Hino ao Verbo de Deus
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Hymn to the Word of God
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
Everything has a beginning
And at the beginning of everything
Was the Word, yes the Word
Through which everything exists
The Word was with God
And the Word was God
And nothing that exists
Appeared without Him
In Him was life
The life that is the light of men
The light shines in the darkness
And the darkness does not comprehend
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
A man sent by God
His name was John
He came to testify to the light
So the world would believe
John, he was not the light
He came to testify to the light
The true light was the Word
Who came to shine in the world
To enlighten every man
The Word was in the world
Through whom the world existed
But the world did not recognize Him
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
He came to what was His own
But His own did not receive Him
Yet, those who received Him
Those who believed in His name
Became children of God
The Word gave such power
And thus they were born of God
And not of human will
The Word then became flesh
Came to dwell among us
And we saw His glory
The glory that His Father gives Him
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
The only Son of the Father
Full of grace and truth
From His immense wealth
We receive endless grace
Moses gave the law
But grace and truth
Only come through Jesus Christ
To reach reality
No one has ever seen God
The only Son, then
Who is in the Father's bosom
Has revealed Him to us
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
The light shone in full darkness
Darkness will never overcome its brightness
