Ancient Te Deum Hymn, A Timeless New Year's Eve Tradition for Catholics | EWTN News Nightly

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As we prepare to welcome 2025, we'd like to turn our hearts and minds to God and look at a beautiful, ancient hymn called the Te Deum. The Te Deum is the supreme hymn of praise and thanksgiving to God. Dating back centuries, it's been used liturgically in the Church since the Medieval Age. Throughout its history, it has been called the Ambrosian Hymn, however it's likely that the true author is someone else. Though it's one hymn, the Te Deum is split up into several parts. An ancient custom of the Church is to sing the Te Deum on New Year's Eve. By doing so, we give thanks to God for all the blessings of the year; things that may seem like crosses at first but later become blessings in themselves. It's a kind of thanksgiving that's built into human beings. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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• New Beginnings