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753. Ubi Caritas (Where True Charity and Love Dwell)

Text Information
First Line: Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor (Since the love of Christ has joined us in one body)
Title: Ubi Caritas (Where True Charity and Love Dwell)
Author: Joyce MacDonald Glover, b. 1923
Refrain First Line: Ubi caritas est vera (Where true charity and love dwell)
Language: English; Latin
Publication Date: 2003
Topic: Charity; Church; Love for Others (1 more...)
Source: Latin, 9th cent.
Copyright: © 1982, Joyce M.Glover
Tune Information
Name: UBI CARITAS
Meter: 12 12 12 12 with refrain
Key: c minor or modal
Source: Chant, Mode VI



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