The New English Hymnal ‎#59a

59a. Now is the healing time decreed

1 Now is the healing time decreed
For sins of heart and word and deed,
When we in humble fear record
The wrong that we have done the Lord:

2 Who, always merciful and good,
Has borne so long our wayward mood,
Nor cut us off unsparingly
In our so great iniquity.

3 Therefore with fasting and with prayer,
Our secret sorrow we declare,
With all good striving seek his face,
And lowly-hearted plead for grace.

4 Cleanse us, O Lord, from every stain,
Help us the gifts of grace to gain,
Till with the angels, linked in love,
Joyful we tread thy courts above.

5 We pray thee, holy Trinity,
One God, unchanging Unity,
That we from this our abstinence
May reap the fruits of penitence. Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Now is the healing time decreed
• Latin Title: Ecce tempus idoneum
• Translator: T. A. Lacey, 1853-1931
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The Christian Year: Lent; Office Hymn

Tune Information

• Name: ECCE TEMPUS
• Key: c minor