7.7.7.6
Words on the Cross:
William Henry Monk, 1889
The Litany:
William Henry Monk, 1889
Sung to |Words on the Cross|
Sung to |The Litany|
PART I
|Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.| -- Lk 23:34
PART II
|Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.| -- Lk 23:43
PART III
|Woman, behold thy son!| |Behold thy mother!| -- Jn 19:26,27
PART IV
|My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?| -- Mt 27:46
PART V
|I thirst.| -- Jn 19:28
PART VI
|It is finished.| -- Jn 19:30
PART VII
|Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.| -- Lk 23:46
Thomas B. Pollock, 1870
|Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.|
|Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise.|
|Woman, behold thy son!|
|Behold thy mother!|
|My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?|
|I thirst.|
|It is finished.|
|Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.|
Jesus, in thy dying woes,
Even while thy life-blood flows,
Craving pardon for thy foes:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Savior, for our pardon sue,
When our sins thy pangs renew,
For we know not what we do:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
O may we, who mercy need,
Be like thee in heart and deed,
When with wrong our spirits bleed:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Jesus, pitying the sighs
Of the thief, who near thee dies,
Promising him Paradise:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
May we, in our guilt and shame,
Still thy love and mercy claim,
Calling humbly on thy Name:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
O remember us who pine,
Looking from our cross to thine;
Cheer our souls with hope divine:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Jesus, loving to the end
Her whose heart thy sorrows rend,
And thy dearest human friend:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
May we in thy sorrows share,
And for thee all peril dare,
And enjoy thy tender care:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
May we all thy loved ones be,
All one holy family,
Loving for the love of thee:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Jesus, whelmed in fears unknown,
With our evil left alone,
While no light from heaven is shown:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
When we vainly seem to pray,
And our hope seems far away,
In the darkness be our stay:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Though no Father seem to hear,
Though no light our spirits cheer,
Tell our faith that God is near:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Jesus, in thy thirst and pain,
While thy wounds thy life-blood drain,
Thirsting more our love to gain:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Thirst for us in mercy still;
All thy holy work fulfill:
Satisfy thy loving will:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
May we thirst thy love to know;
Lead us in our sin and woe
Where the healing waters flow:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Jesus, all our ransom paid,
All thy Father's will obeyed,
By thy sufferings perfect made:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Save us in our soul's distress,
Be our help to cheer and bless,
While we grow in holiness:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Brighten all our heavenward way
With an ever holier ray,
Till we pass to perfect day:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Jesus, all thy labour vast,
All thy woe and conflict past,
Yielding up thy soul at last:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
When the death shades round us lower,
Guard us from the tempter's power,
Keep us in that trial hour:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
May thy life and death supply
Grace to live and grace to die,
Grace to reach the home on high:
Hear us, Holy Jesus.
Amen.