The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12428

12428. Jesu, Redeemer Of The World

1 Jesu, Redeemer of the world!
Who, ere the earliest dawn of light,
Wast from eternal ages born,
Immense in glory as in might.

2 Immortal hope of all mankind!
In whom the Father’s face we see;
Hear Thou the prayers Thy people pour
This day throughout the world to Thee.

3 Remember, O Creator Lord!
That in the virgin’s sacred womb
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume.

4 This ever blest recurring day
Its witness bears, that all alone,
From Thy own Father’s bosom forth,
To save the world Thou camest down.

5 O Day! to which the seas and sky,
And earth and Heav’n, glad welcome sing;
O Day! which healed our misery,
And brought on earth salvation’s king.

6 We too, O Lord, who have been cleansed
In Thy own fount of blood divine,
Offer the tribute of sweet song,
On this blest natal day of thine.

7 O Jesu! born of virgin bright,
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
And Holy Ghost eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesu, Redeemer of the world!
• Title: Jesu, Redeemer Of The World
• Latin Title: Jesu Redemptor omnium
• Translator: Edward Caswall
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Roman Breviary, 1632; Tr.: Lyra Catholica (London: James Burns, 1849)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: LOUVAN by Virgil C. Taylor, MAKATI from "The Catholic Hymnal," TULUM from "The Sodalist's Hymnal" (uses even number of stanzas)

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Sacred Melodies by William Gardiner, 1815
• Copyright: Public Domain