A HYMN FOR THE 2ND SUNDAY IN LENT
From the Vespers of Lent
O Maker of the
world, give ear;
Accept the prayer and own the tear
To-wards thy seat of mercy sent
In this most holy fast of Lent.
Each heart is
manifest to thee;
Thou knowest our infirmity;
Forgive thou then each soul that fain
Would seek to thee, and turn again.
Our sins are
manifold and sore,
But pardon them that sin deplore:
And, for thy Name's sake, make each soul
That feels and owns its languor, whole.
So mortify we every
sense
By grace of outward abstinence,
That from each stain and spot of sin
The soul may keep her fast within.
Grant, O thou
blessed Trinity,
Grant, O essential Unity,
That this our fast of forty days
May work our profit and thy praise. Amen.
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