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.