Breaking bread version, click here.

Ritual song version (verses 1 & 2 translated by Henry W. Baker: verse 3, James W. Taylor)

1. YOUR-lf SACRED HEAD, CROWNED
TWISTED-BAND PIERCE-forehead.
YOUR-lf HEAD forehead-BLEED, forehead-HURT.
PEOPLE REVILE, alt.MOCK-lf YOU-lf.
GLORY YOUR-lf TOP HOLY FACE,
OUR SIN SCAR.
STILL ANGEL SCADS-OF WORSHIP YOU-lf.
THEY-rt TREMBLE WHILE WATCH-below"over time".

2. ME SEE YOUR-lf STRENGTH, YOUR VIGOR
DISSOLVE WHILE YOU-lf STRUGGLE.
DEATH LIKE LION CRUEL
EAT-AWAY-AT YOUR-lf LIFE.
SUFFERING, DYING,
PROVE YOU-lf LOVE US SINNER.
JESUS, YOUR-lf GRACE OVERFLOW,
LOOK-DOWN-ON-me ME HERE.

3. DURING YOUR-lf BITTER SUFFER,
GOOD SHEPHERD, THINK-ABOUT ME.
HAVE-MERCY-ON-me ME,
KNOW-THAT ME WORTHLESS.
ME WILLING REST, LIVE
UNDER YOUR-lf CROSS FOREVER.
ME CONFESS BECAUSE YOU-lf LOVE ME.
TOGETHER, BLESS ME.

Notes: SACRED - S-CLEAN.

CROWNED - (2h)[L:] (like BIG) place crown on head.

TWISTED-BAND - [loose U] are held at forehead and alt. twist while separating following the curve of the forehead.

PIERCE-forehead - [1] pierces between index and middle fingers of [B] held at forehead.

forehead-BLEED - BLEED is signed with hands at forehad.

REVILE - [S], PO > NDS, FO up, is held at nose, then moves slightly > DS, then is thrown forward while opening to a [5]. If the signer stands in for the person disregarded, the hand is thrown against the chest.

YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

SIN - (2h)[X] touch their respective sides of the mouth, descend to neutral space and circle antisymmetrically parallel to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Sin.

SCAR - FT of [X] scratches across forehead above DS eyebrow.

ANGEL - (2h)[B^] touch FTs to shoulders, then arms extended and bent move slightly as if flying gently.

SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many beings.

WORSHIP - NDH is clasped over DH [S] and hands circle perpendicular to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Worship.

TREMBLE - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, hands vibrate from side to side symmetrically to show legs shaking.

VIGOR - (2h)[S], fists held close to upperchest, elbows are thrust out to the side twice as if feeling energetic.

EAT-AWAY-AT - [5:] touches FT to palm of [B], PO > DS, FO up, and DH closes and opens as is travels up the palm, as if taking small bites of it, while gnashing the teeth with each bite.

GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.

OVERFLOW - [5], PO down, FO away, covers top of [S], PO > DS, FO away, and FT wiggle as the hand moves away, like a cup overflowing. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - overflow.

SHEPHERD - SHEEP SUPERVISE AGENT.

HAVE-MERCY-ON-me - (2h)[open 8], POs > signer, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mercy - 2.

KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

CROSS - [C], PO away, FO up, traces cross by moving down, then across.

BLESS - (2h)[O^], POs ><, held at mouth. Hands are brought downwards while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Bless.

Lyrics:

1. O sacred head, surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding head, so wounded,
Reviled and put to scorn!
Our sins have marred the glory
Of thy most holy face,
Yet angel hosts adore thee
And tremble as they gaze.

2. I see thy strength and vigor
All fading in the strife,
And death with cruel rigor,
Bereaving thee of life;
O agony and dying!
O love to sinners free!
Jesus, all grace supplying,
O turn thy face on me.

3. In this thy bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
With thy most sweet compassion,
Unworthy though I be:
Beneath thy cross abiding
For ever would I rest,
In thy dear love confiding,
And with thy presence blest.

To hear the music (without words), go to Oremus hymnal: O sacred head, surrounded.

Breaking bread version (verse 1 translated by Henry W. Baker; verse 2, Owen Alstott; verse 3, Owen Alstott composite):

1a. YOUR-lf SACRED HEAD, CROWNED
TWISTED-BAND PIERCE-forehead.
YOUR-lf HEAD forehead-BLEED, forehead-HURT.
PEOPLE REVILE, alt.MOCK-lf YOU-lf.
GLORY YOUR-lf TOP HOLY FACE,
OUR SIN SCAR AWFUL.
STILL ANGEL SCADS-OF WORSHIP YOU-lf.
THEY-rt TREMBLE WHILE WATCH-below"over time".

2a. DURING YOUR-lf BITTER SUFFER,
GOOD SHEPHERD, THINK-ABOUT ME.
HAVE-MERCY-ON-me ME,
KNOW-THAT ME WORTHLESS.
ME WILLING REST, LIVE
UNDER YOUR-lf CROSS FOREVER.
ME CONFESS BECAUSE YOU-lf LOVE ME.
TOGETHER, BLESS ME.

3a. WHICH LANGUAGE ME alt.PICK
THANK YOU-lf,hi, SWEET FRIEND?
YOU-lf,hi SUFFER, DIE.
YOU-lf,hi HAVE-MERCY-ON-us NEVER END.
LORD, ALLOW ME YOURS FOREVER.
REALLY-WANT BECOME TRUE-BIZ LOYAL SERVANT.
WANT NEVER, NEVER LIVE SEE DAY
MY LOVE FOR YOU-lf,hi DISSOLVE.

