Jesu, who this our Lenten-tide

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Jesu, who this our Lenten-tide

Author: Anonymous; Translator: Walter Howard Frere
Tune: KEBLE (Dykes)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Jesu, who this our Lenten-tide
of abstinence hast sanctified,
be with thy church in saving power
in this her penitential hour.

2 And, as thou dost forgive the past,
thy sheltering arms around us cast,
that we may in thy grace remain
and fall not back to sins again.

3 Make, Lord, this Lenten discipline
an expiation for our sin;
and through these days ourselves prepare
the joys of Eastertide to share.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #116

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Author: Anonymous

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Translator: Walter Howard Frere

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First Line:	Jesu, who this our Lenten-tide
Latin Title:	Jesu quadragenariae
Author:	Anonymous
Translator:	Walter Howard Frere
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	10th century, Latin
Language:	English
Publication Date:	2010
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 2010.