Ephesians Canticle - John Michael Talbot, The Monks of Little Portion Hermitage

God chose us in his Son

To be his adopted children

Praised be the God and Father

For our Lord Jesus Christ

Who has bestowed on us in Christ

Every spiritual blessing in the heavens

God chose us in him

Before the world began

To be holy

And blameless in his sight

He predestined us

To be his adopted sons through Jesus Christ

Such was his will and pleasure

That all might praise the glorious favor

He has bestowed on us in his beloved

In him and through his blood

We have been redeemed

And our sins forgiven

So immeasurably generous

Is God’s favor to us

God has given us the wisdom

To understand fully the mystery

The plan he was pleased

To decree in Christ

A plan to be carried

In Christ, in the fulness of time

To bring all things into one in him

In the heavens and on earth

Glory to the Father

And to the Son

And to the Holy Spirit

As it was in the beginning

Is now

And will be for ever

Amen