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Wilt Thou Forgive (Holy Wednesday)

from The Way of the Cross - ROUGH DRAFT by Elise Massa

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based on the poem Hymn To Our God, the Father by John Donne, music by Elise Massa

Collect for Holy Wednesday: Assist us mercifully with your grace, Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the meditation of those mighty acts by which you have promised us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. (The Book of Common Prayer, 2019)

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Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun,
Which was my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run,
And do run still, though I still do deplore?
When thou hast done that, thou hast not done,
When thou hast done that, thou hast not done,
For I have more.

Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won
Others to sin, and made my sin their open door?
Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun
A year or two, but wallow'd in, a score?
When thou hast done that, thou hast not done,
When thou hast done that, thou hast not done,
For I have more.

I have a sin of fear, that when I have spun
My final thread, I shall perish on the shore;
Swear by thyself, that at my death thy Son
Shall shine as he shines now, and heretofore;
And, having done that, thou hast done;
And, having done that, thou hast done;
And, having done that, thou hast done;
I fear no more.

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from The Way of the Cross - ROUGH DRAFT, released April 3, 2020
piano and vocals Elise Massa

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Elise Massa Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Elise Massa is a singer-songwriter and director of music & worship arts in Pittsburgh, PA.

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