O Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord

O Sun of Justice, Christ our Lord,

as you restore the day to earth,
now rend the darkness of our minds,
that light from virtue may return.

In this, your favored time of grace,
Lord, grant repentance from the heart,
that your compassion may convert
all those your love has long endured.

Grant us to bear the penances
that bring atonement for our sins:
however great our faults and guilt
yet greater is your gift of grace.

The day shall come, your holy day,
through which all things will flow’r again;
let us rejoice, for through this day
your grace will lead us back to you.

Let all your works adore you, Lord,
O merciful and Triune God.
Renewed by pardon, let us sing
a new song to your holy name. Amen.

Tune: JENA, 8 8 8 8
Music: later form of melody by Melchior Vulpius, 1570-1615, composed in 1609
or Mode D, melody 126; Liber Hymnarius, Solesmes, 1983
Text: Iam, Christe, sol iustitiæ, 6th c.