Mozarabic Hymn: Verbum Patris, quod prodiit factum caro: Lent IV & V

Vespers I & II Fourth and Fifth Sundays and Weeks of Lent

  Verbum Patris, quod prodiit factum caro;

Agnus Dei peccata mundi auferens:

Ad te venimus cernui, ut inclytum

Bibamus almæ passionis sanguinem.

   Ostende vulnerum sacrorum stigmata:

Exurgat insignis Crucis fortissimum

Signum, quod in vigore perpetim

Manens, credentibus salvationem conferat.

   Arundo, clavi, sputa, potus myrrheus,

Corona spinarum, flagella, lancea,

Impressa sunt damnationis verbera:

Iam nostra pro his cuncta dele crimina.

   Fons vulneris Sacri riget præcordia,

Lavet cruor, malitiæque contagia:

Sit vita præsens absque omni crimine;

Futura detur in beato munere.

   Ut, cum resurgendi dies effulserit,

Orbique regni claritas inluxerit,

Sequamur ætheris viam, quæ nos trahat

In se receptos jam perennes incolas.

   Honor sit Æterno Deo, sit gloria

Uni Patri, ejusque soli Filio

Cum Spiritu; quæ Trinitas perenniter

Vivit potens in sæculorum sæculis.

   Amen.

The Word of the Father, who gave himself, made flesh, the Lamb of God, taking away the sins of the world, to you we come on bended knee, that we might drink the glorious blood of your nourishing passion.  Show to us the stigmata of holy wounds: raise up the mighty banner of the Cross, which in its strength abiding, grants salvation to believers.  The reed, the nails, the spittle, the drink of myrrh, the crown of thorns, the whip, the spear, the blows of punishment impressed, all this blots out our sins.  May the fount of your sacred wounds flood our hearts, and purge us from the plague of evil, may our present life here be free of sin and in the future may we be given the gift of bliss.  That when the day of the resurrection shines forth and the brightness of the kingdom shines upon the world, we may follow the way which leads us to heaven, received by those who already dwell eternally.  Honor to the eternal God and glory to the one Father and to his only Son with the Spirit, the eternal Trinity, living and powerful for ever and ever. Amen.