O Christ, Redeemer of Our Race

O Christ

Re­deem­er of our race

Thou bright­ness of the Fa­ther’s face

Of Him

and with Him ev­er one

Ere times and sea­sons had be­gun.

Thou art that ve­ry light of light

Unfailing hope in sin’s dark night

Hear Thou the pray­ers Thy peo­ple pray

The wide world o’er

this bless­èd day.

Remember

Lord of life and grace

How once

to save a ru­ined race

Thou didst our ve­ry flesh as­sume

In Ma­ry’s un­de­filèd womb.

Today

as year by year its light

Sheds o’er the world a ra­di­ance bright

One pre­cious truth is ech­oed on

’Tis Thou hast saved us

Thou alone.

Thou from the Fa­ther’s throne didst come

To call His ban­ished child­ren home;

And Heav’n

and earth

and sea and shore

His love who sent Thee here ad­ore.

And glad­some too are we to­day

Whose guilt Thy blood has washed away;

Redeemed the new made song we sing;

It is the birth­day of our king.

O Lord

the vir­gin born

to Thee

Eternal praise and glo­ry be

Whom with the Fa­ther we ad­ore

And Ho­ly Ghost for­ev­er­more.