The book carries a Nihil Obstate from R William O'Brien O. Carm, Censor Deputatus,
and Imprimatur fromn +James s Rausch, DD, PhD, Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona, 5
October 1997,
It has two sections:
It has two sections:
- Songs for celebration, numbers 2-84
- Service music: numbers 86-108
and one index, at the end of the book which lists every item sorted
according to its title, and also shows the composer of each piece of music.
Cover photography is credited to Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin.
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Table of Contents - service music
| Title (first-line) | Number |
|---|---|
| Lord have Mercy | 61 |
|
Have mercy on us and forgive our sins
Lyrics & tune: Not stated Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 |
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| Kyrie | 62 |
|
Lyrics & tune: Joe Zsigray © North American Liturgy Resources,
1976 Score: SATB Time signature: 2/4 |
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| Gloria | 63 |
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Glory to God in the highest and
Lyrics & tune: Joe Zsigray © North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Piano score Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 6 |
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| Glory to God | 64 |
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Glory to God in the highest and
Lyrics & tune: Wendy Vickers © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 1 |
|
| Alleluia Praise to the Lord | 65 |
|
Alleluia, alleluia / I will bring you all together
Lyrics & tune: Ed Gutfreund © North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Number of verses: 3 |
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| Alleluia | 66 |
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Alleluia, alleluia / come Holy Spirit fill the hearts
Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources, 1972 Score: 2 part Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 |
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| Holy Holy | 67 |
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Holy,holy, holy Lord Lyrics & tune: Wendy Vickers © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| Holy | 68 |
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Holy,holy, holy Lord Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ and Dan Schutte SJ © Robert J Dufford SJ and Daniel L Schutte SJ, 1973 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| Anamnesis | 69 |
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Let us proclaim / Lord Jesus You come and You died for us
Lyrics & tune: Joe Zsigray © North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
|
| Anamnesis | 70 |
|
Christ has died, Christ is risen from the dead,
Lyrics & tune: Tim Schoenbachler © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: Common Number of verses: 1 |
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| Dying You Destroyed our Death | 71 |
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Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources,
1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: Common Number of verses: 1 |
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| Lord by Your Cross and Resurrection | 72 |
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Lyrics & tune: Joe Zsigray © North American Liturgy Resources,
1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: Common Number of verses: 1 |
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| When we Eat this Bread | 73 |
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Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources,
1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| When we Gather … we Proclaim | 74 |
|
When we gather to eat this bread
Lyrics & tune: Ed Gutfreund © Ed Gutfreund and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| Doxology | 75 |
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Through him and with him Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford, 1973 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| Amen | 76 |
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Lyrics & tune: Tim Schoenbachler © North American Liturgy
Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: Free Number of verses: 1 |
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| Amen | 77 |
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Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources,
1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: Common Number of verses: 1 |
|
| Lord's Prayer, The | 78 |
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Our Father, who art in heaven
Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources, 1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| Lamb of God | 79 |
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Lamb of God you take away the sins
Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources, 1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 1 |
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| Lamb of God | 80 |
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Lamb of God you take away the sins
Lyrics & tune: Joe Zsigray © North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
Table of Contents - hymns
| Title (first-line) | Number |
|---|---|
| A Song for the Masses | 49 |
|
O sing a song for all God's people / O praise the Lord with dance
and drum
Lyrics & tune: Tim Schoenbachler © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Abba Father | 1 |
|
Abba, Abba Father / Mold us, mold us and fashion us
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| All my Days | 2 |
|
Til the end of my days, O Lord / You have made me little less than a
God
Lyrics: Jim Murray SJ © James G Murray and Daniel L Schutte, 1971 Tune: Dan Schutte SJ © James G Murray and Daniel L Schutte, 1971 Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Crotchet length: 88 Based on: Psalm 8 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| Amazing Grace | 3 |
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Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Lyrics: Traditional © John Newton (1725-1807) Tune: from The Virginal Harmony, 1831 © Arrangement: North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Setting: Erich Sylvester Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| And the Father will Dance | 4 |
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And the Father will dance, as on a day of joy / Shout for joy, all
you, his people
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Zephaniah 3:14-17, 19-20 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Are not our Hearts | 5 |
|
Are not our hearts burning within us
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1973 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Based on: Luke 24:13-35 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Arise Come Sing in the Morning | 6 |
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Arise come sing in the morning / In the morning the sun will arise
Lyrics & tune: Joe Zsigray © North American Liturgy Resources, 1973 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Baptism Prayer | 7 |
|
Lord bless this child / Give to him a mother's love
Lyrics & tune: Tim Schoenbachler © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Be Not Afraid | 8 |
|
You shall cross the barren desert / Be not afraid, I got before you
always
Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Isaiah 43:2-3, Luke 6:20ff Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Blessed be God Forever | 9 |
|
When the new moon hides and there's someone dying / Whenever we're
together
Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources, 1972 Score: 2 part Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| Blest be the Lord | 10 |
|
Blest be the Lord, blest be the Lord / He will release me from the
nets of sinful men
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalm 91 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Come with me Into the Fields | 11 |
|
The fields are high and summer's days are few / The harvest is
plenty; labourers few.
