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JESU, OUR LENTEN FAST OF THEE

Scripture Verse

Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. Matthew 4:1–2

Introduction

Words: Un­known au­thor, pre-13th Cen­tu­ry (Je­su qua­dra­ge­na­ri­ae). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by John W. Hew­ett (Vers­es by a Coun­try Cu­rate, 1859) & the com­pil­ers of Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern.

Music: Wind­sor Chris­to­pher Tye, 1533. Ar­ranged in Booke of Mu­sicke, by Wil­liam Da­man, 1591 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Jesu, our Lent­en fast of Thee
We du­te­ous learn to keep,
A heal­ing time, by Thy de­cree,
For all Thy wound­ed sheep.

A time in which to­wards pa­ra­dise,
Once lost by car­nal sense,
The souls re­deemed by Thee may rise
Through chast­en­ing ab­sti­nence.

Now with Thy Church be pre­sent, Lord,
In all Thy sav­ing grace,
And hear us as with one ac­cord
Mourning, we seek Thy face.

Most Mer­ci­ful, for­give the past,
The sins which we de­plore;
Thy shel­ter­ing arms around us cast,
That we may sin no more.

To Thee our sac­ri­fice we bring
Of Lent­en fast and pray­er,
Till, cleansed by Thee, our God and king,
Thy Pas­chal joy we share.

Grant this, O Fa­ther, through Thy Son,
And through the Spir­it blest,
Who art with Them for­ev­er One,
Eternally con­fessed.