Worship (3rd ed.) ‎#461

461. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

1 Christ the Lord is ris'n today;
Christians, haste your vows to pay;
Make your joy and praises known
At the Paschal Victim's throne.
For the sheep the Lamb has bled,
Sinless in the sinner's stead.
Christ the Lord is ris'n on high;
Now he lives no more to die.

2 Christ, the victim undefiled,
God and sinners reconciled;
When in fierce and bloody strife
Met together death and life;
Christians, on this happy day
Raise your hearts with joy and say:
Christ the Lord is ris'n on high;
Now he lives, no more to die.

3 Hallowed, chosen dawn of praise,
Easter, queen of all our days:
Zion's children now come forth:
East to west and south to north.
Let the people praise you, Lord,
Be, by all that is, adored:
Let the nations shout and sing;
Glory to their Paschal King.

4 Christ, who once for sinners bled,
Now the first-born from the dead,
Throned in endless might and pow'r,
Lives and reigns for evermore.
Hymns of glory, songs of praise,
Father, unto you we raise:
Risen Lord, we now adore,
With the Spirit evermore.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ the Lord is ris'n today
• Title: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
• Latin Title: Victimae paschali laudes
• Author (attributed to): Wipo of Burgundy, d. 1048
• Translator: Jane E. Leeson, 1809-1881 (alt.)
• Meter: 77 77 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Scripture:
  Matthew 28:6-9
  ;
  Luke 24:34
  ;
  John 20:11-18
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:55
  ;
  Colossians 1:18
• Topic: Easter Vigil; Easter; Easter Season; Funeral; Heaven; Jesus Christ; Paschal Mystery; Praise; Reconciliation; Redemption; Victory over Sin and Death

Tune Information

• Name: VICTIMAE PASCHALI
• Meter: 77 77 D
• Key: G Major
• Source: Würth's Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1859; Revised in Catholic Youth's Hymn Book