This is a pretty and joyful hymn with words by Sr Lucia Fay, Jean-Paul Lecot and R.B. Kelly based on St Paul according to CWB I. It is set by Paul Decha, so it is likely there is a French original and Kelly was a translator. Certainly Fay, Lecot and Decha have collaborated on other songs in French (eg here).
This hymn is way out of print and I can find no sources at all for the sheet music. It is a Kevin Mayhew copyright but I can find no sign of it there. Godsongs notes it is also in Alleluia! Amen! and Hymns Old and New, so it is probably known in Ireland. So the second hand market is currently looking the only option, unless someone can find the French version in print.
The text is a bit vague and unfocussed but I’ll blame St Paul for that.
I looks like I made up some simple chords for this one for my backing.
Antiphon
Christ our Lord has come to save his people!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
1 Baptised in Christ our Lord,
Reborn to new life in our Saviour and Lord, alleluia!
For we are the people whom God made his own
Throught the blood of his own Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 O come then, bless the Lord,
The Father of all, who is love without end, alleluia.
Before he created the world with great power,
We were chosen then in Christ, God made us his own.
3 Since time itself began
God loved us and planned to adopt us in Christ, alleluia.
He chose us to live in his glorious name,
As his children and his friends, a people redeemed.
4 Be joyful in the Lord,
Rejoice and give thanks to the Father of all, alleluia.
For Christ is alive and we live now in him;
We are filled now with his life. Rejoice, praise his name!
5 With Christ we are made heirs
And called to belong to the family of God, alleluia.
Christ freed us from sin by his death on the cross,
And has raised us up to life, a life without end.
6 Give glory to God, the Father of all:
To his Son, Jesus Christ, alleluia.
And praise to the Spirit, the gift of his love.
Let us sing out to the Lord forever. Amen.