1. 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.
REFRAIN:
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
2. Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
Longing for hope, many despair.
Your word alone has pow’r to save us.
Make us your living voice.
3. Longing for food, many are hungry.
Longing for water, many still thirst.
Make us your bread, broken for others,
shared until all are fed.
4. Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
Longing for warmth, many are cold.
Make us your building, sheltering others,
walls made of living stone.
5. Many the gifts, many the people,
many the hearts that yearn to belong.
Let us be servants to one another,
making your kingdom come.
Words and Music: Bernadette Farrell
Spoken
REFRAIN
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
VERSE 1
We praise you, we bless you,
we adore you, we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almigh - ty Fa - ther.
VERSE 2
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
You take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us; (have mercy on us;)
You take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer; (receive our prayer;)
You are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us. (have mercy on us.)
VERSE 3
For you alone are the Holy One,
you alone are the Lord,
You alone are the Mo - st High,
Je - sus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen. A - men
Amen. Amen
Mass of St Jude | Music by Mike Stanley
Readings for Mass: https://universalis.com/mass.htm
Words © The Grail (UK)
Readings for Mass: https://universalis.com/mass.htm
Psalm 112
RESPONSE: (Cantor, then all)
R/ Praise the Lord, who raises up the poor
Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and for evermore!
R/ Praise the Lord, who raises up the poor
2.
High above all nations is the Lord,
above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God,
who has risen on high to his throne
yet stoops from the heights to look down,
to look down upon heaven and earth?
R/ Praise the Lord, who raises up the poor
3.
From the dust he lifts up the lowly,
from the dungheap he raises the poor
to set him in the company of princes,
yes, with the princes of his people.
R/ Praise the Lord, who raises up the poor
Readings for Mass: https://universalis.com/mass.htm
Music by Jo Boyce © CJM MUSIC | Words © The Grail (UK)
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle - luia
Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life;
you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness;
And all these things shall be added unto you.
Allelu, Allelu-ia.
Ask, and it shall be given unto you;
Seek, and you shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Allelu, Allelu-ia.
Man shall not live by bread alone,
But by every word
That proceeds out from the mouth of God.
Allelu, Allelu-ia.
Words and Music: David Huff, Karen Lafferty
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God of hosts,
Heaven and Earth full of your glory,
hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest
Blessed, Blessed, Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord
hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest
hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest
Mass of St Jude | Music by Mike Stanley © CJM MUSIC
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world
have mercy on us
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world
have mercy on us
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world
grant us peace. Grant us peace
Mass of Holy Trinity | Music by Andy Ross & Mike Stanley
My Jesus,
I believe that You are present
in this Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love You above all things
and I passionately desire
to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come spiritually into my soul
so that I may unite myself wholly to You
now and forever. Amen.
Based on a prayer of St Alphonsus Liguorit
REFRAIN:
Bread for the world, a world of hunger
Wine for all peoples, people who thirst
May we who eat be bread for others
May we who drink pour out our love
1. Lord Jesus Christ,
You are the bread of life
Broken to reach
and heal the wounds of human pain
Where we divide your people
You are waiting there
On bended knee
to wash our feet with endless care
2. Lord Jesus Christ,
You are the wine of peace
Poured into hearts once broken
And where dryness sleeps
Where we are tired and weary
You are waiting there
To be the way which beckons us
Beyond despair
3. Lord Jesus Christ
You call us to your feast
At which the rich and pow'rful
Have become the least
Where we survive on others
In our human greed
You walk among us
Begging for your ev'ry need
Words & Music: Bernadette Farrell
The kingdom of God is justice and joy;
For Jesus restores what sin would destroy.
God's power and glory in Jesus we know;
And here and hereafter the kingdom shall grow.
The kingdom of God is mercy and grace;
The captives are freed, the sinners find place,
The outcast are welcomed God's banquet to share;
And hope is awakened in place of despair.
The kingdom of God is challenge and choice:
Believe the good news, repent and rejoice!
God's love for us sinners brought Christ to his cross:
Our crisis of judgement for gain or for loss.
God's kingdom is come, the gift and the goal;
In Jesus begun, in heaven made whole.
The heirs of the kingdom shall answer his call;
And all things cry "Glory!" to God all in all.
Words & Music: Bryn Rees