GLORY TO GOD

REFRAIN:

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND PEACE TO GOD’S PEOPLE ON EARTH! GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND PEACE TO GOD’S PEOPLE ON EARTH!

I. LORD GOD, HEAVENLY KING!ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER!WE WORSHIP YOU,WE GIVE YOU THANKS; WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR GLORY! (REFRAIN)

II. LORD JESUS CHRIST, ONLY SON OF THE FATHER! LORD GOD, LAMB OF GOD,YOU TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD.HAVE MERCY ON US. HAVE MERCY ON US.YOU ARE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER, RECEIVE OUR PRAYER!RECEIVE OUR PRAYER. (REFRAIN)

III. FOR YOU ALONE ARE THE HOLY ONE,YOU ALONE ARE THE LORD! YOU ALONE ARE THE MOST HIGH, JESUS CHRIST, WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER, AMEN! (REFRAIN)

BEHOLD THE WOOD

REFRAIN: BEHOLD, BEHOLD, THE WOOD OF THE CROSS, ON WHICH IS HUNG OUR SALVATION, O COME, LET US ADORE.

I. UNLESS A GRAIN OF WHEAT SHALL FALL UPON THE GROUND AND DIE,IT SHALL REMAIN BUT A SINGLE GRAIN, AND NOT GIVE LIFE. (REFRAIN)

II. AND WHEN MY HOUR OF GLORY COMES AS ALL WAS MEANT TO BE, YOU SHALL SEE ME LIFTED UP UPON A TREE. (REFRAIN)

III. FOR THERE CAN BE NO GREATER LOVE SHOWN UPON THIS LAND.THAN IN THE ONE WHO CAME TO DIE WHAT MIGHT LIVE. (REFRAIN)

BLESSED BE GOD

I. BLESSED ARE YOU LORD GOD OF ALL CREATION, THANKS TO YOUR GOODNESS THIS BREAD WE OFFER: FRUIT OF THE EARTH, WORK OF OUR HANDS, IT WILL BECOME THE BREAD OF LIFE

REFRAIN:

BLESSED BE GOD, BLESSED BE GOD,

BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER, AMEN!

BLESSED BE GOD, BLESSED BE GOD,

BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER, AMEN!

II. BLESSED ARE YOU LORD GOD OF ALL CREATION, THANKS TO YOUR GOODNESSTHIS WINE WE OFFER: FRUIT OF THE VINE, WORK OF OUR HANDS, IT WILL BECOME THE CUP OF JOY.

BLEST BE THE LORD

REFRAIN:

BLEST BE THE LORD, BLEST BE THE LORD, THE GOD OF MERCY, THE GOD WHO SAVES. I SHALL NOT FEAR THE DARK OF NIGHT, NOR THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY.

I. HE WILL RELEASE ME FROM THE NETS OF ALL MY FOES. HE WILL PROTECT ME FROM THEIR WICKED HANDS. BENEATH THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS I WILL REJOICE. TO FIND A DWELLING PLACE SECURE. (REFRAIN)

II. I NEED TO SHRINK BEFORE THE TERRORS OF THE NIGHT, NOR STAND ALONE BEFORE THE LIGHT OF DAY. NO HARM SHALL COME TO ME, NO ARROW STRIKE ME DOWN, NO EVIL SETTLE IN MY SOUL. (REFRAIN)

III. ALTHOUGH A THOUSAND STRONG HAVE FALLEN AT MY SIDE, I’LL NOT BE SHAKEN WITH THE LORD AT HAND. HIS FAITHFUL LOVE IS ALL THE ARMOR THAT I NEED TO WAGE MY BATTLE WITH THE FOE. (REFRAIN)

GOD OF SILENCE

I. THE GOD OF SILENCE BECKONS ME TO JOURNEY TO MY HEART, WHERE HE AWAITS, O LORD I HEAR YOU CALLING TENDERLY; TO YOU I COME TO GAZE AT THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FACE I CANNOT SEE; TO REST IN YOUR EMBRACE I CANNOT FEEL; TO DWELL IN YOUR LOVE, HURTING BUT SWEET; TO BE WITH YOU, TO GLIMPSE ETERNITY.

REFRAIN I:

GOD OF NIGHT, FOUNT OF ALL MY DELIGHT, SHOW YOUR LIGHT THAT MY HEART LIKE YOURS BURN BRIGHT.

II. BE STILL THE TORMENT OF THE NIGHT, WILL NOT ENCUMBER YOU, IF YOU BELIEVE. MY CHILD, THIS DARKNESS ISN’T EMPTINESS, FOR HERE I MOLD YOUR HEART UNTO MY IMAGE, PAINFULLY YOU LONG TO SEE. THE SELF YOU YEARN TO BE, BUT FEAR TO KNOW; THE WORLD FROM WHICH YOU FLEE, IN ME FIND HOME; ALL THESE I GIVE YOU, IF YOU REMAIN IN ME.

REFRAIN II:

I AM EVER HERE. MY CHILD YOU NEED NOT FEAR. THE DARK WILL SET YOU FREE. AND BRING YOUR HEART TO ME. (REPEAT REF I AND II TOGETHER)

CODA:

THE GOD OF SILENCE BECKONS ME TO JOURNEY TO MY HEART WHERE HE AWAITS ME.

HERE I AM, LORD

I. I, THE LORD OF SEA AND SKY, I HAVE HEARD MY PEOPLE CRY. All WHO DWELL IN DARK AND SIN, MY HAND WILL SAVE. I WHO MADE THE STARS OF NIGHT, I WILL MAKE THEIR DARKNESS BRIGHT WHO WILL BEAR MY LIGHT TO THEM? WHOM SHALL I SEND?

