Clarum Decus Jejunii (“The glory of these forty days”)
Text by Saint Gregory the Great translated into English by Maurice Frederick Bell
Text only—can be used with any 88 88 (LM) N.B. This text is usually sung to Spires (“Erhalt Uns Herr”), which has many variants. Let the congregation, therefore, follow the choir.
O Amor Quam Ecstaticus (“O love, how deep, how broad, how high”)
Fr. Thomas à Kempis, Subprior of Mount St. Agnes
Translation: Benjamin Webb
Tune: “Agincourt” • 88 88 (LM)
“When I Survey The Wondrous Cross” by Isaac Watts
Tune: “Rockingham” • 88 88 (LM)
“O Come And Mourn With Me Awhile” by Fr. Frederick William Faber, Oratorian
Tune: “St Cross” • 88 88 (LM)
Jordanis Oras Praevia (“On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry”)
Translation: Fr. Charles Coffin
Tune: “Winchester New” • 88 88 (LM)
O Heiland Reiss Die Himmel Auf (“The heavens, Savior, open tear”)
German text based on Isaias by Fr. Father Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld, SJ (d. 1635); English translation by Fr. Dominic Popplewell.
Tune: “O Heiland Reiss” • 88 88 (LM)
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