CLCE Matins

2020.03.28.A CLCE Matins - YT Clip

O Christ who shared our mortal life, And ended death’s long reign,

Who healed the sick and raised the dead, And bore our grief and pain,

We know our years on earth are few, That death is always near.

Come now to us O Lord of Life, bring hope that conquers fear.

Two weeping sisters, worn by grief And mired in depths of gloom,

Stood watching where their brother lay Within a rock-sealed tomb.

When, Lord, You met them as they mourned, You wept compassion’s tear.

But Martha, sore with sorrow, said, “He’d lived had You been here!”

“I am the Lord of life and death!” You answered Martha’s cry,

“And all who hear and trust My Word Shall live, although they die!”

You walked the path to Laz’rus’ tomb, You called him forth by name,

And living, loving once again, From death to life he came!

Death’s power holds us still in thrall. And bears us toward the tomb.

Death’s dark’ning cloud hangs like a pall, That threatens earth with doom.

But You have broken death’s embrace, And torn away its sting.

Restore to life our mortal race! Raise us O Risen King!