Emmanuel-hino da Jmj 2000 Itália

On the horizon a Great Light travels through history,
Through the years, overcoming darkness, making itself memory,
Illuminating our lives, clearly revealing
That one does not live if one does not seek the Truth.

From a thousand paths arriving here, with many steps, much faith.
We hear the echo of the Word that still resounds,
And from the song under this sky: For the whole world
The True Man, Christ among us, is alive today.

And here,
Under this same Light, under this same Cross,
We sing with one voice:
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel!
Emmanuel, Emmanuel!

And from the city where He shed His Blood out of love,
That has been changing the old world, we will start again,
Following Christ. With Peter, faith is reborn in us,
The living word that renews us, and grows within us.

The great gift that God gave us, Christ, His Son,
The renewed humanity is saved in Him.
He is True Man, True God, He is the Bread of Life,
Who will give Himself to every man and His brothers.

And here...

This great gift that God has given us, Christ, His only Son;
Renewed humanity through Him is saved.
He is True Man, He is True God, He is the Bread of Life
Who for every man and all his brothers
Gives Himself again.

And a springtime era arrived, the time to change.
And it is the day, always new, to start over,
Change course with new words, change the heart,
To tell the world and every man: Christ Jesus!

And here,
Under that same Light, under that same Cross,
We sing with one voice:
Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel!
Emmanuel, Emmanuel!

He died death, He conquered Life: it is Easter in the whole world.
A wind blows in every man, the Fruitful Spirit!
And carries forward, in history, the Church, His Bride,
Under the gaze of Mary. Community.

We, debtors of the past, in centuries of stories
Of lives given for love, of saints who waited,
With men who, daring high, show us the infinite.
For our history will only change if it is with Jesus.

And here...

The springtime era has come, time to change.
Today is the day, always new, to start over,
Change course with new words, change the heart,
To tell the world and every man: Lord Jesus!

And here...

This city which has poured out its life-blood out of love
And has transformed the ancient world will send us on our way,
By following Christ, together with Peter, our faith is born again,
The living word that makes us new and grows in our hearts.

From a thousand roads we arrive in Rome, following the steps of faith.
We hear the echo of the Word, still resounding,
From these walls, from this sky: For the whole world
He is alive today, the True Man, Christ among us.

We are here,
Under the same Light, under His Cross,
Singing with one voice:
He is Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel! (singing with one voice!)
He is Emmanuel, Emmanuel! (singing with one voice!)(repeat)

He is Emmanuel, Emmanuel, Emmanuel! (singing with one voice!)
He is Emmanuel, Emmanuel!