In our darkness light has shone
Alleluia,
still today the light shines on,
Alleluia;
Word made flesh in human birth,
Alleluia,
light and life of all the earth,
Alleluia!

Christ the Son incarnate see,
Alleluia,
by whom all things came to be,
Alleluia;
through the world his splendours shine,
Alleluia,
full of grace and truth divine,
Alleluia!

All who now in him believe,
Alleluia,
everlasting life receive,
Alleluia;
born of God and in his care,
Alleluia,
we his name and nature share,
Alleluia!

Christ a child on earth appears,
Alleluia,
crown of all creation's years,
Alleluia;
God's eternal Word has come,
Alleluia,
he shall lead his people home,
Alleluia!

'In our darkness light has shone' by Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926). © Timothy Dudley-Smith
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