He is the first born from the dead.
The Church is his body and he, its head.
In his own person he is redeemed our loss,
making peace through the blood of his cross.
He is the image of God unseen,
our visible sign of what love can mean.
Through him and for him all the world was made,
finding peace in the price that he paid.
Absolute fullness in him resides,
through him reconciling what sin divides.
We shall continue all that he began,
making peace through this peace making man.