Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent

Latin Hymn - Seventeenth Century

Benign Creator of the spheres!
Hear thou the prayers, behold the tears,
That in this holy season we
With lenten fastings, pour to thee.

Searcher of hearts, we seek thy throne,
Our feeble will to thee is known.
We bow in grief and pardon crave,
From error, Lord, thy suppliants save.

Much have we sinned in deed and word,
We bare our hearts before thee, Lord;
Thy tender clemency we seek,
Oh, heal our wounded souls and weak.

Grant that we may the body cleanse
Of sinful stain through abstinence,
May lift our fasting hearts to thee,
From all defiling evils free.

O tender Godhead, three in one!
Be ours the will all crime to shun,
To know and keep thy laws divine,
And be thr fruits of fasting thine.