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte, 1971 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Crotchet length: 88 Based on: John 4:35-38, Matthew 9:38 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Dwelling Place | 12 |
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I fall on my knees to the Father of Jesus / May Christ find a
dwelling place
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Based on: Ephesians 3:14-17, 1:2 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| Earthen Vessels | 13 |
|
We hold a treasure, not made of gold / Light has shown in our
darkness
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: 2 Cor 4:6-7, 1 Cor 1:27-29 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Every Valley | 14 |
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Every valley shall be exalted / A voice cries out in the wilderness
Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford, 1970 Score: Melody line Time signature: C Based on: Isaiah 40 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Everyone Moved by the Spirit | 15 |
|
Everyone moved the spirit is a son and daughter of God / Come O
spirit of Jesus
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 6/8 Based on: Romans 8:14 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| For You are my God | 16 |
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For you are my God / You give marvelous comrades to me
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley, 1970 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Crotchet length: 138 Based on: Psalm 16 Number of verses: 4 |
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| Glory and Praise to our God | 17 |
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Glory and praise to our God / We the daughters and sons of him
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Based on: Psalm 65 and 66 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| Good Morning Zachery | 18 |
|
God visits his people and we know him / We sing your praises in the
morning
Lyrics & tune: Ed Gutfreund © Ed Gutfreund and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Chorus melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 5 |
|
| Great Things Happen when God Mixes with Us | 19 |
|
Great things happen when God mixes with us / Some find life, some
find peace, some people even find joy
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1971, 1972 and 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 1 |
|
| Hail Mary Gentle Woman | 20 |
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Hail Mary, full of grace / Gentle woman, quiet light
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 6/8 Based on: Hail Mary - based on Luke 1:28 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| How Can I Keep from Singing | 21 |
|
My life flows on in endless song / No storm can shake my inmost calm
Lyrics: Traditional Tune: Traditional © Arrangement: Ed Gutfreund and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Setting: Ed Gutfreund Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Number of verses: 3 |
|
| I Believe in the Sun | 22 |
|
I believe in the sun, even when it isn't shining / I believe in
miracles
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1973 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 Inspired by an inscription found in an underground tunnel in Colonge, Germany after World War II |
|
| I Lift up my Soul | 23 |
|
Yahweh show Your ways to me / To you, Yahweh I lift up my soul
Lyrics & tune: Tim Mannion © Timothy Mannion and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalm 26 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| I will Sing of the Lord | 24 |
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The Lord became obedient even to His death / I will sing of the Lord
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley, 1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Philippians 2:8,9,11 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| If God is for Us | 25 |
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I know that nothing in this world / If God is for us
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Romans 8:31-39 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| If the Lord Does not Build | 26 |
|
If the Lord does not build a house / If a man wants to boast
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Dan J Schutte and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalm 27 and Jeremiah Number of verses: 3 |
|
| In Him we Live | 27 |
|
Before the world was made / In Him we live, in Him we move
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Acts 17:18. Ephesians 1:4. II Timothy 2:11 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| In Praise of His Name | 28 |
|
Bless the Lord O my soul / Sun and moon, bless the Lord
Lyrics & tune: Roc O'Connor SJ © Robert J O'Connor and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Based on: Psalms 100 and 148 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| In the Day of the Lord | 29 |
|
In the day of the Lord we will put our hands together / Lion and the
lamb will lay down
Lyrics & tune: Ed Gutfreund © Ed Gutfreund and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Isaiah 49 | 30 |
|
I will never forget you my people
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Isaiah 49:15 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Jesus is Lord | 31 |
|
Let the trumpet blast, let the cymbals crash / Praise him with
blasts of the trumpet
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalms 148, 149, 150 Number of verses: 6 Subtitle: A Triumphant Psalm of Praise to the Risen Lord |
|
| Lay Your Hands | 32 |
|
Lay your hands gently, upon us / You were sent to heal the broken
hearted
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Isaiah 61:1 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Let Heaven Rejoice | 33 |
|
Let heaven rejoice and earth be glad / Sound the trumpet into the
night
Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford SJ, 1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: 6/8 Number of verses: 6 Subtitle: A Song of Covenant Love |
|
| Like a Seal on Your Heart | 34 |
|
Set me like a seal on your heart / The flash of it is a flash of
fire
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Song of Songs 8 6-7, 1:4 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Like a Shepherd | 35 |
|
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock / Say to the cities of Judah
Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford SJ and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Based on: Isahah 9:40 ff, Ezekiel 34:11, Matt 11:28 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Litany | 36 |
|
O Lord our God we lift up our hearts to you / Stone of the sages
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1969 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 |
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| Lord of Glory | 37 |
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Leaping the mountains, bounding the hills / Come then O God of glory
Lyrics & tune: Tim Mannion © Timothy Mannion and North American Liturgy Resources, 1976 Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Based on: Song of Songs |
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| Only a Shadow | 38 |
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The love I have for you my Lord / My life is in your hands
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources Score: Melody line |
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| Peace is Flowing like a River | 39 |
|
Lyrics: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy
Resources Tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources Score: Melody line |
|
| Peace Prayer | 40 |
|
Lord make me a means of your peace
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American Liturgy Resources Score: Melody line |
|
| Play before the Lord | 41 |
|
I will play before the Lord, I will sing to him my melody
Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford SJ and North American Liturgy Resources Score: Melody line Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Praise the Lord my Soul | 42 |
|
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American
Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalm 103 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| Psalm 133: Oh how Good | 43 |
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O how good, how wonderful it is / It is as fragrant as pure oil
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalm 133 Number of verses: 2 |
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| Rise up Jerusalem - Foley | 44 |
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Rise up Jerusalem and shine forth
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley, 1970 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Isaiah 60:1-4 Number of verses: 2 |
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| Rise up Jerusalem - Schoenbachler | 45 |
|
Sing all you people for the day is near / Rise up, rise up, rise up
Jerusalem
Lyrics & tune: Tim Schoenbachler © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 Recommended uses: Advent |
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| Seek the Lord | 46 |
|
Seek the Lord while may be found / Today is the day
Lyrics & tune: Roc O'Connor SJ © Robert F O'Connor and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Isaiah 55:6-9 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Sing a New Song | 47 |
|
Sing a new song / Yahweh's people dance for joy
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte, SJ, 1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Based on: Psalm 98 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Sing to the Mountains | 48 |
|
Sing to the mountains, since to the sea / I will give thanks you, my
Lord
Lyrics & tune: Bob Dufford SJ © Robert J Dufford and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Based on: Psalm 118 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Song of Baptism | 50 |
|
See this child before you Lord / She is born, born again
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1969 and 1973 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Spirit is A-moving, The | 51 |
|
The Spirit is a movin' all over, all over this land / People are
gathering, the church is born
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1969 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 7 Written at Pentecost, 1967 |
|
| Stay with Me | 52 |
|
I am a man without envy / Walk with me, talk with me
Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources, 1972 Score: Melody line Time signature: 3/4 Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Take Lord Receive | 53 |
|
Take, Lord, receive all my liberty / Give me only your love and your
grace
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 Based on the Spiritual Exercises, No 234 |
|
| This is a Holy Day | 54 |
|
From the dawn of creation when all things were named / This is a
holy day
Lyrics & tune: Erich Sylvester © North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Number of verses: 3 |
|
| Though the Mountains may Fall | 55 |
|
Though the mountains may fall and the hills turn to dust / Could the
Lord ever leave you?
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: Cut Based on: Isaiah 54:6-10, 49:15, 40:31-312 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| Time for Building Bridges, A | 56 |
|
There's a time for loving and a time for embracing / O take our
hearts Lord, take our minds
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © Rev Carey Landry and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 2 |
|
| Turn to Me | 57 |
|
Turn to me O man and be saved / I am he that comforts you
Lyrics & tune: John Foley SJ © John B Foley SJ and North American Liturgy Resources, 1975 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Isaiah 45:22-23, 51:12, 4,6 |
|
| Yahweh the Faithful One | 58 |
|
Have no fear, for I am with you / Yahweh's love with last forrever,
his faithfulness til the end of time
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte, 1970 Score: Melody line Time signature: Common Based on: Genesis 12:1-2, 13, 14-17; 15:1-5 Number of verses: 4 |
|
| You are Near | 59 |
|
Yahweh I know you are near / Lord you have searched my heart
Lyrics & tune: Dan Schutte SJ © Daniel L Schutte, 1971 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Based on: Psalm 139 Number of verses: 4 |
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| You have been Baptized in Christ | 60 |
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You have been baptised in Christ / God the father has freed you
Lyrics & tune: Carey Landry © North American Liturgy Resources, 1977 Score: Melody line Time signature: 4/4 Number of verses: 3 Text is from the rite of Christian Initiation. Performance note: lightly with Calypso rhythm |
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