Prayer In Praise of Christ

Born as a son,led forth as a lamb,
sacrificed as a sheep,buried as a man,
he rose from the dead as a God,
for he was by nature God and man.

He is all things:
he judges, and so he is Law;
he teaches, and so he is Wisdom;
he saves, and so he is Grace;
he begets, and so he is Father;
he is begotten, and so he is Son;
he suffers, and so he is Sacrifice;
he is buried, and so he is man;
he rises again, and so he is God;

This is Jesus Christ,
to whom belongs glory for all ages.

Written by Saint Melito of Sardis