See, Christ Was Wounded for Our Sake CWB I 800

Father Brian Foley based this hymn on the suffering servant passages in Isaiah 53, so it has a special use for Good Friday.

CWB sourced this hymn for the New Catholic Hymnal and followed them by setting the text to FELINFOEL by Michael Dawney.

Hymnary notes the other hymnals that have this song and its other settings, but hasn’t heard of the New Catholic Hymnal because it was not American. The text is here.

My backing appears to be based on chords that I guessed at and the slightly odd thought that this song needed accordian.

This is a terrific arrangement – but not for an assembly:

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