As I have done for you

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I, your Lord and Master,

now become your servant.

I who made the moon and stars

will kneel to wash your feet.

This is my commandment:

to love as I have loved you.

Kneel to wash each other’s feet

as I have done for you.

All the world will know you are my disciples

by the love that you offer, the kindness you show.

You have heard the voice of God

in the words that I have spoken.

You beheld heaven’s glory

and have seen the face of God.

I must leave now only for a moment.

I must go to my Father to make you a home.

On the day of my return

I will come to take you with me

to the place I have promised

where your joy will have no end.

© 2001, Daniel L. Schutte. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

These alone are enough

There are many things we need to let go, as we live. On our final days on earth, we must surrender everything to God.


Take my heart, O Lord, take my hopes and dreams.
Take my mind with all its plans and schemes.
Give me nothing more than your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.

Take my thoughts, O Lord, and my memory.
Take my tears, my joys, my liberty.
Give me nothing more than your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.

I surrender Lord, all I have and hold.
I return to you your gifts untold.
Give me nothing more than your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.

When the darkness falls on my final days,
take the very breath that sang your praise.
Give me nothing more than your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.


© 2004, Daniel L. Schutte. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.

Lay your hands

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Refrain

Lay your hands gently upon us.
Let their touch render your peace.
Let them bring your forgiveness and healing.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.

Verse 1

You were sent to free the broken-hearted.
You were sent to give sight to the blind.
You desire to heal all our illnesses.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.

Refrain

Verse 2

Lord, we come to you through one another.
Lord, we come to you in our need.
Lord, we come to you seeking wholeness.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.

Refrain

Send us your Spirit (Dan Schutte)

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1. Send us your spirit O Lord.

Evening enfolds us and holds us too near.

Wake the morning light.

Make our living bright.

Shine on our darkness O Lord.

2. Hold us with mercy O Lord.

Sorrow has spoken, has broken our hearts.

Clothe us in your care.

Be the life we bear.

Feed us and fill us O Lord.

3. Teach us your wisdom O Lord.

Shadows have clouded, have crowded our sight.

Give us hearts that see.

Set our loving free.

Hear us and help us O Lord.

4. Send us good summer O Lord.

Winters have chilled us, and stilled us too long.

Give us love’s own fire.

Be our true desire.

Send us your spirit O Lord.

© Daniel L. Schutte and New Dawn Music, 1985.

The Lord is my Shepherd (Crimond)

The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want.
He makes me down to lie
In pastures green; He leadeth me
The quiet waters by.

My soul He doth restore again;
And me to walk doth make
Within the paths of righteousness,
Even for His own Name's sake.

Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear none ill;
For Thou art with me; and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.

My table Thou hast furnished
In presence of my foes;
My head Thou dost with oil anoint,
And my cup overflows.

Goodness and mercy all my life
Shall surely follow me;
And in God's house forevermore
My dwelling place shall be.

I am the bread of life

I am the Bread of life,
You who come to Me shall not hunger,
And who believe in Me shall not thirst.
No one can come to Me
Unless the Father beckons.

Ref:
And I will raise you up,
And I will raise you up,
And I will raise you up on the last day.

The bread that I will give
Is My flesh for the life of the world,
And if you eat of this bread,
You shall live for ever,
You shall live for ever (ref)

Unless you eat
Of the flesh of the Son of Man
And drink of His blood,
And drink of His blood,
You shall not have life within you (ref)

I am the Resurrection,
I am the Life,
If you believe in me
Even though you die,
You shall live for ever (ref)

Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art

Thou my best thought, by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word;

I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;

Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son;

Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one

Be Thou my battle shield, sword for the fight;

Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight;

Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tower:

Raise Thou me heavenward, O power of my power

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise;

 thou mine inheritance now and always;

Thou and thou only first in my heart;

High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art