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JESU REDEMPTOR
Jesus, Redeemer blest of man,
Thou whom, before the light began,
The supreme Father did beget,
His equal in His glory set;
Thou whom, before the light began,
The supreme Father did beget,
His equal in His glory set;
The Father's Splendour and His Light,
The world's one Hope and infinite,
Accept, O Lord, Thy servants' prayer,
Poured out before Thee everywhere.
The world's one Hope and infinite,
Accept, O Lord, Thy servants' prayer,
Poured out before Thee everywhere.
Maker of all, whom heretofore
In hallowed womb the Virgin bore,
Remember how Thou tookest then
The likeness of the sons of men.
In hallowed womb the Virgin bore,
Remember how Thou tookest then
The likeness of the sons of men.
This present day its witness bears,
Through circle of the year declares
How from the Father's breast, Thy home,
The world's one Saviour Thou art come.
Through circle of the year declares
How from the Father's breast, Thy home,
The world's one Saviour Thou art come.
From stars and earth and ocean rise,
From all that is beneath the skies,
New songs to greet with homage due
The Author of salvation new.
From all that is beneath the skies,
New songs to greet with homage due
The Author of salvation new.
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And we, endued with grace divine,
Sprinkled with holy Blood of Thine,
The tribute of our hymn will pay
In honour of Thy birth to-day.
Sprinkled with holy Blood of Thine,
The tribute of our hymn will pay
In honour of Thy birth to-day.
O Jesus, whom the Virgin bore,
Glory to thee for evermore,
With Thee, O Father, and with Thee,
Spirit of grace, eternally. Amen.
Glory to thee for evermore,
With Thee, O Father, and with Thee,
Spirit of grace, eternally. Amen.
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