The King of Glory Comes

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Author: Willard F. Jabusch

Willard F. Jabusch (b. 1930) received degrees from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, and Loyola University, Chicago. He also earned a doctorate at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1986), and studied music at the Chicago Conservatory and the University of London. A parish priest at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Chicago from 1956 to 1961, he taught at Niles College of Loyola University from 1963 to 1966 and at the Mundelein Seminary from 1968 to 1990. Since 1990 Jabusch has been director of Calvert House, the Roman Catholic student center at the University of Chicago. His theological publications include The Person in the Pulpit (1980), Walk Where Jesus Walked (1986), and The Spoken Christ (1990). He has wri… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Who is the King of glory, what shall we call him?
Title: The King of Glory Comes
Author: Willard F. Jabusch (1966)
Meter: 12.12 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices
Notes: Spanish translation: See "¿Quién es el Rey de Gloria?" by Eunice Miller
Copyright: © 1966, 1982, Willard F. Jabusch. Administered by OCP Publications.

Notes

Scripture References:
st. 1 = Ps. 24:8, Isa. 7:14
st. 2 = Matt. 4:23
st. 3 = Isa. 53:12
st. 4 = 1 Cor. 15:57, John 14:2
ref. = Ps. 24:7, Ps. 67:4

Catholic priest Willard F.Jabusch (PHH 210) wrote this text in five stanzas in 1965 in Niles, Illinois, for use by the parish folk-music ensemble of St. Celestine's Roman Catholic Church in Elmwood Park, Illinois. The text was published in Hymnal for Young Christians (1966), one of the first English Roman Catholic hymnals published in the United States after Vatican II.

Stanza 1 and the refrain are based on Psalm 24:7-8; stanzas 2 and 3 recall Jesus' ministry and his death to atone for sin; stanza 4 confesses Christ's victory over death and the coming of his kingdom. The original third stanza was not included.

Liturgical Use:
Epiphany; Advent; Palm Sunday, or anytime; a great processional hymn at the beginning of a worship service.

--Psalter Hymnal Handbook

Tune

KING OF GLORY (Israeli)

Jabusch wrote his text to correspond to PROMISED ONE, an Israeli folk tune. Probably of Hasidic origin, PROMISED ONE was associated with the folk song "Gilu Hagalilim," brought by Zionist settlers to Israel after World War I. The Fireside Book of Folk Songs (1947) contains the tune with a different…

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Media

Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #370
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  • Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
With Heart and Voice: songs for all God's children #88
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Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #714

Celebrating Grace Hymnal #177

Christian Worship (1993) #363

Christian Worship #548

Common Praise (1998) #632

Gather (3rd ed.) #572

Gather Comprehensive #486

Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #494

Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #368

Hymnal Supplement 1991 #727

Hymns for a Pilgrim People #158

Journeysongs (2nd ed.) #487

Journeysongs (3rd ed.) #470

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #341

One in Faith #640

Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #474

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Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #370

Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship #267

RitualSong #628

Saint Augustine Hymnal (2nd ed) #119

Santo, Santo, Santo #206

Sing and Rejoice! #122

Sing the Faith #2091

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Small Church Music #2416

Songs for Life #156

The Covenant Hymnal #137

The Faith We Sing #2091

The Worshiping Church #134

Together in Song #279

Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #240

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With Heart and Voice #88

Worship (3rd ed.) #501

Worship (4th ed.) #565

Worship and Rejoice #159

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