O Sacred Head, Surrounded

[CyrilSebastian]

I especially like O Sacred Head, Surrounded.
The first verse truly declares the Suffering Christ:

By crown of piercing thorn,     
O Bleeding Head, so wounded    
Reviled and put to scorn     

The local Catholic church uses O Sacred Head, Surrounded during Lent and on Good Friday.    

 Does your church use the hymn O Sacred Head, Surrounded during Lent and on Good Friday?       
 
   :harp::harp::harp:

 

[pianistclare]

Of course they do.

 

[liturgyluver]

Brilliant hymn - one of my favourites for Passiontide. Not written by a Catholic though, the original was written by a Lutheran and translated into English by an Anglican. Here we sing the opening line as “O Sacred Heart, now wounded…”

 

[CatholicZ09]

We use it every Palm Sunday.

 

[TypesAndShadows]

We have “O sacred head ill-usèd” every year on Good Friday.

This does remind me that I meant to ask the priest about going through the missalettes before next week, and stick in a corrected copy of one of the verses in all of them, since the diocese-issued missalettes repeat a line by mistake and it throws the congregation off during a contemplative moment.

 

[ProVobis]

Brilliant hymn - one of my favourites for Passiontide. Not written by a Catholic though, the original was written by a Lutheran and translated into English by an Anglican. Here we sing the opening line as “O Sacred Heart, now wounded…”

I thought so too but it turns out the original (poem) was in Latin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Sacred_Head,_Now_Wounded

also mentioned here:

youtube.com/watch?v=XppXi_jZKWk

also part of JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion:

youtube.com/watch?v=L2qt2d-k2_o

 

[liturgyluver]

I thought so too but it turns out the original (poem) was in Latin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Sacred_Head,_Now_Wounded

also mentioned here:

youtube.com/watch?v=XppXi_jZKWk

also part of JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion:

youtube.com/watch?v=L2qt2d-k2_o

Yes, the inspiration for most traditional hymns is either scriptual sources (for Lutheran hymnwriters) or original Latin texts (for Anglicans) but the primary credit for the hymn must go to the hymn writer. The wonderful ‘Come Down, O Love Divine’ is another example of a hymn based very loosely on Bianco Da Sienna’s poem about the Holy Ghost.