The Lent Prose is sung by the choir, with the congregation joining in the refrain. Please feel free to join in with the parts marked in Bold.
R: Hear us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we have sinned against thee.
To thee, Redeemer, on thy throne of glory: lift we our weeping eyes in holy pleadings: listen, O Jesu, to our supplications.
R: Hear us, O Lord ...
O thou chief Corner-stone, Right Hand of the Father: Way of Salvation, Gate of Life Celestial: cleanse thou our sinful souls from all defilement.
R: Hear us, O Lord ...
God, we implore thee, in thy glory seated: bow down and hearken to thy weeping children: pity and pardon all our grievous trespasses.
R: Hear us, O Lord ...
Sins oft committed now we lay before thee: with true contrition, now no more we veil them: grant us, Redeemer, loving absolution.
R: Hear us, O Lord ...
Innocent, captive, taken unresisting: falsely accused, and for us sinners sentenced, save us, we pray thee, Jesu our Redeemer.
R: Hear us, O Lord ...
Words: Latin, 10th Century; tr. The English Hymnal, 1906.
Tune: “Attende Domine” from the Paris Processional, 1824.