REFRAIN:

HERE I AM, LORD. IS IT I LORD?

I HAVE HEARD YOU CALLING IN THE NIGHT.

I WILL GO LORD, IF YOU LEAD ME.

I WILL HOLD YOUR PEOPLE IN MY HEART.

II. I, THE LORD OF SNOW AND RAIN, I HAVE BORNE MY PEOPLE’S PAIN. I HAVE WEPT FOR LOVE OF THEM. THEY TURN AWAY. I WILL BREAK THEIR HEARTS OF STONE, GIVE THEM HEARTS FOR LOVE ALONE. I WILL SPEAK MY WORD TO THEM. WHOM SHALL I SEND? (REFRAIN)

III. I, THE LORD OF WIND AND FLAME, I WILL TEND THE POOR AND LAME. I WILL SET A FEAST FOR THEM. MY HAND WILL SAVE. FINEST BREAD I WILL PROVIDE, TILL THEIR HEARTS BE SATISFIED. I WILL GIVE MY LIFE TO THEM. WHOM SHALL I SEND? (REFRAIN)

HOSEA

I. COME BACK TO ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. DON’T LET FEAR KEEP US APART. TREES DO BEND, THOUGH STRAIGHT AND TALL. SO MUST WE TO OTHER’S CALL.

REFRAIN:

LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR YOUR COMING,

HOME TO ME AND LIVING DEEPLY OUR NEW LIFE.

II. THE WILDERNESS WILL LEAD YOU, TO YOUR HEART WHERE I WILL SPEAK. INTEGRITY AND JUSTICE, WITH TENDERNESS YOU SHALL KNOW, (REFRAIN)

III. YOU SHALL SLEEP SECURE IN PEACE; FAITHFULNESS WILL BE YOUR JOY. (REFRAIN)

HOW LOVELY IS YOUR DWELLING PLACE

REFRAIN:

HOW LOVELY IS YOUR DWELLING PLACE, O LORD, MIGHTY GOD, LORD OF ALL.

I. EVEN THE LOWLY SPARROW FINDS A HOME FOR HER BROOD AND THE SWALLOW A NEST FOR HERSELF WHERE SHE MAY LAY HER YOUNG; IN YOUR ALTARS MY KING AND MY GOD. (REFRAIN)

II. BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE DWELLING IS YOUR OWN, LORD OF PEACE. BLEST ARE THEY REFRESHED BY SPRINGS AND BY RAIN, WHEN DRYNESS DAUNTS AND SCATHES. BEHOLD MY SHIELD, MY KING AND MY GOD. (REFRAIN)

III. I WOULD FORSAKE A THOUSAND OTHER DAYS ANYWHERE.IF I COULD SPEND ONE DAY IN YOUR COURTS, BELONG TO YOU ALONE.MY STRENGHT ARE YOU ALONE: MY GLORY, MY KING AND MY GOD. (REFRAIN)

CODA: HOW LOVELY YOUR DWELLING PLACE, O LORD, MIGHTY GOD, LORD OF ALL!

HOW SHALL I SING TO GOD?

I. HOW SHALL I SING TO GOD WHEN LIFE IS FILLED WITH GLADNESS,LOVING AND BIRTH, WONDER AND WORTH?I’LL SING FROM THE HEART, THANKFULLY RECEIVING, JOYFUL IN BELIEVING.THIS IS MY SONG; I’LL SING IT WITH LOVE.

II. HOW SHALL I SING TO GOD WHEN LIFE IS FILLED WITH BLEAKNESS,EMPTY AND CHILL, BREAKING MY WILL?I’LL SING THROUGH MY PAIN, ANGRILY OR ACHING, CRYING OR COMPLAINING.THIS IS MY SONG; I’LL SING IT WITH LOVE.

III. HOW SHALL I SING TO GOD AND TELL MY SAVIOUR’S STORY:PASSOVER BREAD, LIFE FROM THE DEAD?I’LL SING WITH MY LIFE, WITNESSING AND GIVING, RISKING AND FORGIVING.THIS IS MY SONG; I’LL SING IT WITH LOVE.

I LOVE THE LORD

REFRAIN:

I LOVE THE LORD, HE IF FILLED WITH COMPASSION.

HE TURNED TO ME ON THE DAY THAT I CALLED.

FROM THE SNARES OF THE DARK, O LORD, SAVE MY LIFE, BE

MY STRENGHT.

I. GRACIOUS IS THE LORD AND JUST; OUR GOD IS MERCY, REST TO THE WEARY. RETURN, MY SOUL, TO THE LORD OUR GOD WHO BIDS TEARS AWAY.I LOVE THE LORD. (REFRAIN)

II. HOW CAN I REPAY THE LORD FOR ALL THE GOODNESS HE HAS SHOWN ME?I WILL RAISE THE CUP OF SALVATION AND CALL ON HIS NAME. I LOVE THE LORD. (REFRAIN)

III. I SHALL LIVE MY VOWS TO YOU; BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE, I AM YOUR SERVANT.I WILL OFFER YOU MY SACRIFICE OF PRAISE AND OF PRAY’R. I LOVE THE LORD. (REFRAIN)

I SEEK YOU FOR I THIRST

REFRAIN I:

THOUGH MANY TIMES I RUN FROM YOU IN SHAME

I LIFT MY HANDS AND CALL UPON HIS NAME

FOR UNDERNEATH THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS

MY MELODY IS YOU.

