BRIGHTNESS SURROUNDS THE DARKNESS OF LIFE.
AMID THE DARKNESS THERE SHINES GOD'S LIGHT.
THERE IS NO DESPAIR, WHEN CHRIST IS HERE
WITH LOVE AND MERCY TO FREELY SHARE.
HE GRANTS TO THOSE WHO SEEK HIS FACE,
SO NEAR, THAT BLESSED MERCY OF HIS GRACE.
HE SHOWS THEM ALL HIS PERFECT REST,
ASSURING THEM OF HIS ULTIMATE BEST.
O LORD, THEIR REST IS MINE, AS WELL, WHEN I SEE YOU.
ALL ETERNITY BECKONS ALL OF US TO COME TO YOU,
THAT WOUNDED SIDE AND SACRED HEAD,
THE EMPTIED, SHATTERED, ONE WHO BLED
ON OUR BEHALF, HIS GLORIES TO SHED
UPON ALL WHO CALL UPON HIS HOLY NAME.
THAT ENCOUNTER MAKES US NE'ER AGAIN THE SAME.
O, REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EIS, DOMINE,
TO THEM, O LORD, ETERNAL REST, SO GIVE.
ET LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EIS,
EVER MAKE HIS LIGHT OUR QUEST.
TE DECET HYMNUS, DEUS, IN SION,
ET TIBI REDDITUR VOTUM IN JERUSALEM.
YES, UNTO YOUR BLESSED COMMITMENT
BE PERPETUALLY DONE AS YOU WERE SENT,
FOR IT WAS JESUS WHO WAS WHOLLY SPENT.
EXAUDI  ORATIONEM MEAM,
MY HEART CRIES AND SAYS, "I AM
COMING TO YOU JUST AS I AM."
I KNOW YOU HEAR MY PRAYER,
FOR YOU, MY GOD, ARE EVER NEAR.
AD TE OMNIS CARO VENIET.
TO YOU, LORD, I HAVE BEEN SENT
AS ONE WHO DIED AMID RESTLESS,
NOISY, WORLDLY, TRIALS, SO RELENTLESS
IN THEIR SORROW FILLED WEIGHT ON ME.
AND, I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.
WITH ALL CREATION, I  GROAN FOR DELIVERANCE.
O, REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EIS, DOMINE,
ET LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EIS.
HOW RESTLESS IS THE HEART OF MAN
UNTIL IT FINDS ITS REST IN YOU...