First Line: O love, how deep, how broad, how high
Author (attr.): Thomas á Kempis
Translator: John Mason Neale
Tune Title: DEO GRACIAS (Biggs)
Arranger: Richard Proulx
1 O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
How passing 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 to evil power betrayed,
Scourged, mocked, in purple robe 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 His 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 | |
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| First Line: | O love, how deep, how broad, how high |
| Title: | O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High |
| Author (attr.): | Thomas á Kempis |
| Translator: | John Mason Neale (1851; alt.) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Scripture: | Matthew 4:1-11; Matthew 27:27-31; Mark 1:12-13; Ephesians 3:17-19 |
| Topic: | Cross; Jesus Christ | Love; Jesus Christ | Passion; Lent; Jesus Christ | Crucifixion; Jesus Christ | Temptation |
| Language: | English |
| Tune information | |
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| Tune name: | DEO GRACIAS (Biggs) |
| Arranger: | Richard Proulx |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | c minor |
| Source: | "The Agincourt Song," England, c. 1415; based on E. Power Biggs, 1947 |
| Copyright: | Arrangement © 1985 by G.I.A. Publications, Inc. Chicago, Illinois, All rights reserved.; Music Copyright © 1947 Mercury Music Corporation. Used by permission. A subsidiary of Theodore Presser Company. |