Nolo mortem peccatoris

I Do Not Wish the Death of a Sinner

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Fifth Sunday of Lent → Cycle A

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — TCM13 (rev.) (1967)
ISBN 1-19-352026-5

Lyrics:

Nolo mortem peccatoris;
Haec sunt verba Salvatoris.
[“I do not wish the death of a sinner”:
these are the words of the Savior.]

Father, I am thine only Son,
Sent down from heaven mankind to save.
Father, all things fulfilled and done
According to thy will, I have.
Father, my will now all is this:
Nolo mortem peccatoris.

Father, behold my painful smart,
Taken for man on every side;
Even from my birth to death most tart,
No kind of pain I have denied,
But suffered all, and all for this:
Nolo mortem peccatoris.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 19, 2022 Last updated: Dec 13, 2022