PART I

"May the light of Christ, rising in glory
dispel the darkness of our hearts and minds."

Lumen Christi: Deo Gratias

Procession

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.

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Responsorial Psalm 1

Psalm 103

RESPONSE: (Cantor, then all)

Send forth, Send forth, your spirit, O Lord;

renew the face of the earth.

renew the face of the earth.

Verse 1:

Bless the Lord, my soul!

Lord God, how great you are,

How many are your works, O Lord!

The earth is full of your riches.

R/Send forth, Send forth, your spirit, O Lord;

renew the face of the earth.

renew the face of the earth.

Verse 2:

You take back your spirit, they die,

returning to the dust from which they came.

You send forth your spirit, they are created;

and you renew the face of the earth.

R/Send forth, Send forth, your spirit, O Lord;

renew the face of the earth.

renew the face of the earth.

Verse 3:

May the glory of the Lord last for ever!

May the Lord rejoice in his works!

May my thoughts be pleasing to him.

I find my joy in the Lord.

R/Send forth, Send forth, your spirit, O Lord;

renew the face of the earth.

renew the face of the earth.

Responsorial Psalm 2

Psalm Exodus 15: 1-6. 17-18 - Canticle of Moses

RESPONSE: (Cantor, then all)

I will sing to the Lord glorious his triumph

I will sing the Lord glorious his triumph

Horse and rider he has thrown into the sea

The Lord is my strength, my song, my salvation

This is my God and I extol him

My father's God and I will praise him.

R/I will sing to the Lord glorious his triumph

The Lord is a warrior! The Lord is his name.

Pharoah's chariots he has hurled into the sea!

The flower of his army is drowned in the sea

They went down in the depths like a stone

they went down in the depths like a stone

R/I will sing to the Lord glorious his triumph

Your right hand O Lord, glorious in its power

Your right hand Lord has overcome the enemy

You crushed the foe, in the greatness of your glory

This is my God and I extol him

My father's God and I will praise him.

R/I will sing to the Lord glorious his triumph

I will sing to the Lord glorious his triumph

You will lead your people to Your holy mountain,

the place, O Lord, where you have made your home,

The sanctuary Lord, which your hands have made

Forever and ever God will reign.

R/I will sing to the Lord glorious his triumph

Responsorial Psalm 3

Psalm 50

RESPONSE: (Cantor, then all)

A pure heart, a pure heart
create for me, O God.

A pure heart, a pure heart
create for me, O God.

1. 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/

2. Give me again the joy of your help;

with a spirit of fervour sustain me,

that I may teach transgressors your ways

and sinners may return to you R/

3. For in sacrifice you take no delight,

burnt offering from me you would refuse,

my sacrifice, and contrite spirit.

A humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn. R/

Music by Jo Boyce & Mike Stanley © CJM MUSIC
Words © The Grail (UK)

Holy Holy

Holy, holy, holy, Lord,

Lord God of hosts,

Heaven and earth full of your glory,

hosanna, hosanna, in the highest

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord

Hosanna in the highest

Hosanna in the highest

Words and Music: Christopher Walker

Lamb of God

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

Words and Music: New Celtic Mass

Prayer of Spiritual Communion

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

Communion Song 1

Verse 1

In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light my strength my song.

This cornerstone, this solid ground,

firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

what heights of love, what depths of peace,

when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter my All in All,

here in the love of Christ I stand.

Verse 2:

In Christ alone, who took on flesh

fullness of God in helpless babe!

This gift of love and righteousness,

scorned by the ones he came to save.

till on that cross where Jesus died,

the wrath of God was satisfied.

for every sin on Him was laid;

here in the death of Christ I live.

Verse 3:

There in the ground His body lay,

Light of the world in darkness slain.

Then bursting forth in glorious day,

up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory,

sins curse has lost it's grip on me.

for I am His and He is mine,

bought with the precious blood of Christ.

Verse 4:

No guilt in life, no fear in death;

this is the pow'r of Christ in me.

From life's first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my de stiny.

No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,

can ever pluck me from His hand,

till He returns or calls me home;

here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand

Words & Music: Keith Getty & Stuart Townsend

Communion Song 2

Alleluia! sing to Jesus!

His the sceptre, His the throne.

Alleluia! His the triumph,

His the victory alone.

Hark! the songs of peaceful Sion

thunder like a mighty flood.

Jesus out of every nation

has redeemed us by His blood.

Alleluia! not as orphans

are we left in sorrow now;

Alleluia! He is near us,

faith believes, nor questions how;

Though the cloud from sight received Him

when the forty days were o’er

Shall our hearts forget His promise,

“I am with you evermore”?

Alleluia! Bread of Angels,

Thou on earth our food, our stay;

Alleluia! here the sinful

flee to Thee from day to day:

Intercessor, Friend of sinners,

Earth’s Redeemer, plead for me,

Where the songs of all the sinless

sweep across the crystal sea.

Alleluia! King eternal,

Thee the Lord of lords we own;

Alleluia! born of Mary,

Earth Thy footstool, Heav’n Thy throne:

Thou within the veil hast entered,

robed in flesh our great High Priest;

Thou on earth both priest and victim

in the Eucharistic feast.

Words & Music: W Chatterton Dix

Recessional Song

1. Thine be the glory,

Risen, conquering Son;

Endless is the victory

Thou o’er death hast won!

Angels in bright raiment

Rolled the stone a - way,

Kept the folded grave-clothes

Where thy body lay.

REFRAIN:

Thine be the glory,

Risen, conquering Son;

Endless is the victory

Thou o’er death hast won!

2. Lo, Jesus meets us,

Risen from the tomb!

Lovingly He greets us,

Scatters fear and gloom.

Let the church with gladness

Hymns of triumph sing,

For her Lord is living,

Death hath lost its sting.

3. No more we doubt Thee,

Glorious Prince of life;

Life is naught without Thee:

Aid us in our strife;

Make us more than conquerors,

Through Thy deathless love;

Lead us in Thy triumph

To Thy home above.

REFRAIN:

Thine be the glory,

Risen, conquering Son;

Endless is the victory

Thou o’er death hast won!

Words & Music: Edmond Louis Budry. , Tr. R. Birch Hoyle.