St. Cecilia's Abbey, UK
(verses 1, 2, 6 - 9)
Refrain:
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* “Quia peccavimus tibi” sung at the end of each verse
Repeat refrain:
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Have mercy, and spare
your people, O most merciful Lord:
For we have sinned against You.
Verses:
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1. Prostrate, we all weep laying open to You the secret sins we have
committed, we beg forgiveness from You,
O God.
For we have sinned
against You.
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2. Receive the priests’ prayers, and whatever they ask, abundantly
grant; and have mercy on your people, O Lord.
For we have sinned
against You.
(Note: verses 3 to 5 not in recording)
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3. You have brought your wrath upon us; our sins have grievously
bent us over, and we languish, with all hope
gone.
For we have sinned
against You.
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4. We have been given over to unimaginable evils, and every evil has
flooded over us, and we have called out, and heard nothing.
For we have sinned against you.
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5. We all cry out, we all implore You, penitent, we turn to You with
tears, to you whose wrath we have ourselves provoked.
For we have sinned against You.
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6. Beseeching you, sighing we ask of you; O Jesus Christ, prostrate
we
pray You: may your power come to the aid
of us wretches.
For we have sinned
against You.
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7. Receive the confession of your people, which we pour out before
You as
we mourn, and in our heart we groan for
our sins.
For we have sinned
against you.
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8. We ask for peace; grant us peace; take away wars, and deliver us
all: we ask You, O Lord, with humble prayer.
For we have sinned
against You.
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9. Incline your ear, O God most merciful; now let the stains of our
sins
be washed away and in kindness free us
from perils.
For we have sinned
against You.
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Ref. Have mercy, and spare
your people, O most merciful Lord:
For we have sinned against You.
Lent
Suggested use: Mass: Offertory, Communion
Note: The music for the above was typeset by the Society of St. Bede, and is from the Cantus Selecti (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, 1949, page 44) which is in public domain and may purchased at solesmes.com .