Thursday, March 31, 2016

Sing to the Mountain

Refrain:
Sing to the mountain, sing to the sea
Raise your voices, lift your hearts.
This is the day the Lord has made.
Let all the earth rejoice

Verse 1:
I will give thanks to you, my Lord.
You have answered my plea.
You have saved my soul from death
You are my strength and my song (Refrain)


Verse 2:
Holy, holy, holy Lord
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory (Refrain)


Verse 3:
This is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us be glad and rejoice.
He has turned all death to life.
Sing of the glory of God. (Refrain)

-          Music and lyrics by Bob Dufford; based on Psalm 118

Monday, March 28, 2016

O Sacrament Most Holy

Beautiful hymn - listen here

O Lord, I am not worthy
That Thou should'st come to me,
But speak the words of comfort,
My spirit healed shall be.

And humbly I'll receive Thee,
The Bridegroom of my soul,
No more by sin to grieve Thee,
Or fly Thy sweet control.

Eternal Holy Spirit, 
Unworthy tho' I be,
Prepare me to receive Him,
And trust the Word to me.

Increase my faith dear Jesus
In Thy will presence here
And make me feel most deeply
That thou to me art near

O Sacrament most holy,
O Sacrament divine!
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev'ry moment Thine.

Jesus my Lord, my God, my all

How beautiful..  to our dear Lord Jesus - listen to the song here

Jesus my Lord, my God, my all
How can I love thee as I ought?
And how revere this wondrous gift
So far surpassing hope or thought?

Chorus:
    Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore
    Oh make us love Thee more and more
    Oh make us love Thee more and more.

Had I but Mary's sinless heart,
To love Thee with, my dearest King
Oh, with what bursts of fervent praise
Thy goodness Jesus, would I sing!

Ah, see within a creature's hand
The vast Creator deigns to be.
Reposing, infant-like, as though,
On Joseph's arms, on Mary's knee.

Thy body, soul, and Godhead, all
O mystery of love divine
I cannot compass all I have
For all thou hast and art are mine

Sound, sound His praises higher still
And come, ye angels, to our aid
'Tis God, 'tis God, the very God
Whose power both man and angels made.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Because He Lives

God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus;
He came to love, heal and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives!

Chorus
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living,
Just because He lives!

How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
And feel the pride and joy he brings;
But greater still the calm assurance:
This child can face uncertain days because He Lives!

And then one day, I'll cross the river,
I'll fight life's final war with pain;
And then, as death gives way to victory,
I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives!

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Song of the Body of Christ

Listen to the meditative song here

Refrain: 
We come to share our story. We come to break the bread.
We come to know our rising from the dead.

1. We come as your people. We come as your own.
United with each other, love finds a home.

2. We are called to heal the broken, to be hope for the poor.
We are called to feed the hungry at our door.

3. Bread of life and cup of promise, In this meal we all are one.
In our dying and our rising, may your kingdom come.

4. You will lead and we shall follow.
ou will be the breath of life; living water, we are thirsting for your light.

5. We will live and sing your praises. "Alleluia" is our song.
May we live in love and peace our whole life long.