Scripture Verse

God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5

Introduction

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Giovanni P. da Palestrina (1525–1594)

Words: Gio­van­ni P. da Pal­es­tri­na, 16th Cen­tu­ry (Glo­ria pa­tri et fil­io). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Myr­tle K. Cher­ry­man. This is a cho­rale, not well suit­ed for con­gre­ga­tion­al sing­ing, but we in­clude it be­cause of the beau­ty of the mu­sic & its his­tor­ic­al sig­ni­fi­cance.

Music: Gio­van­ni P. da Pa­les­tri­na (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

Father of Light, we sing in Thy praise,
Father of Light, we sing in Thy praise.
Joyfully now, our voic­es we raise,
Joyfully now, our voic­es we raise.
May Thy peace come down from above,
May Thy peace come from above.
Fill our hearts with Thy great love.
Fill our hearts with Thy great love.