Refrain:
AllChrist is the image of the
invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.
1The Father has delivered
us from the dominion of darkness, ♦
and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son;
2In whom we have redemption,
♦
the forgiveness of our sins.
3He is the image of the
invisible God, ♦
the firstborn of all creation.
4For in him all things
were created, ♦
in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.
5All things were created
through him and for him, ♦
he is before all things and in him all things hold together.
6He is the head of the
body, the Church, ♦
he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead.
7In him all the fullness
of God was pleased to dwell; ♦
and through him God was pleased to reconcile all things.
Colossians 1.13-18a, 19, 20a
AllGlory to the Father and
to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning is now
and shall be for ever. Amen.
AllChrist is the image of the
invisible God,
the firstborn of all creation.