Translation in English of Improperia Reproaches sung on the afternoon of Good Friday in Churches. I led you from slavery to freedom and drowned your captors in the sea, but you handed me over to your high priests. I opened the sea before you, but you opened my side with a spear. I led you on your way in a pillar of cloud, but you led me to Pilates court. I bore you up with manna in the desert, but you struck me down and scourged me. I gave you saving water from the rock, but you gave me gall and vinegar to drink. For you I struck down the kings of Canaan, but you struck my head with a reed. I gave you a royal scepter, but you gave me a crown of thorns. I raised you to the height of majesty, but you have raised me high on a cross.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:26:13 +0000