1. Again we keep this solemn fast, A gift of faith from ages past. This Lent which binds us lovingly To faith and hope and charity. 2. The l...

Let all mortal flesh keep silence, And with fear and trembling stand; Ponder nothing earthly minded, For with blessing in his hand Christ, o...

When from the darkness comes no light, When from the weeping comes no laughter; When in the day we hope for night Nor any comfort coming aft...

Draw near, O Lord, our God, graciously hear us, Guilty fo sinning before you. O King exalted, Savior of all nations,  See how our grieving l...

This is our accepted time, This is our salvation; Prayer and fasting are our hope Penance our vocation. God of pardon and of love, Mercy pas...

CM; Caludia F. Hernaman  Lord, who throughout these forty days For us did fast and pray,  Teach us with you to mourn our sins, And close by ...

For forty years God's people lived in dessert land. For forty days Elijah trudged the wilderness; Our Lord was tempted, prayed and faste...

Take up your cross, the Savior said, If you would my disciple be; Deny yourself, the world forsake,  And humbly follow after me. Take you yo...

Grant to us, O Lord, a heart renewed; Recreate in us your own Spirit, Lord! Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord our God, When I will ...

Latin, 6th century Translator: Maurice F. Bell The glory of these forty days We celebrate with songs of praise; For Christ, by whom all thin...

Praise to the holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise. In all his words most wonderful, Most sure in all his ways. O loving wisdom...

Lord, your glory in Christ we have seen, Full of goodness and full of grace: In Christ let us live anew, Fill us with his love, And all men ...

Creator of the earth and skies, To whom all truth and power belong, Grant us your truth to make us wise; Grant us your power to make us stro...

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died; my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. For...

With hearts renewed by living faith, We lift our thoughts in grateful prayer To God our gracious Father, Whose plan it was to make us sons T...

Now let us all with one accord, In fellowship with ages past,  Keep vigil with our heav'nly Lord. In his temptation and his fast The cov...

The Master came to bring good news, The news of love and freedom, To heal the sick and seek the poor, To build the peaceful kingdom. Father,...