A Hymn to Christ
(Adapted from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Mass
upon the Altar of the World)
Oh
Christ of Glory,
Thou
art the hidden Power
Stirring
the very heart of matter.
Thou
art the glowing center
Who,
in Thyself, knits together
The
manifold strands of reality.
Thou
art inexorable as the World,
Thou
art the life in winter’s cold.
Thou
art the warmth of life,
Thou
art the love in every strife.
Thy
brow is of blinding snow,
Thy
hair like silk that glows,
Thy
eyes, blazing fire so bold,
Thy
feet, more dazzling than gold.
In
Thy Abundant Oneness,
You
gather everything to Thy rest;
Every
delight, every taste,
Every
energy, every existence’s phase.
To
Thee my being cries out
With
a longing differed from doubt,
A
longing, as vast as the Universe,
For
You are my Lord and my God…
