The Story Behind “O Sacred Head Now Wounded”

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">The season of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">Lent</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">and</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">Holy Week</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">is an</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">appropriate time</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">to</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">meditate</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">on Christ</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">, His Divine and Human natures, His</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">sufferings on our behalf</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">the love</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">t</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">hat prompted</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">them</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">, and what that love has accomplished on our behalf</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW109956571 BCX4">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW109956571 BCX4" data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p>