Christos Invictus

By I.M. Ulysses

Out of the pit that held him
Rose the captain of my soul
With the price of sin now paid for
The Father raised Him whole

Above the grave beneath Him
In Holy Light was shown
Our Risen Lord and Saviour
As God Himself had sworn

Death could not contain Him
Though satan did his worst
Passing judgment on the Lamb
Which then Our Lord reversed

Alive, now and forever
The King of Glory reigns
Enthroned with God in Heaven
With Him our hope remains

No more to face corruption
Christ's work on Earth has ceased
For all repentant sinners
From death He has released

Someday He'll be returning
With shout of victory won
Arrayed in God's own glory
The Lord, the King, and Son

He'll put down death forever
And give the devil his due
When on the throne of David
His word on Earth shall rule

Groaning now in silence
We watch and guard the night
Looking ever skyward
For His face shining bright

With power and with glory
He'll come to liberate us
The day when evil's trampled
And Christ's shown Invictus.

For my Saviour, 
the unconquerable Jesus Christ,
the Son of the Living God. Amen
                 &
Belatedly, to Ken Hancock,
January 13, 1953 – October 25, 2016,
An employer, a counsellor, a friend, and a 
kind, caring soul. May God grant that we
should meet again, when death itself 
is destroyed. Amen!

Ken, Barb, Mary and I, Brisco, BC, July 2011