Praying your Lent is off to a good start. As usually happens, we have already gotten the message (on the first day of Lent, no less) that our plans for the next 47 days belong to God, and He has already made some changes. We will keep following His lead, right out into the desert, with the whole Church.
Here is one of our favorite chants from Ash Wednesday at the monastery, the text is based on Joel 2:17.
| Refrain: Parce, Domine, Parce populo tuo: Ne in aeternum irascaris nobis.1. Flectamus iram vindicem, Ploremus ante Judicem; Clamemus ore supplici, Dicamus omnes cernui: Refrain2. Nostris malis offendimus Tuam Deus clementiam Effunde nobis desuper Remissor indulgentiam. Refrain 3. Dans tempus acceptabile, 4. Audi, benigne Conditor, |
Refrain: Spare, O Lord, Spare Your people, Do not be angry with us forever.1. Let us turn back the angry avenger, Let us lament before the Judge; Let us cry aloud as suppliants, Falling prostrate, let us all say: Refrain2. By our evils we have offended Your clemency, O God. Pour out upon us from above Your indulgence, unto remission. Refrain 3. Giving us an acceptable time, 4. Hear, O good Seasoner, |
You are listening to Parce Domine chanted by the seminarians of Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, from the album In Saecula Saeculorum: Selections of Perennial Chant. This track, as well as the whole album, is available from Amazon and iTunes.
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