Simply the finest hymnal currently available, combining stalwart confessional integrity with poetic beauty (Donne! Milton! Herbert! Augustine!), stellar musical variety (Scandinavia! America! England!), compositionally rich settings that don't dumb anything down (musicians and the congregation only need this one book for everything), and a real eye toward the contributions of the Church Catholic through the ages. I also appreciate the prayers and Scripture selections occasionally placed beneath the hymns as meditation aids.