Kind Maker of the World

1
Kind Maker of the world,
O hear the fervent prayer, with many a tear
Poured forth by all the penitent
who keep this holy fast of Lent!

2
Each heart is manifest to Thee;
thou knowest our infirmity;
Now we repent and seek Thy face;
grant unto us Thy pardoning grace.

3
Spare us, O Lord, who now confess
our sins and all our wickedness,
And, for the glory of Thy Name,
our weakened souls to health reclaim.

4
Give us the discipline that springs
from abstinence in outward things
With inward fasting, so that we
in heart and soul may dwell with Thee.

5
Grant, O Thou blessed Trinity,
grant, O unchanging Unity,
That this our fast of forty days
may work our profit and Thy praise!