VERSE 1:
Come back to me with all your heart,
don't let fear keep us apart.
Trees do bend, tho' straight and tall;
so must we to others' call.
REFRAINL
Long have I waited for your coming
home to me and living deeply our new life.
VERSE 2:
The wilderness will lead you
to your heart where I will speak.
Integrity and justice
with tenderness you shall know. (refrain)
VERSE 3:
You shall sleep secure with peace;
faithfulness will be your joy.
Words & Music: Gregory Norbet
CANTOR: Kyrie Eleison ALL: Kyrie Eleison
CANTOR: Christe Eleison ALL: Christe Eleison
CANTOR: Kyrie Eleison ALL: Kyrie Eleiso
Mass of St Bernadett | Music by Mike Stanley
Omitted during Lent
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Words © The Grail (UK)
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Psalm 50
RESPONSE: (Cantor, then all)
R/Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
In your compassion blot out my offence.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
And cleanse me from my sin.
R/Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.
My offences truly I know them;
My sin is always before me.
Against you, you alone I have sinned:
What is evil in your sight I have done.
R/Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.
A pure heart create for me, O God,
Put a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence,
Nor deprive me of your holy spirit.
R/Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Give me again the joy of your help;
With a spirit of fervour sustain me.
O Lord, open my lips
And my mouth shall declare your praise.
R/Have mercy on us, O Lord, for we have sinned.
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Music by Jo Boyce © CJM MUSIC | Words © The Grail (UK)
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Man does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
Lord, who throughout these forty days,
For us did fast and pray,
Teach us with you to mourn our sins,
And close by you to stay.
As you with Satan did contend,
And did the vict'ry win,
O give us strength in you to fight,
In you to conquer sin.
As you did hunger bear and thirst,
So teach us, gracious Lord,
To die to self, and always live
By your most holy word.
And through these days of penitence,
And through your Passion-tide,
Forevermore, in life and death,
O Lord, with us abide.
Abide with us that when this life
Of suffering is past,
An Easter of unending joy
We may attain at last!
Words and Music: Claudia Frances Heraman
VERSE 1:
Holy, Holy, Holy
Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
VERSE 2:
Blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Hosanna in the high - est.
Mass of Creation | Music Marty Haugen
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.
Mass of Creation | Music Marty Haugen
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:
Return to God with all your heart,
the source of grace and mercy;
Come seek the tender faithfulness of God
Now the time of grace has come,
the day of salvation;
Come and learn now the way of our God. (Refrain)
I will take your heart of stone
and place a heart within you,
A heart of compassion and love. (Refrain)
If you break the chains of oppression,
If you set the pris'ner free;
If you share your bread with the hungry,
Give protection to the lost;
Give shelter to the homeless,
Clothe the naked in your midst,
Then your light shall break forth
like the dawn. (Refrain)
Words & Music: Marty Haugen
God of mercy and compassion,
Lord of life and blinding light.
Truth whom creatures would refashion,
Place on us the gift of sight.
CHORUS
Truth insistent and demanding,
Love resented and ignored,
Life beyond all understanding,
Give us peace and pardon, Lord.
God most holy and forgiving,
Penetrate our pride and sloth;
On a people partly living,
Place the gift of life and growth.
Lord, who out of love consented
To the worst that we could do;
Lord, abandoned and tormented,
Let us love and suffer too.
Words & Music : Michael Hodgetts