Christopher Willcock wrote this song and this snippet at AOV sounds not too bad, but I have sat through countless dreadful versions of this song when it was used as the Lamb of God at our church most weeks for ever, until mercifully about ten years ago it was decided locally that we should do whole masses rather then bits of several each week. I don’t think it has been used since. If we’d done it gently and smoothly and sensitively it might have been better, but alas that was not the case.
Rather than face my fears I’ve just done an MP3 render of an ancient MIDI file I made a very long time ago, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.
Don’t let any of that put you off the song if you have a use for it.
Verse 1
Lord, Jesus, Lamb of God,
you take away our sin:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.Verse 2
Lord, Jesus, Bread of life,
you feed us with yourself:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.Verse 3
Lord, Jesus, Living Vine,
we draw our life from you:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.Verse 4
Lord, Jesus, Word of God,
your word sustains our life:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.Verse 5
Lord, Jesus, put to death,
your life poured out for us:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.Verse 6
Lord, Jesus, raised to life,
you now have conquered death:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.Verse 7
Lord, Jesus, Prince of Peace,
your rule dispels our fears:
grant us your mercy, Lord,
grant us your mercy.
© Christopher Willcock SJ 1988.