Audi Benigne Conditor

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Thu, 2011/03/03 - 4:11pm
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ID: 
1144
Can be Found in
Book: 
Antiphonale Monasticum
Page: 
337
Book: 
Antiphonale Monasticum
Page: 
539
Composition Date: 
589
Composer: 
St. Gregory the Great (540–604)
Arrangers / Editors: 
Monks of St. Peter's Abbey, Solesmes
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Vespers Hymn
Proper Liturgical Time: 
Dominica I in Quadragesima (1st Sunday of Lent)
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Sunday
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
2 min
Composition Type: 
Hymn
Texture: 
Monophonic
Voices: 
Unison
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Easy
Musical Style: 
Gregorian
Gregorian Tone: 
2.
Lyrics: 

Audi, benigne Conditor, Nostras preces cum fletibus, In hoc sacro jejunio Fusas quadragenario.

Scrutator alme cordium, Infirma tu scis virium: Ad te reversis exhibe Remissionis gratiam.

Multum quidem peccavimus, Sed parce confitentibus: Ad nominis laudem tui, Confer medelam languidis.

Concede nostrum conteri Corpus per abstinentiam, Culpae ut relinquant pabulum Jejuna corda criminum.

Praesta beata Trinitas, Concede simplex Unitas: Ut fructuosa sint tuis Jejuniorum munera.

Translated Lyrics: 

O Kind Creator, how Thine ear; Mark Thou our prayer and contrite tears, Unto Thy throne of mercy raised, Through holy fast of forty days.

Our hearts are open before Thee, Searcher of our infirmity; Now as we turn to seek Thy face, Pour down on us redeeming grace.

As sinners we offend indeed, Yet spare those who still trust in Thee; And for the honor of Thy name, Our languid souls to life reclaim.

Let now the body be put down; By sense and sin the same unowned: We ask of Thee, do Thou concede, That fasting hearts from vice recede.

Grant, O most Holy Trinity, One undivided Unity, That by the bodies' fasting blest, Thy faithful souls in Thee may rest. Amen.