206. This Is the Night
Text Information |
First Line: |
This is the night, dear friends, the night for weeping |
Title: |
This Is the Night |
Author: |
Peter Abélard (12th cent.) |
Translator: |
Richard Lyman Sturch (1990) |
Meter: |
11.10.11.10 |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
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Topic: |
Christian Year: Palm Sunday; Christian Year: Maundy Thursday; Christian Year: Good Friday; Jesus Christ: Passion and Death (1 more...) |
Copyright: |
© 1990 Stainer & Bell, Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing Company) |
ONE LICENSE: |
64754 |
Text Information:This text conveys well the paradox of despair and expectancy felt on Maundy Thursday. The somber repetition of “this night” here contrasts with and prepares for the joyful “this is the night” repeated in the Exsultet, the ancient Easter hymn at the lighting of the paschal candle.