I. O LORD, I SEEK YOU FOR I THIRST.YOUR MERCY IS THE RAIN ON THE DESERT OF MY SOUL.

II. O LORD, I RAISE MY LIFELESS EYES,AND SEE YOUR GLORY SHINE, HOW YOUR KINDNESS OVERFLOWS. (REFRAIN I)

III. O LORD, YOUR SANCTUARY CALLSI YEARN TO BE WITH YOU IN THE RIVERS OF YOUR LOVE. (REFRAIN II)

REFRAIN II:

THOUGH MANY TIMES I RUN FROM YOU IN SHAME

I LIFT MY HANDS AND CALL UPON YOUR NAME

FOR UNDERNEATH THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS

MY MELODY IS YOU.

IF I COULD TOUCH YOU

I. IF I COULD TOUCH YOU, I’D HEAL YOUR BROKEN PALMS.IF I COULD HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS.I’D CALL THE SOFT BREEZE TO CARESS YOUR WEARY ARMS.I’D CALL THE MOON BEAM TO DISPEL THIS DARKEST NIGHT. IF I COULD TOUCH YOU, I WOULD.

II. IF I COULD HEAR YOU, YOUR WORDS OF ANGUISH,IF YOU’D JUST WHISPER IN MY EAR.THE SADNESS WEIGHING DOWN YOUR HEART THAT NO MAN SEES.IF YOU JUST CALL ME I WOULD SING OF FLAMING HOPE.IF I COULD HEAR YOU, I WOULD.

III. LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR YOU TO HEAR ME CRY.LONG HAVE I WAITED FOR YOU TO ANSWER MY PLEA.WHAT YOU DO TO YOUR BRETHREN, YOU DO IT FOR ME.I AM IN THE BROKENNESS OF MAN.

(REPEAT VERSE III, THEN VERSE I, THEN VERSE IV)

COUNTERPOINT:

YES, YOU CAN (TOUCH/HEAR) ME

I’M IN THE LEAST OF YOUR BRETHREN, I’M IN THE WEAK AND SMALL.

I NEED YOU HANDS TO BEAR MY WEAR ARMS.

I NEED YOUR TOUCH TO HEAL MY WOUNDED PALMS.

IV. IF I COULD HEAR YOU, YOUR WORDS OF ANGUISH,IF YOU’D JUST WHISPER IN MY EAR.THE SADNESS WEIGHING DOWN YOUR HEART THAT NO MAN SEES.IF YOU JUST CALL ME I WOULD SING OF FLAMING HOPE.IF I COULD HEAR YOU, IF I COULD TOUCH YOU, I WOULD.

IN HIM ALONE

REFRAIN I:

IN HIM ALONE IS OUR HOPE, IN HIM ALONE IS OUR STRENGTH.

IN HIME ALONE ARE WE JUSTIFIED, IN HIM ALONE ARE WE SAVED.

I. WHAT HAVE WE TO OFFER THAT DOES NOT FADE OR WITHER?CAN THE WORLD EVER SATISFY THE EMPTINESS IN OUR HEARTS, IN VAIN WE DENY? (REFRAIN I)

II. WHEN WILL YOU CEASE RUNNING IN SEARCH OF HOLLOW MEANING? LET HIS LOVE FEED THE HUNGER IN YOUR SOUL TILL IT OVERFLOWS WITH JOY YOU YEARN TO KNOW.

DESCANT:

IN HIM ALONE IS OUR HOPE, UNTO HIM I POUR OUT MY HEART.

HE ALONE WILL SAVE ME WITH HIS LOVE AND MERCY.

REFRAIN II:

IN HIM ALONE IS OUR HOPE, IN HIM ALONE IS OUR STRENGTH.

IN HIM ALONE ARE WE JUSTIFIED, IN HIM ALONE ARE WE SAVED.

IN MY HEART

REFRAIN:

IN MY HEART I KNOW MY SAVIOR LIVES;

I CAN HEAR HIM CALLING TENDERLY MY NAME

OVER SIN AND DEATH HE HAS PREVAILED;

IN HIS GLORY, IN HIS NEW LIFE WE PARTAKE.

I. I KNOW HE LIVES AS HE HAS PROMISED FOR ME HE’S RISEN THAT FROM FEAR I MAY BE FREE NOT EVEN DEATH CAN SEPARATE ME,FROM HIM WHOSE LOVE AND MIGHT REMAIN IN ME. (REFRAIN)

II. FOR I HAVE SEEN AND TOUCHED HIM RISEN,TO ALL THE WORLD WILL I PROCLAIM HIS MAJESTY.WITH JOY I SING TO TELL HIS STORYTHAT IN OUR HEARTS MAY LIVE HIS MEMORY. (REFRAIN)

III. AND ALL THE EARTH SHALL BOW BEFORE HIM;HIS BLESSED NAME ALL WILL ADORE ON BENDED KNEE.HIS TRUTH SHALL REIGN, SO SHALL HIS JUSTICE;IN CHRIST OUR SAVIOR LET ALL GLORY BE! (REFRAIN)

CODA:

IN MY HEART I KNOW MY SAVIOR LIVES;

IN HIS GLORY IN HIS NEW LIFE WE PARTAKE.

LIKE CEDARS THEY SHALL STAND

REFRAIN:

I WILL PLAY FOR HIM ON MY HARP, WITH MY LUTE AND TEN STRINGED LYRE.

I WILL GREET THE LORD WITH MY SONG; I WILL SING OF THE WAYS OF THE LORD.

