I thought that I’d focus on my favorite hymns for Holy Week and the Triduum so you’ll be getting some rather… somber hymns this week. <\/p>\n
Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,
\nSee Him dying on the tree!
\n??Tis the Christ by man rejected;
\nYes, my soul, ??tis He, ??tis He!
\n??Tis the long expected prophet,
\nDavid??s Son, yet David??s Lord;
\nProofs I see sufficient of it:
\n??Tis a true and faithful Word.<\/p>\nTell me, ye who hear Him groaning,
\nWas there ever grief like His?
\nFriends through fear His cause disowning,
\nFoes insulting his distress:
\nMany hands were raised to wound Him,
\nNone would interpose to save;
\nBut the deepest stroke that pierced Him
\nWas the stroke that Justice gave.<\/p>\nYe who think of sin but lightly,
\nNor suppose the evil great,
\nHere may view its nature rightly,
\nHere its guilt may estimate.
\nMark the Sacrifice appointed!
\nSee Who bears the awful load!
\n??Tis the Word, the Lord??s Anointed,
\nSon of Man, and Son of God.<\/p>\nHere we have a firm foundation,
\nHere the refuge of the lost.
\nChrist the Rock of our salvation,
\nChrist the Name of which we boast.
\nLamb of God for sinners wounded!
\nSacrifice to cancel guilt!
\nNone shall ever be confounded
\nWho on Him their hope have built.
\n(HT: Net Hymnal<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nFernando Ortega’s recording is by far the best. I love the Spanish influence of the guitar accompaniment.<\/p>\n