Glory to God ‎#618

618. O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High

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1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
beyond all thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake.

2 For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew,
for us, the tempter overthrew.

3 For us by wickedness betrayed,
for us, in crown of thorns arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us gave up his dying breath.

4 For us he rose from death again;
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent the Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.

5 All glory to our Lord and God,
for love so deep, so high, so broad:
the Trinity whom we adore
forever and forevermore.

Text Information

• First Line: O love, how deep, how broad, how high
• Title: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High
• Author: Thomas à Kempis (15th cent.)
• Translator: Benjamin Webb (1854, alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Matthew 3:13
  ;
  Matthew 4:1-11
  ;
  Matthew 27:27-31
  ;
  Mark 1:9-13
  ;
  Mark 10:46-52
  ;
  Mark 15:17-20
  ;
  Mark 15:37
  ;
  Luke 4:1-13
  ;
  John 3:16-17
  ;
  Romans 5:8
  ;
  2 Corinthians 8:9
  ;
  Ephesians 3:18-19
  ;
  Philippians 2:7
  ;
  1 John 4:10
• Topic: Adoration; Christian Year: Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year: Good Friday; Christian Year: Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year: Ascension; Incarnation; Jesus Christ: Life; Love of God for Us; Praise; The Triune God

Tune Information

• Name: DEO GRACIAS
• Harmonizer: Alfred V. Fedak (1993)
• Meter: LM
• Key: c minor
• Source: "The Agincourt Song," c. 1415
• Copyright: Harm. © 1993 Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Text Information:

Reducing a 23-stanza Latin text to these five English stanzas intensifies this survey of the mystery of the Incarnation and strengthens the repeated reminder that all was done “for us.” A comparable tone of proclamation animates this 15th-century song celebrating a military victory.