Benedicite, omnia Opera—Bless ye, O all Works.
Benedictus=Blessed.
Jubilate=O be joyful.
Magnificat (mea anima)=(My soul) doth magnify.
Cantate Domino=O sing unto the Lord.
Nunc dimittis=Now thou lettest depart.
Deus misereatur=God be merciful.
The 1st and 2nd chapters of S. Luke supply three of these; viz. Magnificat, Benedictus, and Nunc dimittis. The Psalms supply three, viz. Jubilate (100th), Cantate Domino (98th), and Deus misereatur (67th).
Benedicite, omnia, Opera is part of the Hymn given in the Apocrypha as sung by Shadrach (Ananias), Meshach (Misael), and Abed-nego (Azarias), when they walked in the burning fiery furnace.
Te Deum laudamus is a very ancient Latin Hymn which may have been already very old when it became associated with the name of S. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (375-397). We show its Bible origins in Chapter VIII.