Media vita in morte sumus (Cranmer)

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Media Vita
Anonymous, translated by Thomas Cranmer

Erroneously attributed to Notker the Stammerer late in the Middle Ages, this antiphon was more probably written around 750 in France. Cranmer's translation would become part of the burial service in the Book of Common Prayer.

2132673Media VitaThomas CranmerAnonymous

In the midst of life we are in death:
Of whom may we seek for succour
But of Thee, O Lord!
Who for our sins art justly displeased.
Yet, O Lord God most holy,
O Lord most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
Deliver us not into the bitter pains
Of eternal death!
Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
Shut not Thy merciful ears to our prayer;
But spare us, Lord most holy,
O God most mighty,
O holy and merciful Saviour,
Thou most worthy Judge eternal,
Suffer us not at our last hour,
For any pains of death,
To fall from Thee!

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Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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