Jesus, who this our Lenten-tide Of abstinence hast sanctified, Be with thy Church in saving power In this her penitential hour. And, as thou dost forgive the past, Thy sheltering arms around us cast, That we may in thy grace remain And fall not back to sins again. Make, Lord, this Lenten discipline An expiation for our sin; And through these days ourselves prepare The joys of Eastertide to share.