Hymn of Creation
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m: Michael Lehr, ca. 1997
w: Based on a prayer of St. John Chrysostom

[Refrain]
Out of nothingness you called all things into being,
The sustainer and renewer of all created things.

[Verse 1]
You created man from dust of the earth
In your own image and likeness;
You breathed upon him the breath of life,
Endowing him with grace.

[Refrain]

[Verse 2]
Then let us rejoice for God has made
Created things divine.
The impulse of life is awakened by him,
Emotions, mind and will.

[Refrain]

[Verse 3]
Your power rules with limitless scope;
Your knowledge fills us with awe.
Beside it all of our wisest men
Are ignorant and dull.

[Refrain]

[Verse 4]
Alone you give us, earthbound as we are,
The freedom and peace that we seek,
Transforming sadness to limitless joy
In living out your love.

[Refrain]