A HYMN FOR THE 3rd SUNDAY IN LENT
Kind Maker of the world, O hear
The fervent prayer, with many a tear
Poured forth by all the penitent
Who keep this holy fast of Lent.
Each heart is manifest to thee;
Thou knowest our infirmity;
Now we repent, and seek thy face;
Grant unto us thy pardoning grace.
Spare us, O Lord, who now confess
Our sins and all our wickedness,
And, for the glory of thy Name,
Our weakened souls to health reclaim.
Give us the self-control that springs
From abstinence in outward things;
That from each stain and spot of sin,
Our souls may keep the fast within.
Grant, O thou blessed Trinity;
Grantm, O unchanging Unity;
That this our fast of forty days
May work our profit and thy praise. Amen.
By Pope St. Gregory the Great (6th century)
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