Saturday, March 13, 2010

Ah Holy Jesus

March 22, 2008 by SmockLady  
Filed under Holidays / Special Days

Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,
that we to judge thee have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by thine own rejected,
O most afflicted!

Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon thee?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, hath undone thee!
‘Twas I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied thee;
I crucified thee.

Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the [...]

O Sacred Head Now Wounded

March 20, 2008 by SmockLady  
Filed under Holidays / Special Days

Oh sacred head, now wounded, with grief and shame weighed down
Now scornfully surrounded, with thorns Thine only crown
How pale Thou art with anguish, with sore abuse and scorn
How does that visage languish, which once was bright as morn

What Thou, my Lord, has suffered was all for sinners gain
Mine, mine was the transgression, but Thine the [...]

All Glory, Laud and Honor

March 16, 2008 by SmockLady  
Filed under Holidays / Special Days

All glory, laud and honor,
to Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel,
Thou David’s royal Son,
Who in the Lord’s Name comest,
the King and Blessed One.