Am       G      Am
Exult, choirs of angels,
  C               Am
Exult, heavenly assembly!
         G
May a hymn of glory
                                Am
greet the triumph of our risen Lord!
F                 E
Rejoice, all the earth,
  F                  E
flooded with the new light!
                      Am                 G
The splendour of the King has conquered darkness,
     F               E
the darkness of the world!
                      Am                 G
The splendour of the King has conquered darkness,
      F               E
the darkness of the world!
Am                  G             Am
Rejoice, O Mother Church, made resplendent
           C                  Am
with the glory of your risen Lord.
           G
Let this holy building resound,
                                 Am
echoing the song of a people in feast.
G                Am
The Lord be with you.
G             Am
And with your spirit.
F             E
Lift up your hearts.
F                       E
We lift them up to the Lord.
E7                                 Am
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
       G        Am
It is right and just.
Am                    G
It is truly right and just
      Am         C                             Am
to express, by singing, the great joy of the spirit
                                G
and to praise the all powerful Father
                               Am
and his Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ.
                               G            Am
He paid for us to the eternal Father Adam’s debt,
               C               Am
and with his blood, shed out of love,
           G                                  Am
he wiped away the condemnation of the ancient fault.
     F        E
This is the Passover
    F                           E
in which is slain the one true Lamb.
     F       E
This is the night
     F                                             E
in which you freed our fathers from the slavery of Egypt.
     F       E
This is the night
            F                                       E
that with a pillar of fire banished the darkness of evil.
     F        E        F                                       E
This is the night in which you have conquered the darkness of sin.

Am
This is the night
                               G
in which Christ has destroyed death
              F              E
and from the dead arises victorious.

Am                    G
How wonderful is the mercy
         Am
of your grace,
     C                               Am
how boundless the tenderness of your love;
             G                         Am
to ransom a slave you sacrificed your Son!
F                  E
Without the sin of Adam,
F                         E
Christ would not have redeemed us!
Am
O happy fault,
                           G
which deserved so great a Saviour,
        Am
O happy fault!
Am              G
O Night, truly blessed,
                                     Am
which knew the hour in which Christ arose!
                 G
O Night, truly blessed,
                                              Am
which despoiled the Egyptians to make Israel wealthy!
                         G                      Am
O Night, which conquers evil and washes guilt away!
                 G
O Night, truly glorious,
            F                 E
which reconciles man | to his God!

 Am
This is the night
                               G
in which Christ has destroyed death
              F              E
and from the dead arises victorious.
Am                                G
In this night, receive, heavenly Father,
                   Am
the sacrifice of praise
           C                                       Am
that the Church is offering you by the hand of her ministers
                              G
in the solemn liturgy of the candle,
                Am
sign of the new light.
     F          E
We pray you, O Lord:
Am
let this candle,
                           G
offered in honour of your name,
           Am
shine with light;
                                    G
let it ascend to you like fragrant perfume,
                                 Am
let it mingle with the stars of heaven;
                                           G
may the morning star find this flame still burning,
             F                E
the morning star which never sets:
  Am                              G
Christ, your Son, risen from the dead,
              F                          E
who shines resplendent with his peaceful light!
  Am    G     Am
Amen, Amen, Amen!