For the beauty of the earth, |
For the beauty of the skies, |
For the Love which from our birth |
Over and around us lies: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For the beauty of each hour |
Of the day and of the night, |
Hill and vale, and tree and flower, |
Sun and moon and stars of light: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For the joy of ear and eye, |
For the heart and brain’s delight, |
For the mystic harmony |
Linking sense to sound and sight: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For the joy of human love, |
Brother, sister, parent, child, |
Friends on earth, and friends above; |
For all gentle thoughts and mild: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For each perfect Gift of Thine |
To our race so freely given, |
Graces human and Divine, |
Flowers of earth, and buds of Heaven: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For Thy Bride that evermore |
Lifteth holy hands above, |
Offering up on every shore |
This Pure Sacrifice of Love: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For Thy Martyrs’ crown of light, |
For Thy Prophets’ eagle eye, |
For Thy bold Confessors’ might, |
For the lips of Infancy: |
Christ, our God, to Thee we raise |
This our Sacrifice of Praise. |
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For Thy Virgins’ robes of snow, |
For Thy Maiden Mother mild, |
For Thyself, with hearts aglow, |
Jesu, Victim undefiled, |
Offer we at Thine own Shrine |
Thyself, sweet Sacrament Divine. |