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The Reproaches from Good Friday
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Sep 17, 2005 13:06:43 		The REPROACHES

PART I

Pastor: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me. Because I brought thee forth from the land of Egypt: thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour.
Cantor I: Agios o Theos.
Cantor II: Holy God.
Cantor I: Agios ischyros.
Cantor II: Holy mighty.
Cantor I: Agios athanatos, eleison imas.
Cantor II: Holy and immortal, have mercy upon us.
Pastor: Because I led thee through the desert forty years, and fed thee with manna, and brought thee into a land exceeding good: thou hast prepared a Cross for thy Saviour.
Cantor I: Agios o Theos.
Cantor II: Holy God.
Cantor I: Agios ischyros.
Cantor II: Holy mighty.
Cantor I: Agios athanatos, eleison imas.
Cantor II: Holy and immortal, have mercy upon us.

Pastor: What more could I have done unto thee that I have not done? I indeed did plant thee, O My vineyard, with exceeding fair fruit: and thou art become very bitter unto Me: for vinegar, mingled with gall, thou gavest Me when thirsty: and hast pierced with a spear the side of thy Saviour.
Cantor I: Agios o Theos.
Cantor II: Holy God.
Cantor I: Agios ischyros.
Cantor II: Holy mighty.
Cantor I: Agios athanatos, eleison imas.
Cantor II: Holy and immortal, have mercy upon us.

PART II

Pastor: I did scourge Egypt with her first-born for thy sake: and thou hast scourged Me and delivered Me up.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I led thee forth out of Egypt, drowning Pharaoh in the Red Sea: and thou hast delivered Me up unto the chief priests.
Cantor I: O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I did open the sea before thee: and thou hast opened My side with a spear.
Cantor I: O my people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.

Pastor: I did go before thee in the pillar of cloud: and thou hast led Me unto the judgment-hall of Pilate.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I did feed thee with manna in the desert: and thou hast stricken Me with blows and scourges.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I did give thee to drink the water of life from the Rock: and thou hast given Me to drink but gall and vinegar.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I did smite the kings of the Canaanites for thy sake: and thou hast smitten My head with a reed.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I did give thee a royal sceptre: and thou hast given unto My head a crown of thorns.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

Pastor: I did raise thee on high with great power: and thou hast hanged Me upon the gibbet of the Cross.
Cantor I: O My people, what have I done unto thee, or wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.

PART III
Pastor: We venerate Thy Cross, O Lord: and praise and glorify Thy holy Resurrection: for by virtue of the Cross joy has come to the whole world. God be merciful unto us and bless us.
Cantor I: And shew us the light of His countenance, and be merciful unto us.

Pastor: We venerate Thy Cross, O Lord: and praise and glorify Thy holy Resurrection: for by virtue of the Cross joy has come to the whole world.
Cantor I: Faithful Cross, above all other, one and only noble Tree: none in foliage, none in blossom, none in fruit thy peer may be. Sweetest wood, and sweetest iron, sweetest weight is hung on thee.

The PANGE LINGUA GLORIOSO 117 LW Sing, my Tongue  

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  • Sep 17, 2005 17:53:08 Re: The Reproaches from Good Friday - David Clapper
    I still remember the first time I heard the Reproaches - more than 25 years ago.

    I was studying 16th century counterpoint in college, and the prof played a DG Archiv recording of them. I can still hear them, I can still remember the room, everything.

    I'm not sure anything else in my life has impressed itself on me so deeply.
  • Sep 17, 2005 17:42:20 Re: The Reproaches from Good Friday - Kathy
    The Reproaches have been recorded by the Choir of St John's, Elora, Ontario, Canada on a CD called "Psalms for the Soul." It is the CD I listen to the most. Go to www.hnh.com, do the free registration, type in catalog # 8.554823, listen to 25% of the piece. You can then order it from Amazon. Beautiful!
    Kathy
    • Sep 18, 2005 11:50:42 Re: The Reproaches from Good Friday - Petersen
      Do they sing them in English or Latin?
      • Sep 18, 2005 17:50:10 Re: The Reproaches from Good Friday - David Clapper
        They're sung in English, to a wonderful setting by John Sanders ("written [in the 20th century] when he was organist of Gloucester Cathedral").

        I agree with Kathy, this is a great CD ... and the price is right being that it's from Naxos.
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