Agnus Dei

by William C. G. Hodge

21.5 inches by 30 inches

fabric collage

2010

Holy, Holy, Holy, Master, Lord of Hosts. The Heavens and Earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

Lord have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord have mercy on us..

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant them eternal rest. Lamb of god, who takes away the sins of the world, grant them eternal rest forever.

Day of wrath, day of anger, that day the world dissolves in ashes as was foretold by the prophets, David and the Sybil. What fear is to come when the Judge arrives! All things will be completely destroyed. The trumpets spreading their marvelous sound around the graves of all the regions will compel all before the throne.

Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death on that fearful day when the heavens and Earth must move, when you will come to judge the world by fire. I have become a trembling wretch and I am in fear until the shaking asunder and anger have come, when the heavens and the Earth must move. Day of wrath, that dreaded day - a day of bitterness and misery - a mighty day of intense bitterness when judgment by fire comes to man's time. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Let eternal light shine upon them, Lord, with Your saints in eternity, because You are merciful. Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them as with Your saints in eternity, because You are merciful.

That day of tears and mourning when from the ashes shall arise, all humanity to be judged. Spare us by your mercy , Lord, gentle Lord Jesus, grant them eternal rest. Amen.

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