This Is Our Accepted Time

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 past all measure,
You alone can grant us peace,
You our holy treasure.

Lord, look down upon your sons,
Look upon their yearning;
Man is dust, and unto dust
He shall be returning.
Lift him up, O Lord of life,
Flesh has gained him sadness,
Hear his splea, bestow on him
Everlasting gladness.

Michael Gannon

Lord Who Throughout These Forty Days

Lord who throughout these forty days

For us did fast and pray, 
Teach us with you to mourn our sins,
And close by you to stay.

As you with Satan did contend
And did the vict'ry win,
O give us strength in you to fight,
In you to conquer sin.

As you did hunger and did thirst,
So teach us, gracious Lord,
To die to self and so to live
By your most holy word.

Abide with us, that through this life
Of suff'ring and of pain
An Easter of unending joy
We may at last attain.

Claudia Hernaman