"Dieser Tag ist Christus eigen" | |
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Catholic hymn | |
Written | 2004 |
Text | by Peter Gerloff |
Language | German |
Melody | by Gilbert König |
Composed | 1939 |
"Dieser Tag ist Christus eigen" (This day belongs to Christ) is a Christian hymn with text by Peter Gerloff , written in 2004, to a 1939 melody by Gilbert König. The song was included in the Catholic hymnal Gotteslob.
The text was written by Peter Gerloff in 2004, focused on the Sunday as a day of rest as described in the Genesis narration of the Creation, and as day of memory of the resurrection of Jesus. [1] [2]
The song has three stanzas of four lines each. [1] It was written to a 1939 melody by Gilbert König. The hymn was included in the German Catholic hymnal Gotteslob in 2013 as GL 103, [3] in the section Sonntag (Sunday). [4]