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Dieser Tag ist Christus eigen
Contemporary Christian hymn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"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.
History
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]
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