Twenty-Fourth Day of Lent
March 12, 2013
Leviticus 19:1-18, 31-37 And wilt Thou pardon, LORD, A sinner such as I? Although Thy book his crimes record Of such a crimson dye? So deep are they engraved, So terrible their fear, The righteous scarcely shall be saved, And where shall I appear? My soul, make all things known To Him Who all things sees: That so the LAMB may yet atone For thine iniquities O Thou Physician blest, Make clean my guilty soul! And me, by name a sin oppressed, Restore, and keep me whole! I know not how to praise Thy mercy and Thy love: But deign Thy servant to upraise, And I shall learn above!
Joseph of Studium, 9th century