Deo Gracias
O love, how deep, how broad, how high
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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Metric Index
LM 
Modality
c minor 
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Adapter
Richard Proulx [b. 1937] 
Copyright
By permission of Hymns Ancient & Modern Limited 
Language
English 
Original Language
Latin 
Publication Date
1985 
Source
Latin [15th cent.]
English ballad melody [Trinity College MS.] 
Translator
Benjamin Webb [1819-1885 (alt.)] 
Last Five Uses
• Used on Nov 10, 2024 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jul 09, 2023 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA 
Poem Words (Six verses)
1.
O love, how deep, how broad, how high,
how passing thought and fantasy,
that God, the Son of God, should take
our mortal form for mortals' sake!
2.
For us baptized, for us he bore
his holy fast and hungered sore;
for us temptations sharp he knew;
for us the tempter overthrew.
3.
For us he prayed; for us he taught;
for us his daily works he wrought:
by words and signs and actions, thus
still seeking not himself, but us.
4.
For us to wicked hands betrayed,
scourged, mocked, in purple robe arrayed,
he bore the shameful cross and death;
for us gave up his dying breath.
5.
For us he rose from death again;
for us he went on high to reign;
for us he sent his Spirit here
to guide, to strengthen, and to cheer.
6.
All glory to our Lord and God
for love so deep, so high, so broad;
the Trinity whom we adore
forever and forevermore.
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