackson setting (like Byrd) says “mortis.”
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Mar 4, 2022 Last updated: Mar 4, 2022