The Fast, as Taught by Holy Lore (EN 863)

EN 863 The Fast, as Taught by Holy Lore

Ps.35.13

Versi Version 1

1

The fast, as taught by holy lore,

We keep in solemn course once more;

The fast to all men known, and bound

In forty days of yearly round.

2

The law and seers that were of old

In divers ways this Lent foretold

Which Christ, all seasons’ King and Guide,

In after ages sanctified.

3

More sparing therefore let us make

The words we speak, the food we take,

Our sleep and mirth, and closer barred

Be every sense in holy guard.

4

In prayer together let us fall,

And cry for mercy, one and all,

And weep before the Judge’s feet,

And His avenging wrath entreat.

5

Thy grace have we offended sore,

By sins, O God, which we deplore;

But pour upon us from on high,

O pardoning One, Thy clemency.

6

Remember Thou, though frail we be,

That yet Thine handiwork are we;

Nor let the honor of Thy Name

Be by another put to shame.

7

Forgive the sin that we have wrought;

Increase the good that we have sought;

That we at length, our wanderings o’er,

May please Thee here and evermore.

8

We pray Thee, holy Trinity,

One God, unchanging Unity,

That we from this our abstinence

May reap the fruits of penitence.

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