O bone Jesu

O Good Jesus

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 292 (1976)

Duration: 1:15
Lyrics:

O bone Jesu! miserere nobis.
Quia tu creasti nos, 
tu redemisti nos 
sanguine tuo pretiosissimo.

English translation:
O good Jesus, have mercy on us.
Because you created us,
you redeemed us 
with your most precious blood.

Notes: This edition called “Two Passion Motets.” Paired with “Tenebrae factae sunt” in single octavo.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 20, 2021 Last updated: Jan 21, 2022