Wherefore, O Father

Wherefore

O Fa­ther

we Thy hum­ble serv­ants

Here bring be­fore Thee Christ

Thy well be­lov­èd

All per­fect of­fer­ing

sac­ri­fice im­mor­tal

Spotless obla­tion.

See now Thy child­ren

mak­ing in­ter­cess­ion

Through Him our Sav­ior

Son of God in­car­nate

For all Thy peo­ple

liv­ing and de­part­ed

Pleading be­fore Thee.