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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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