Because the very God

Because the very God

Who commanded light to shine

Light to shine out of darkness

Has shined in our hearts.

Because the God who said

Out of darkness light shall shine

Is the One who shined in our hearts

For the illumination

Of the knowledge

Of the glory of God

In the face of Christ

In the face of Christ.

In the universe His shining

Produced the old creation

His new creation’s made by

Shining in our hearts.

God’s shining results in

The illumination

Knowing God’s glory

In the face of Christ.

This enlightenment that

Does make known the glory

Issues from the shining

Of God in our hearts.