Longing for light, we wait in darkness.

Longing for truth, we turn to you.

Make us your own, your holy people,

light for the world to see.

Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today.

Longing for peace, our world is troubled.

Longing for hope, many despair.

Your word alone has power to save us.

Make us your living voice.

Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today.

Longing for food, many are hungry.

Longing for water, many still thirst.

Make us your bread, broken for others,

shared until all are fed.

Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today.

Longing for shelter, many are homeless.

Longing for warmth, many are cold.

Make us your building, sheltering others,

walls made of living stone.

Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today.

Many the gifts, many the people,

many the hearts that yearn to belong.

Let us be servants to one another,

making your kingdom come.

Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts. Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light! Shine in your church gathered today.

1. Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling,
Calling for you and for me.
See, on the portals he’s waiting and watching
Watching for you and for me.

Come home, Come home,
You who are weary Come home;
Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling
Calling for sinners Come home!

2. Why should we linger when Jesus is pleading,
pleading for you and for me?
Why should we waiting and heed not his mercies,
mercies for you and for me?

3. O for the wonderful love he has promised,
Promised for you and for me!
Though we have sinned, he has mercy and pardon,
Pardon for you and for me.

May the choir of angels,

Come to greet you.

May they speed you to paradise.

May the Lord enfold you

In His mercy.

May you find eternal life

There is one the I ask of the Lord;

That He grant me my heartfelt desire.

To dwell in the courts of our God

Everyday of my life in His presence

I am sure I shall see the Lord's goodness

I shall dwell in the land of the living

Hope in God, stand firm and take heart

Place all your trust in the Lord

The Lord is my light and my help;

It is He who protects me from harm

The Lord is the strength of my days;

Before whom should I tremble with fear?

O Lord, hear my voice when I cry;

Have mercy on me and give answer.

Do not cast me away in Your anger;

For You are the God of my help

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

The emblem of suff’ring and shame,

And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best

For a world of lost sinners was slain.

So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,

Till my trophies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rugged cross,

And exchange it some day for a crown.

To that old rugged cross I will ever be true,

Its shame and reproach gladly bear;

Then he'll call me some day to my home far away,

Where his glory forever I'll share.

Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,

Has a wondrous attraction for me;

For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above,

To bear it to dark Calvary.

In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,

A wondrous beauty I see;

For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,

To pardon and sanctify me.

Come back to me with all your heart.

Don't let fear keep us apart.

Trees do bend, 'though straight and tall;

So must we to others' call.

Long have I waited for your coming home to me

And living deeply our new life.

The wilderness will lead you

To your heart where I will speak.

Integrity and justice,

With tenderness, you shall know.

Long have I waited for your coming home to me

And living deeply our new life.

Come back to me with all your heart.

Don't let fear keep us apart.

Long have I waited for your coming home to me
And living deeply our new life. //

Come back to me with all your heart.

Don't let fear keep us apart.

Long have I waited for your coming home to me
And living deeply our new life. //

You shall cross the barrenn desert
But you shall not die of thirst
You shall wander far in safety
Though you do not know the way
You shall speak your words to foreign lands
And they will understand
You shall see the face of God and live

Be not afraid
I go before you always
Come, follow me and I will give you rest.

Blessed are your poor
For the kingdom shall be theirs
Blessed are you that weep and mourn
For one day you shall laugh
And if wicked tongues insult and hate you
All because of me
Blessed, blessed are you

Be not afraid
I go before you always
Come, follow me and I will give you rest.

Be not afraid
I go before you always
Come, follow me and I will give you rest.

You who dwell in the shelter of the Lord,

who abide in his shadow for life,

say to the Lord: "My refuge,
My rock in whom I trust!"

And he will raise you up on eagle's wings,

bear you on the breath of dawn,

make you to shine like the sun,

and hold you in the palm of His hand.

The snare of the fowler will never capture you,

and famine will bring you no fear:

under his wings your refuge,

his faithfulness your shield.

You need not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day;

though thousands fall about you,

near you it shall not come.

And he will raise you up on eagle's wings,

bear you on the breath of dawn,

make you to shine like the sun,

and hold you in the palm of His hand.

For to his angels he's given a command

to guard you in all of your ways;

upon their hands they will bear you up,

lest you dash your foot against a stone.

And he will raise you up on eagle's wings,

bear you on the breath of dawn,

make you to shine like the sun,

and hold you in the palm of his hand.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,

That saved a wretch; like me!

I once was lost, but now am found,

Was blind, but now I see.

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’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

And grace my fears relieved;

How precious did that grace appear

The hour I first believed!

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,

Bright shining as the sun,

We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise

Than when we first begun.

3

The Lord hath promised good to me,

His word my hope secures;

He will my shield and portion be

As long as life endures.

On this day, O beautiful Mother,

On this day we give thee our love.

Near the, Madonna, fondly we hover,

Trusting thy gentle care to prove.

On this day we ask to share,

Dearest Mother, thy sweet care;

Aid us ere our feet astray

Waner from thy guiding way.

Queen of angels, deign to hear

Lisping children's humble prayer;

Young hearts gain, O virgin pure,

Sweetly to thyself allure.