Cecilia Mary Caddell: Collected Lyrics
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Litany of the Passion of Jesus

Cecilia Mary Caddell

“Litany of the Passion of Jesus” as printed in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860).

Cecilia Mary Caddell: Collected Lyrics Text 7 1860 · historical text
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This text comes from Catholic Hymns (1860), a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

By the blood that flow'd from Thee

In Thy bitter agony,

By the scourge so meekly borne,

By thy purple robe of scorn,—

Verse 2

Jesu, Saviour, hear our cry!

Thou wert suffering once as we;

Hear the loving Litany

We, Thy children, sing to Thee.

Verse 3

By the thorns that crown'd Thy head,

By Thy sceptre of a reed.

By Thy footstep faint and slow,

Weigh'd beneath Thy cross of woe,—

Jesu, Saviour, &c.

Verse 4

By the nails and pointed spear,

By Thy people's cruel jeer,

By Thy dying prayer which rose

Begging mercy for Thy foes,—

Jesu, Saviour, &c.

Verse 5

By the darkness thick as night,

Blotting out the sun from sight;

By the cry with which in death

Thou didst yield Thy parting breath,—

Jesu, Saviour, &c.

Verse 6

By Thy weeping mother's woe,

By the sword that pierc'd her through,

When in anguish standing by,

On the cross she saw Thee die,—

Jesu, Saviour, &c.

Credits

Written by Cecilia Mary Caddell

Words by Cecilia Mary Caddell. Historical text published in Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

Catholic Hymns (1860) (1860), “Litany of the Passion of Jesus”

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