I. GOOD IT IS THAT WE SHOULD SING TO HONOR YAHWEH’S NAME.TO THANK HIM FOR HIS LOVE AT DAWN, HIS FAITHFULNESS THROUGH NIGHT. (REFRAIN)

II. GREAT AND WIDE YOUR KINDNESS, LORD, AND FATHOMS DEEP YOUR HEART. THE WICKED HEART SHALL NOT PERCEIVE, THE FOOLISH HEART SHALL FALL. (REFRAIN)’

III. UPON MY HEAD YOU POUR YOUR OIL; YOU MARK ME AS YOUR OWN.AND FILLED WITH GLADNESS I SHALL SING; MY HORN SHALL SOUND YOUR CALL. (REFRAIN)

IV. THE JUST SHALL GROW AS TALL AS PALMS, LIKE CEDARS THEY SHALL STAND. AND PLANTED FIRMLY ON THEIR GOD, THEY SHALL NOT BREAK NOR BOW. (REFRAIN)

LOVE IS THE ANSWER

I. MORNING COMES AND I MUST GO; DAY IS BREAKING YONDER.AFTER ALL THE PLACES I HAVE BEEN, NOW I’M GOING HOME.I HAVE BEEN TO SEEK THE SKY, TO TRAVEL ON THE HIGHWAY.AND THE TIME HAS COME, I DON’T KNOW WHY, I’M GOING HOME.

REFRAIN I:

WHERE IS THE ANSWER TO SO MANY QUESTIONS? I DON’T KNOW, SO I BEGIN ANOTHER JOURNEY. WHERE IS THE MEANING FOR MY WORLD? I SEE THE ANSWER NOW.

II. THOUGH WE CAME BY DIFFERENT ROADS, NOW WE WALK TOGETHER. STAY BESIDE ME ALL OUR DAYS, STRANGERS NEVER MORE.THROUGH THE COOL OF SUMMER RAINS, BY THE HEARTSIDE FIRE.I’LL BE WITH YOU WHEN NOTHING REMAINS, I AM HOME TO STAY.

REFRAIN II:

LOVE IS THE ANSWER TO SO MANY QUESTIONS.

NOW I KNOW, AND I CAN STOP MY ENDLESS WAND’RING.

LOVE GIVES MEANING TO MY WORLD, I SEE THE ANSWER NOW.

LOVE IS THE ANSWER. LOVE.

MAGNIFICAT

REFRAIN:

ALL THAT I AM SINGS OF THE GOD WHO BRINGS NEW LIFE TO BIRTH IN ME.

MY SPIRIT SOARS ON THE WINGS OF MY LORD.

I. MY SOUL GIVES GLORY TO THE LORD, REJOICING IN MY SAVIING GOD, WHO LOOKS UPON ME IN MY STATE, AND ALL THE WORLD WILL CALL ME BLEST;FOR GOD WORKS MARVELS IN MY SIGHT, AND HOLY, HOLY IS GOD’S NAME. (REFRAIN)

II. GOD’S MERCY IS FROM AGE TO AGE, ON THOSE WHO FOLLOW IN FEAR;WHOSE ARM IS POWER AND STRENGTH, AND SCATTERS ALL THE PROUD OF HEART,WHO CASTS THE MIGHTY FROM THEIR THRONES, AND RAISES UP THE LOWLY ONES. (REFRAIN)

III. GOD FILLS THE STARVING WITH GOOD THINGS, THE RICH ARE LEFT WITH EMPTY HANDS;PROTECTING ALL THE FAITHFUL ONES, REMEMBERING ISRAEL WITH MERCY.THE PROMISE KNOWN TO THOSE BEFORE, AND TO THEIR CHILDREN FOREVER. (REFRAIN)

ON EAGLE’S WINGS

I. YOU WHO DWELL IN THE SHELTER OF THE LORD, WHO ABIDE IN HIS SHADOW FOR LIFE,SAY TO THE LORD: “MY REFUGE, MY ROCK IN WHOM I TRUST!”

REFRAIN:

AND HE WILL RAISE YOU UP ON EAGLE’S WINGS,

BEAR YOU ON THE BREATH OF DAWN,

MAKE YOU TO SHINE LIKE THE SUN , AND HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

II. THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER WILL NEVER CAPTURE YOU, AND FAMINE WILL BRING YOU NO FEAR;UNDER HIS WINGS YOUR REFUGE, HIS FAITHFULNESS YOUR SHIELD. (REFRAIN)

III. YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE TERROR OF THE NIGHT, NOR THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY; THOUGH THOUSANDS FALL ABOUT YOU, NEAR YOU IT SHALL NOT COME. (REFRAIN)

IV. FOR TO HIS ANGELS HE’S GIVEN A COMMAND TO GUARD YOU IN ALL OF YOUR WAYS;UPON THEIR HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,LEST YOU DASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE. (REFRAIN)

ONE BREAD, ONE BODY

REFRAIN:

ONE BREAD, ONE BODY, ONE LORD OF ALL.

ONE CUP OF BLESSING WHICH WE BLESS.

AND WE, THOUGH MANY, THROUGHOUT THE EARTH,

WE ARE ONE BODY IN THIS ONE LORD.

I. GENTILE OR JEW, SERVANT OR FREE, WOMAN OR MAN, NO MORE. (REFRAIN)

II. MANY THE GIFTS, MANY THE WORKS, ONE LORD IN THE LORD OF ALL. (REFRAIN)

III. GRAIN FOR THE FIELDS, SCATTERED AND GROWN, GATHERED TO ONE , FOR ALL.

ONE LITTLE CANDLE

IT IS BETTERTO LIGHT JUST ONE LITTLE CANDLE THAN TO STUMBLE IN THE DARK.

BETTER FAR THAT YOU LIGHT JUST ONE LITTLE CANDLE; ALL YOU NEED IS A TINY SPARK.

