Chant Claire performs "Cantique de Jean Racine" composed by Gabriel Fauré on December 17, 2022 at St. Marcus Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Text Translation
Word of the Highest,
our only hope,
Eternal day of earth and the heavens,
We break the silence
of the peaceful night;
Saviour Divine, cast your eyes upon us!

Pour on us the fire
of your powerful grace,
That all hell may flee
at the sound of your voice;
Banish the slumber of a weary soul,
That brings forgetfulness of your laws!

O Christ, look with favor
upon your faithful people
Now gathered here to praise you;
Receive their hymns offered
to your immortal glory;
May they go forth filled with your gifts.

— paraphrase by Jean Racine of a matins hymn