Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # O Light Incarnate 1. O Light Incarnate! Son of God! Shed Thy bright Birthday beams Upon our Church, upon our hearts, In Sacramental streams; And while we hail Thy Christmas-tide With solemn Eucharist, Accept our loving thanks and praise For Thine Evangelist. 2. John the Divine, whose doctrine glows As crystal in the sun, -- Translucent with the Light of Light, The Incarnate Holy One; His first Apocalypse he saw In Patmos' sacred isle, And now he stands, enwrapt, entranced In God's eternal smile. 3. And Light is shining down from Heaven To gladden all the earth, For John's evangel still declares The Mystery of God's Birth, And through the darkness of the world, Led by that Gospel ray, The Church in perfect safety walks To light of endless day. 4. So keep us, Jesu, in Thy Truth, That we at last may rise Where shadows all shall flee away Before our opoening eyes, Transfigured and transformed with him Whose praise today we sing, Into Thy Likeness Who art Light, Its Maker and its King. 5. And grant us even now to see Here, in this holy place, Some Revelation of Thyself In Sacraments of Grace, Till with Thy loved Evangelist We reach our Heavenly Rest, And share his sweet Beatitude, -- "Leaning on Jesus' Breast." 6. O Son of Mary! Son of God! To Thee our hymns ascent, With Father, Spirit, ever One, We praise Thee without end; O! by Thine Incarnation, Lord, Preserve us in Thy Grace, Till in that Light we see Thy Light And worship face to face. Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #