Lent VI

Reflection for the last week of Lent taken from Liberti Church's lentbook 2011: 

O Come and Mourn with Me A While

(Frederick W. Faber, 1849)

O come and mourn with me a while;

And tarry here the cross beside; 

O come, together let us mourn-

Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

Have we no tears to shed for him, 

While soldiers scoff and scribes deride? 

Ah! Look how patiently he hangs; 

Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

Seven times he spoke, seven words of love; 

And all three hours his silence cried

 For mercy on the souls of men; 

Jesus, our Lord, is crucified.

O love of God! O sin of man! 

In this dread act your strength is tried; 

And victory remains with love; 

For Thou, our Lord, art crucified!