IF WE’D ALL SAY A PRAYER THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE FREE,

THE WONDERFUL DAWN OF A NEW DAY WE’D SEE.

AND IF EVERYONE LIT JUST ONE LITTLE CANDLE, WHAT A BRIGHT WORLD THIS WOULD BE!

ONE MORE GIFT

REFRAIN I:

IF THERE’S ONE MORE GIFT I’D ASK OF YOU, LORD,

IT WOULD BE PEACE HERE ON EARTH,

AS GENTLE AS YOUR CHILDREN’S LAUGHTER, ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND.

I. YOUR PEOPLE HAVE GROWN WEARY OF LIVING IN CONFUSION.WHEN WILL WE REALIZE THAT NEITHER HEAVEN IS AT PEACEWHEN WE LIVE NOT IN PEACE.

II. GRANT ME SERENITY WITHIN, FOR THE CONFUSIONS AROUND ARE MERE REFLECTIONS OF WHAT’S WITHIN, WHAT’S WITHIN ME.

REFRAIN II:

IF THERE’S ONE MORE GIFT I’D ASK OF YOU, LORD,

IT WOULD BE PEACE HERE ON EARTH,

AS GENTLE AS YOUR CHILDREN’S LAUGHTER, ALL AROUND,

ALL AROUND.

ONE THING I ASK

ONE THING I ASK: TO DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, ALL MY DAYS

TO GAZE ON HIS GOODNESS AND WALK IN HIS WAYS.

HE WILL SHELTER ME, HE WILL BE MY STRENGTH.

IN THE TRIUMH THAT HE BRINGS ME I CAN HOLD MY HEAD HIGH,

IN HIS HOUSE I SHALL LIFT UP MY VOICE. I WILL SING, I WILL PRAISE THE LORD.

ONLY THIS I WANT

REFRAIN:

ONLY THIS I WANT: BUT TO KNOW THE LORD,

AND TO BEAR HIS CROSS, SO TO WEAR THE CROWN HE WORE.

I. ALL BUT THIS IS LOSS, WORTHLESS REFUSE TO ME,FOR TO GAIN THE LORD IS TO GAIN ALL I NEED.

II. I WILL RUN THE RACE; I WILL FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT,SO TO WIN THE PRIZE OF THE KINGDOM OF MY LORD. (REFRAIN)

III. LET YOUR HEARTS BE GLAD, ALWAYS GLAD IN THE LORD, SO TO SHINE LIKE STARS IN THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT. (REFRAIN)

PASTORALE

I. I AM YOUR REED, SWEET SHEPHERD, GLAD TO BE.NOW IF YOU WILL, BREATHE OUT YOUR JOY IN ME,AND MAKE BRIGHT SONG OR FILL ME WITH THE SOFT MOAN OF YOUR LOVE,WHEN YOUR DELIGHT HAS FAILED TO CALL OR MOVE YOUR FLOCK FROM WRONG.

II. MAKE CHILDREN’S SONG OR ANY SONG TO FILLYOUR REED WITH BREATH OF LIFE, BUT AT YOUR WILLLAY DOWN THE FLUTE AND TAKE REPOSE WHILE MUSIC INFINITEIS SILENCE IN YOUR HEART AND LAID ON IT YOUR REED IS MUTE,

III. I AM YOUR REED, SWEET SHEPHERD , GLAD TO BE LAY DOWN THE FLUTE AND TAKE REPOSE WHILE MUSIC INFINITEIS SILENCE IN YOUR HEART ANND LAID ON IT YOUR REED IS MUTE.

PILGRIM’S THEME

I. TIRED OF WEAVING DREAMS TOO LOOSE FOR ME TO WEAR,TIRED OF WATCHING CLOUDS REPEAT THEIR DANCE ON AIRTIRED OF GETTING TIED TO DOING WHAT’S REQUIREDIS LIFE A MERE ROUTINE IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS?THROUGH WITH TAKING ROADS SOMEONE ELSE DESIGNED THROUGH WITH CHASING STARS THAT SOON FORGET TO SHINETHROUGH WITH GOING THROUGH ONE MORE DAY- WHAT’S NEW?DOES MY LIFE STILL MEAN A THING IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS?

REFRAIN I:

I THINK (SO HERE) I’LL FOLLOW THE VOICE THAT CALLS WITHIN

DANCE TO THE SILENT SONG IT SINGS

I HOPE TO FIND MY PLACE SO MY LIFE WILL FALL IN PLACE

I KNOW IN TIME I’LL FIND MY PLACE

IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS.

II. EACH MUST GO HIS WAY, BUT HOW CAN I DECIDE WHICH PATH I SHOULD TAKE; WHO WILL BE MY GUIDE?

I NEED SOME KIND OF STAR TO LEAD ME SOMEWHERE FAR,TO FIND A HIGHER DREAM IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS.THE ROAD BEFORE ME BENDS; I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’LL FIND.WILL I MEET A FRIEND OR GHOST I LEFT BEHIND?SHOULD I EVEN BE SURPRISED THAT YOU’RE WITH ME IN DISGUISE?FOR IT’S YOUR HAND I HAVE SEEN IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS.

BRIDGE:

FOR YOURS IS THE VOICE IN MY DEEPEST DREAMS! YOU ARE THE HEART, THE VERY HEART OF THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS! (REPEAT REFRAIN I EXCEPT LAST LINE)

REFRAIN II:

WHY DON’T WE FOLLOW THE VOICE THAT CALLS WITHIN,

DANCE TO THE SILENT SONG IT SINGS?

