When morning gilds the skies my heart awaking cries
May Jesus Christ be praised
Alike at work and prayer, to Jesus I repair
May Jesus Christ be praised
In heaven’s eternal bliss the sweetest strain is this
May Jesus Christ be praised
Let earth, and sea and sky from depth to height reply
May Jesus Christ be praised
Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine
May Jesus Christ be praised
Sing this eternal song through all the ages long
May Jesus Christ be praised
Alternate verses
When you begin the day, O never fail to say
May Jesus Christ be praised
And at your work rejoice, to sing with heart and voice
May Jesus Christ be praised
Whene’er the sweet church bell peals over hill and dell
May Jesus Christ be praised
O hark to what it sings, as joyously it rings
May Jesus Christ be praised
My tongue shall never tire of chanting with the choir
May Jesus Christ be praised
This song of sacred joy, it never seems to cloy
May Jesus Christ be praised
Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find
May Jesus Christ be praised
Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this
May Jesus Christ be praised
To God, the Word, on high, the host of angels cry
May Jesus Christ be praised
Let mortals, too, upraise their voice in hymns of praise
May Jesus Christ be praised
Be this at meals your grace, in every time and place
May Jesus Christ be praised
Be this, when day is past, of all your thoughts the last
May Jesus Christ be praised
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When mirth for music longs, this is my song of songs
May Jesus Christ be praised
When evening shadows fall, this rings my curfew call
May Jesus Christ be praised
When sleep her balm denies, my silent spirit sighs
May Jesus Christ be praised
When evil thoughts molest, with this I shield my breast
May Jesus Christ be praised
The night becomes as day when from the heart we say
May Jesus Christ be praised
The powers of darkness fear when this sweet chant they hear
May Jesus Christ be praised
No lovelier antiphon in all high heav’n is known
Than, Jesus Christ be praised
There to the eternal Word the eternal psalm is heard
May Jesus Christ be praised
Let all the earth around ring joyous with the sound
May Jesus Christ be praised
In heaven’s eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this
May Jesus Christ be praised
Sing, suns and stars of space, sing, ye that see His face
Sing, Jesus Christ be praised
God’s whole creation o’er, for aye and evermore
Shall Jesus Christ be praised
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