Pluscarden Abbey, Scotland
- Sing, O my tongue, of the battle, of the glorious struggle; and over the trophy of the Cross proclaim the noble triumph; tell how the redeemer of the world won victory through his sacrifice.
- The Creator looked on sadly as the first man, our forefather, was deceived,
and as he fell into the snare of death, taking a bite of the lethal fruit; it was then
that God chose this blessed piece of wood to destroy the other tree’s curse.
- Such was the act called for by the economy of our salvation:
to outwit the resourceful craftiness of the Traitor and to obtain our remedy from the very weapon with which our enemy struck. - And so, when the fullness of that blessed time had come, the Son,
the Creator of the world, was sent from the throne of the Father;
and, having become flesh, he came forth from the womb of a Virgin.
- When six times five years had passed, at the end of his earthly life, he willingly gave himself up to the Passion; it was for this that he was born.
The Lamb was lifted up onto a cross, offered in sacrifice on wood.
- Equal and eternal glory to the Father and to the Son and to the illustrious Paraclete, the Blessed Trinity whose divine grace redeems and conserves us always. Amen.
Lent - Holy Week
Suggested use: Holy Week Liturgy of Hours and Veneration of the Cross during the liturgy of Good Friday
Note: The above music is from the Parish Book of Chant from the hymn “Crux fidelis" (CMAA, 2012, p 267) and used with permission from The Church Music Association of America. Book can be purchased at amazon.com and is also available by download from http://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/pbc-web.pdf The Latin text is from the Liber Hymnarius (Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes, 1998, page 61) and used with permission from The Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Solesmes, France. To obtain the music with updated words and notation, please purchase the Liber Hymnarius ( solesmes.com ).