ONE DAY WE’LL FIND OUR PLACE, FOR ALL THINGS FALL IN PLACE,

FOR ALL THINGS HAVE A PLACE IN THE GREATER SCHEME OF THINGS.

PRAYER FOR GENEROSITY

DEAREST LORD, TEACH MOTO BE GENEROUS.

TEACH ME TO SERVE YOU, AS I SHOULD:

TO GIVE AND NOT TO COUNT THE COST; TO FIGHT AND NOT TO HEED THE WOUNDS;

TO TOIL AND NOT TO SEEK FOR REST; TO LABOR AND ASK NOT FOR REWARD;

SAVE THAT OF KNOWING THAT I DO YOUR MOST HOLY WILL.

DEAREST LORD, TEACH ME TO BE GENEROUS.

TEACH ME TO SERVE YOU, AS I SHOULD:

TO GIVE AND NOT TO COUNT THE COST; TO FIGHT AND NOT TO HEED THE WOUNDS;

TO TOIL AND NOT TO SEEK FOR REST; TO LABOR AND ASK NOT FOR REWARD;

SAVE THAT OF KNOWING THAT I DO YOUR MOST HOLY WILL.

PRAYER OF RUPERT MAYER

I. LORD WHAT YOU WILL LET IT BE SO, WHERE YOU WILL THERE WE WILL GO.WHAT IS YOUR WILL HELP US TO KNOW.

II. LORD, WHEN YOU WILL THE TIME IS RIGHT. IN YOU THERE’S JOY IN STRIFE.FOR YOUR WILL I’LL GIVE MY LIFE.

REFRAIN I:

TO EASE YOUR BURDEN BRINGS NO PAIN,

TO FOREGO ALL FOR YOU IS GAIN, AS LONG AS I IN YOU REMAIN!

BECAUSE YOU WILL IT, IT IS BEST. BECAUSE YOU WILL IT, WE ARE BLEST.

TILL IN YOUR HANDS OUR HEARTS FIND REST, OUR HEARTS FIND REST.

TILL IN YOUR HANDS OUR HEARTS FIND REST.

III. LORD, WHEN YOU WILL THE TIME IS RIGHT. IN YOU THERE’S JOY IN STRIFE.FOR YOUR WILL, I’LL GIVE MY LIFE.

REFRAIN II:

TO EASE YOUR BURDEN BRINGS NO PAIN,

TO FOREGO ALL FOR YOU IS GAIN, AS LONG AS I IN YOU REMAIN!

BECAUSE YOU WILL IT, IT IS BEST. BECAUSE YOU WILL IT WE ARE BLEST.

TILL IN YOUR HANDS OUR HEARTS FIND REST, OUR HEARTS FIND REST.

TILL IN YOUR HANDS OUR HEARTS FIND REST.

TAKE AND RECEIVE

I. TAKE AND RECEIVE, O LORD, MY LIBERTY,TAKE ALL MY WILL, MY MIND, MY MEMORY.ALL THINGS I HOLD, AND ALL I OWN ARE THINE.THINE WAS THE GIFT, TO THEE I ALL RESIGN.

II. DO THOU DIRECT, AND GOVERN ALL AND SWAY,DO WHAT THOU WILT COMMAND AND I OBEY.ONLY THY GRACE, THY LOVE ON ME BESTOW,THESE MAKE ME RICH, OR ELSE WILL I FOREGO.

SING A NEW SONG

REFRAIN:

SING A NEW SONG UNTO THE LORD.

LET YOUR SONG BE SUNG FROM MOUNTAINS HIGH.

SING A NEW SONG UNTO THE LORD, SINGING ALELEUIA.

I. YAHWEH’S PEOPLE, DANCE FOR JOY, O COME BEFORE THE LORD.AND PLAY FOR HIM ON GLAD TAMBOURINES, AND LET YOUR TRUMPET SOUND. (REFRAIN)

II. RISE, O CHILDREN, FROM YOUR SLEEP, YOUR SAVIOR NOW HAS COME.HE HAS TURNED YOUR SORROW TO JOY AND FILLED YOUR SOUL WITH SONG. (REFRAIN)

III. GLAD, MY SOUL, FOR I HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE LORD.THE TRUMPET SOUNDS; THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED. I KNOW MY SAVIOR LIVES. (REFRAIN)

WE REMEMBER

REFRAIN:

WE REMEMBER HOW YOU LOVED US TO YOUR DEATH

AND STILL WE CELEBRATE FOR YOU ARE WITH US HERE.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE WILL SEE YOU WHEN YOU COME

IN YOUR GLORY LORD. WE REMEMBER.

WE CELEBRATE. WE BELIEVE.

I. HERE, A MILLION WOUNDED SOULS ARE YEARNING JUST TO TOUCH YOU AND BE HEALED.GATHER ALL YOUR PEOPLE AND HOLD THEM TO YOUR HEART. (REFRAIN)

II. NOW WE RECCREATE YOUR LOVE, WE BRING THE BREAD AND WINE TO SHARE A MEALSIGN OF GRACE AND MERCY, THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD (REFRAIN)

III. CHRIST, THE FATHER’S GREAT AMEN TO ALL THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF EVERY HEART.PEACE BEYOND ALL TELLING AND FREEDOM FROM ALL FEAR. (REFRAIN)

IV. SEE THE FACE OF CHRIST REVEALED IN EV’RY PERSON STANDING BY YOUR SIDE.GIFT TO ONE ANOTHER, AND TEMPLES OF YOUR LOVE. (REFRAIN)

YOU ARE MINE

I. I WILL COME TO YOU IN THE SILENCE, I WILL LIFT YOU FROM ALL YOUR FEAR.YOU WILL HEAR MY VOICE, I CLAIM YOU AS MY CHOICE,BE STILL AND KNOW I AM HERE.

