Regnans Per Omne Saeculum

O blest Creator of the light i Who dost the dawn from dark- ness bring; [height, And framing nature’s depth and Didst with the new born light be- gin; Who gently blending eve with mom, [them day And mom with eve, didst call Thick flows the flood of darkness down ; [pray l Oh, hear us as we weep and Keep thou our souls from schemes of crime ; Nor guilt remorseful let them know ; [time, Nor, thinking but on things of Into eternal darkness go. Teach us to knock at heaven’s high door; Teach us the prize of life to win; Teach us all evil to abhor, And purify ourselves within. Father of mercies 1 hear our cry ; Hear us, O sole begotten Son ! Who, with the Holy Ghost most high, Reignest while endless ages run. Amen