The Vision

If you lack wisdom, ask of God.

O how lovely was the morning!

Radiant beamed the sun above.

Bees were humming, birds were singing,

Music ringing through the grove,

When within the shady woodland

Joseph sought the God of love;

When within the shady woodland

Joseph sought the God of love.

He sought the God of love.

If you lack wisdom, ask of God.

Humbly kneeling

T'was the boy’s first uttered prayer—

When the pow'rs of sin

Filled his soul with despair!

When the powers of sin

Filled his soul with despair!

His soul with deep despair - Ah!

Dies irae, dies illa

Solvet sæculum in favilla

Dies irae, dies illa

Solvet sæculum in favilla,

Dies irae, dies illa, dies irae.

Suddenly a light descended,

Brighter far than noonday sun,

And a shining, glorious pillar

O’er him fell, around him shone.

While appeared two heav’nly beings,

God the Father and the Son.

While appeared two heav’nly beings,

God the Father and the Son!

“Joseph, this is my Beloved Son! Hear him!”

Oh, what rapture filled his soul

For he saw the living God!

Oh, what rapture filled his soul

For he saw the living God!

Living God. Alleluia, living God.