O Jesus, Lord of Heavenly Grace

O Je­sus

Lord of heav­en­ly grace

[or

O Je­su

Lord of light and grace]

Thou bright­ness of Thy Fa­ther’s face

Thou fount­ain of eter­nal light

Whose beams dis­perse the shades of night.

Come

ho­ly Sun of heav­en­ly love

Shower down Thy ra­di­ance from ab­ove

And to our in­ward hearts con­vey

The Holy Spir­it’s cloud­less ray.

So we the Fa­ther’s help will claim

And sing the Fa­ther’s glo­ri­ous name

And His al­migh­ty grace im­plore

That we may stand

to fall no more.

May He our act­ions deign to bless

And loose the bonds of wick­ed­ness;

From sud­den falls our feet de­fend

And bring us to a pros­per­ous end.

May faith

deep root­ed in the soul

Subdue our flesh

our minds con­trol;

May guile de­part

and dis­cord cease

And all with­in be joy and peace.

So let us glad­ly pass the day;

Our thoughts be pure as morn­ing ray;

And faith­ful love our noon­day light;

And hope our sun­set

calm and bright.

O Christ

with each re­turn­ing morn

Thine im­age to our hearts is borne:

O may we ev­er clear­ly see

Our Sav­ior and our God in Thee.