Thou loving Maker of mankind,
Before thy throne, we pray and weep,
Oh, strengthen us with grace divine,
Duly this sacred time to keep.

Great Judge of hearts, thou dost discern
Our ills and all our weakness know,
Again to thee with tears we tum,
Again to us thy mercy show.

Mach have we sinned; but we confess
Our guilt, and all our faults deplore,
Oh, for the praise of thy great name,
Our fainting souls to health restore.

And grant us, while by fasts we strive
This mortal body to control,
to fast from all the food of sin,
And so to purify the soul.

Hear us, O Trinity, thrice blest,
Sole Unity, to thee we cry
Vouchsafe us from these fasts below
To reap immortal fruit on high.