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)
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“Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days” by Claudia Frances Hernaman
Tune: “St Flavian” • 86 86 (CM)
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“Forty Days And Forty Nights” by George Hunt Smyttan
Tune: “Aus Der Tiefe” • 77 77
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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.