1b. YOUR-lf SACRED HEAD, CROWNED
TWISTED-BAND PIERCE-forehead.
YOUR-lf HEAD forehead-BLEED, forehead-HURT.
PEOPLE REVILE, alt.MOCK-lf YOU-lf.
YOUR FACE alt.SCAR"many on face",
YOUR BEAUTIFUL RADIANCE GONE.
STILL ANGEL SCADS-OF WORSHIP YOU-lf.
THEY-rt TREMBLE WHILE WATCH-below"over time".

2b. YOU-lf,hi LOVE US, MORE-THAN HUMAN CAN.
YOU-lf,hi WISDOM FROM HEAVEN BRING-DOWN.
TRUTH YOU-lf,hi TEACH CHANGE NEVER.
AND YOU-lf,hi WILLING DIE.
NONE L-O-V-E CAN EQUAL YOURS-lf,hi
YOU-lf,hi LEAVE YOUR THRONE
COME EARTH WANT LEARN HOW WE LIVE.
YOU-lf,hi SUFFER FOR YOUR PEOPLE.

3b. JESUS WE ADORE YOU-lf,hi.
OUR KING NOW CRUCIFIED.
WE HUMBLE BOW-DOWN TO YOU-lf,hi.
YOUR VICTORY WE SING.
YOUR-lf,hi CROSS GIFT-TO-us SALVATION,
EVERYDAY OUR HOPE.
OUR COMFORT AND OUR PEACE YOU-lf,hi,
HAPPEN LIFE BEGIN DISSOLVE.

Notes: SACRED - S-CLEAN.

CROWNED - (2h)[L:] (like BIG) place crown on head.

TWISTED-BAND - [loose U] are held at forehead and alt. twist while separating following the curve of the forehead.

PIERCE-forehead - [1] pierces between index and middle fingers of [B] held at forehead.

forehead-BLEED - BLEED is signed with hands at forehad.

REVILE - [S], PO > NDS, FO up, is held at nose, then moves slightly > DS, then is thrown forward while opening to a [5]. If the signer stands in for the person disregarded, the hand is thrown against the chest.

YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

GLORY - (2h)[5], POs><, FOs away from signer, DH which is on top wiggles fingers while ascending. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Glory.

HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.

SIN - (2h)[X] touch their respective sides of the mouth, descend to neutral space and circle antisymmetrically parallel to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Sin.

SCAR - FT of [X] scratches across forehead above DS eyebrow.

ANGEL - (2h)[B^] touch FTs to shoulders, then arms extended and bent move slightly as if flying gently.

SCADS-OF - (2h)[5:], POs down, FOs away, move forward to show many beings.

WORSHIP - NDH is clasped over DH [S] and hands circle perpendicular to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Worship.

TREMBLE - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, hands vibrate from side to side symmetrically to show legs shaking.

SHEPHERD - SHEEP SUPERVISE AGENT.

HAVE-MERCY-ON-me - (2h)[open 8], POs > signer, hands move in vertical circles normal (perpendicular) to the chest. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Mercy - 2.

KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.

CROSS - [C], PO away, FO up, traces cross by moving down, then across.

BLESS - (2h)[O^], POs ><, held at mouth. Hands are brought downwards while opening to (2h)[5]. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Bless.

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.

LOYAL - [L], PO > signer, FO > NDS, circles at NDS pec and lands.

RADIANCE - (2h)[open 8], POs > face, FOs up, twist rapidly at wrists while rising.

MORE-THAN - (2h)[B^], touch FTs, then DH moves up in an arc towards the signer and away. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - more than.

HUMAN - H-BODY.

THRONE - SIT + (2h)[B:], POs down, FOs away, behave as if they were on the arms of a throne

ADORE - Same as WORSHIP above.

CRUCIFIED - Thumbside of [S] is "driven" into palm of [B], PO away, FO up, then vice versa.

BOW-DOWN - (2h)[B], POs away, FOs up, are held like the final position of GIVE-UP, then bend these arms twice while bowing at waist once. Note: This may seem a strange translation of "bless", but theologically I don't see how we can bless God. The Hebrew this concept comes from is "baruch" and is related to "birkayim (knees)", in other words "bend the knee [to God]".

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, nod downwards at wrist > signer to show that something is given as a gift.

SALVATION - SAVE.

COMFORT - Like COMFORTABLE but signed more slowly.

Lyrics:

1a. O sacred head, surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding head, so wounded,
Reviled and put to scorn!
Our sins have marred the glory
Of thy most holy face,
Yet angel hosts adore thee
And tremble as they gaze.

2a. In this thy bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
With thy most sweet compassion,
Unworthy though I be:
Beneath thy cross abiding
For ever would I rest,
In thy dear love confiding,
And with thy presence blest.

3a. What language shall I borrow
To thank you, dearest friend,
For this, your dying sorrow,
Your mercy without end?
Lord, make me yours forever,
A loyal servant true,
And let me never, never
Outlive my love for you.

1b. O sacred head, surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn!
O bleeding head, so wounded,
Reviled and put to scorn!
No comeliness or beauty
Thy wounded face betrays,
Yet angel hosts adore thee
And tremble as they gaze.

2b. O Love, all love transcending,
O Wisdom from on high!
O truth, unchanged, unchanging,
Surrendered up to die!
Was e'er a love so wondrous!
That from his heavenly throne
God should descend among us
To suffer for his own.

3b. O Jesus, we adore thee,
Upon the cross our King!
We humbly bow before thee,
And of thy victory sing!
Thy cross is our salvation,
Our hope from day to day,
Our peace and consolation
When life shall fade away.

To hear the music (without words), go to Oremus hymnal: O sacred head, surrounded.