II. I AM HOPE FOR ALL WHO ARE HOPELESS, I AM EYES FOR ALL WHO LONG TO SEE.IN THE SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT, I WILL BE YOUR LIGHT,COME AND REST IN ME.

REFRAIN:

DO NOT BE AFRAID I AM WITH YOU. I HAVE CALLED YOU EACH BY NAME.

COME AND FOLLOW ME, I WILL BRING YOU HOME;

I LOVE YOU AND YOU ARE MINE.

III. I AM STRENGHT FOR ALL THE DESPAIRING, HEALING FOR THE ONES WHO DWELL IN SHAME.ALL THE BLIND WILL SEE, THE LAME WILL ALL RUN FREE,AND ALL WILL KNOW MY NAME. (REFRAIN)

IV. I AM THE WORD THAT LEADS ALL TO FREEDOM, I AM THE PEACE THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE.I WILL CALL YOUR NAME, EMBRACING ALL YOUR PAIN, STAND UP, NOW WALK, AND LIVE! (REFRAIN)

THE SEED

I. THE BREAD BY YOUR HANDWAS ONCE A SEED T’WAS SOWN;THEN GREW AND YIELDED ON THE GROUND,AND GATHERED ALL FOR MEN.

II. THE WINE BY YOUR CUPWAS ONCE A VINE THAT CREPT,IT GREW TO BEAR GOOD FRUITS FOR MENA SYMBOL OF YOUR BLOOD.

REFRAIN:

OF THAT SEED WE EAT YOUR BODY

OUR BREAD OF LIFE,

OF THAT VINE WE DRINK YOUR BLOOD

THE WINE OF NEW COVENANT.

III. ACCEPT LORD WE OFFER THESE SEEDS AND VINES OF LIFE ,EXPRESSION OF OUR GRATITUDEWE CONSECRATE TO YOU. (REFRAIN)

CODA:

THE SEEDS AND VINES OF LIFE

ANIMA CHRISTI

I. SOUL OF CHRIST, SANCTIFY ME. BODY OF CHRIST, SAVE ME.WATER FROM THE SIDE OF CHRIST. WASH ME.PASSION OF CHRIST, GIVE ME STRENGTH.

REFRAIN I:

HEAR ME JESUS, HIDE ME IN THY WOUNDS,

THAT I MAY NEVER LEAVE THY SIDE.

FROM ALL THE EVIL THAT SURROUNDS ME, DEFEND ME.

AND WHEN THE CALL OF DEATH ARRIVES, BID ME COME TO THEE,

THAT I MAY PRAISE THEE WITH THY SAINTS, FOREVER.

REFRAIN II

HEAR ME JESUS, HIDE ME IN THY WOUNDS, ‘

THAT I MAY NEVER LEAVE THY SIDE.

FROM ALL THE EVIL THAT SURROUNDS ME, DEFEND ME.

AND WHEN THE CALL OF DEATH ARRIVES, BID ME COME TO THEE,

THAT I MAY PRAISE THEE WITH THY SAINTS, FOREVER.

HE

I. HE CAN TURN THE TIDE AND CALM THE ANGRY SEA.HE ALONE DECIDES WHO WRITES A SYMPHONY.HE LIGHTS EV’RY STAR THAT MAKES OUR DARKNESS BRIGHT.HE KEEPS WATCH ALL THROUGH THE LONG AND LONELY NIGHT.

II. HE STILL FINDS A TIME TO HEAR A CHILD’S FIRST PRAYER.SAINTS AND SINNER’S CALL CAN ALWAYS FIND HIM THERE.THOUGH IT MAKES HIM SAD TO SEE THE WAY WE LIVE;HE’LL ALWAYS SAY, Ï FORGIVE.”

III. HE CAN GRANT A WISH, AND MAKE OUR DREAMS COME TRUE.HE CAN PAINT THE CLOUDS, AND TURN THE GRAY TO BLUE.HE ALONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND THE RAINBOW’S END.HE ALONE CAN SEE WHAT LIES BBEYOND THE BEND.

IV. HE CAN TOUCH A TREE AND TURN THE LEAVES TO GOLD.HE KNOW’S EV’RY LIE THAT YOU AND I HAVE TOLD.THOUGH IT MAKES HIM SAD TO SEE THE WAY WE LIVE

HE’LL ALWAYS SAY, Ï FORGIVE.”

FREEDOM IS AT HAND

I. WE HAVE WALKED ALL THE HIGHWAYS,YET WHERE HAVE WE GONE?WE PLANTED DREAMS ALONG THE BYWAYS,WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO BE DONE?WE SPOKE OF PEACE, PURE AND SIMPLE,THEY SEEMED NOT TO UNDERSTAND.WE ASKED THEM TO FREE OUR PEOPLE,THEY SAID, “FREEDOM IS AT HAND.”

REFRAIN:

WE ASKED, “IS FREEDOM A FARMER WITH NO LAND TO FARM?

IS FREEDOM A FISHER WITH NO RIVER TO FISH?

IS FREEDOM A WORKER WITH NO PLACE TO WORK?”

YET THEY SAID, “FREEDOM IS AT HAND.”

II. GUNS CRIED LOUD AS NIGHT DREW NEAR. WE HURRIED FOR HOME.TO OUR CHILDREN AGED WITH FEAR, WHOSE DREAMS ARE MADE OF STONE.PEACE, WE SAID, IS NOT AN EMPTY PLATE OR A MAN WITH NO LAND,FREEDOM WE COULD NO LONGER WAIT.

THEY SAID, “FREEDOM IS AT HAND.” (REPEAT TWICE)

CODA:

YET THEY SAID, “FREEDOM IS AT HAND.”

I WILL SING FOREVER

I. OOOH. MAMAYEDO BAPBAREBA ZHIVA PWEYORAP BAREYA.MOREVAZHIM BE BAP BAYEVO REVA.MAMAYEDOBAP BAREBA ZHIVA PWEYORAP BAREYA.HULELE BAP BA NOVARA DO BAP BARA.

REFRAIN I:

I WILL SING FOREVER OF YOUR LOVE, O LORD. I WILL CELEBRATE THE WONDER OF YOUR NAME.

FOR THE WORD THAT YOU SPEAK, IS A SONG OF FORGIVENESS,

AND A SONG OF GENTLE MERCY AND OF PEACE.

MAMAYEDO BAPBAREBA. MAMAYEDO BAPBAREBA.

II. LET US WAKE AT THE MORNING AND BE FILLED WITH YOUR LOVE, AND SING SONGS OF PRAISE ALL OUR DAYS.FOR YOUR LOVE IS AS HIGH AS THE HEAVENS ABOVE US.

AND YOUR FAITHFULLNESS, AS CERTAIN AS THE DAWN.

REFRAIN II:

I WILL SING FOREVER OF YOUR LOVE, O LORD. FOR YOU ARE MY REFUGE AND MY STRENGTH.

YOU FILL THE WORLD WITH YOUR LIFE GIVING SPIRIT THAT SPEAKS YOUR WORD,

YOUR WORD OF MERCY AND OF PEACE.

AND I WILL SING FOREVER OF YOUR LOVE, O LORD.

YES, I WILL SING FOREVER OF YOUR LOVE, O LORD.

MAMAYEDO BAPBAREBA.

MAMAYEDO BAPBAREBA.

ZHIVA PWEYORAP BAREYA.

HULELE BAP BA NOVARA SO BAP BARA.

SONG OF CREATION

I. DEEP WITHIN OUR HEARTS DWELLS THE SONG OF OUR DESTINY,SUNG UPON THE WORLD’S COMPLETION WHEN GOD LAUGHED HEARTILY.DRAW INTO YOUR HEART, AND DRINK THE SONG OF CREATION,UNITY AND BEAUTY, ALL THAT YAHWEH MEANT TO BE.

II. THE EARTH NOW MOANS A DIRGE. SHE CANNOT PLAY HER SYMPHONY.CREATION CANNOT SING AS ONE, FOR MAN HAS LOST HIS MELODY.A HUNGRY CHILD, A DYING SEA, A NAKED FOREST, TRIBAL ENMITY.ALL FORETOLD, MAN HAS LOST HIS MEMORY. THE SONG OF DESTINY.

REFRAIN:

THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO SING AND DANCE THE SONG OF ALL CREATION AS GOD’S ONE FAMILY, ALL PEOPLE, EARTH AND SKY.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO SING THE SONG OF CREATION, THE SONG OF ALL PEOPLE’S SALVATION.

III. EARTH’S FADING GLORY, AND MAN’S BECOME HER ENEMY. WE HAVEN’T LEARNED TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH OCEAN, WIND AND TREES. THE LORD OUR GOD ALMIGHTY HEARS THE SONG OF OUR MISERY. ALL HIS CREATURES, GREAT AND SMALL FOR DELIVERY THEY CALL.

IV. THE SONG OF ANCESTRY LIES DEEP IN OUR MEMORY. WE STILL CAN SING ALONG WITH ALL THE EARTH HER FADING SONG. WITH MOTHER RIVER AND FATHER HILL, AND BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER DAFFODIL, TO SING AS ONE AS ON THE DAY THE WORLD BEGAN, WHEN YAHWEH SANG WITH MAN. (REPEAT REFRAIN)

V. LISTEN TO THE STRAINS. IN YOUR HEART REMAINS THE SONG OF CREATION, THE SONG OF SALVATION.

CODA:

TO SING AND DANCE THE SONG OF ALL CREATION AS GOD’S ONE FAMILY, ALL PEOPLE, EARTH AND SKY. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO SING THE SONG OF CREATION, THE SONG OF ALL PEOPLE’S SALVATION. (REPEAT CODA)

FINALE:

THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS, THE SONG OF ALL PEOPLE’S SALVATION.

YOUR HEART TODAY

I. WHERE THERE IS FEAR I CAN ALLAY,WHERE THERE IS PAIN I CAN HEAL,WHERE THERE ARE WOUNDS, I CAN BINDAND HUNGER I CAN FILL.

REFRAIN:

LORD, GRANT ME COURAGE.

LORD, GRANT ME STRENGTH,

GRANT ME COMPASSION THAT,

I MAY BE YOUR HEART TODAY.

II. WHERE THERE IS HATE I CAN CONFRONT,WHERE THERE ARE YOKES I CAN RELEASE,WHERE THERE ARE CAPTIVES I CAN FREE AND ANGER,I CAN APPEASE. (REFRAIN)

BRIDGE:

WHEN COMES THE DAY

I DREAD TO SEE OUR BROKEN WORLD,

COMPEL ME FROM MY CELL GROWN COLD THAT YOUR PEOPLE I MAY BE HOLD.

CODA:

AND WHEN IV’E DONE ALL THAT I COULD,

YET THERE ARE HEARTS. I CANNOT MOVE, LORD GIVE ME

HOPE THAT I MAY BE YOUR HEART TODAY.