SECOND READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Thanks be to God."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION | Alleluia No. IV | Alstott
GOSPEL READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ."
HOMILY
GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
All Respond: "Lord, hear our prayer."
Your only Son no sin to hide
But You have sent Him from Your side
To walk upon this guilty sod
And to become the Lamb of God
Chorus:
Oh Lamb of God sweet Lamb of God
I love the holy Lamb of God
Oh wash me in His precious blood
My Jesus Christ the Lamb of God
Your gift of love they crucified
They laughed and scorned Him as He died
The humble King they named a fraud
And sacrificed the Lamb of God (Chorus)
I was so lost I should have died
But You have brought me to Your side
To be led by Your staff and rod
And to be called a lamb of God (Chorus)
The Passion of Our Lord According to John.
Fr. Kevin = Narrator
Speaker = Lector 3
Jesus = Assembly
Crowd = Choir
Narrator: Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley. There was a garden there and he and his disciples entered it. The place was familiar to Judas as well (the one who was to hand him over) because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. Judas took the cohort as well as guards supplied by the chief priests and the Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. Jesus, aware of all that would happen to him, stepped forward and said to them,
Jesus: "Who is it you want?
Speaker: "Jesus the Nazorean."
Jesus: "I am he."
Narrator: Now Judas, the one who was to hand him over, was there with them. As Jesus said to them, "I am he," they retreated slightly and fell to the ground. Jesus put the question to them again,
Jesus: "Who is it you want?"
Speaker: "Jesus, the Nazorean."
Jesus: "I have told you, I am he. If I am the one you want, let these men go."
Narrator: Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the slave of the high priest, severing his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus. At that Jesus said to Peter,
Jesus: "Put your sword back in its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me?"
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: Then the soldiers of the cohort, their tribune, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him. They led him first to Annas, the father-in -law of Caiaphas who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had proposed to the Jews the advantage of having one man die for the people. Simon Peter, in company with another disciple, kept following Jesus closely.
Speaker: This disciple, who was known to the high priest, stayed with Jesus as far as the high priest's courtyard, while Peter was left standing at the gate. The disciple known to the high priest came out and spoke to the woman at the gate, and then brought Peter in. This servant girl who kept the gate said to Peter,
Narrator: "Aren't you one of this man's followers?"
Speaker: "Not I."
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: Now the night was cold, and the servants and the guards who were standing around had made a charcoal fire to warm themselves by. Peter joined them and stood there warming himself. The high priest questioned Jesus, first about his disciples, then about his teaching. Jesus answered by saying:
Jesus: "I have spoken publicly to any who would listen. I always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area where all the Jews come together. There was nothing secret about anything I said.
"Why do you question me? Question those who heard me when I spoke. It should be obvious they will know what I said."
Narrator: At this reply, one of the guards who was standing nearby gave Jesus a sharp blow on the face.
Speaker: "Is that any way to answer the high priest?"
Jesus: "If I said anything wrong produce the evidence, but if I spoke the truth why hit me?"
Narrator: Annas next sent him, bound, to the high priest, Caiaphas.
All through this, Simon Peter had been standing there warming himself. They said to him,
Crowd: "Are you not a disciple of his?"
Speaker: "I am not!"
Narrator: "But did I not see you with him in the garden?" insisted one of the high priest's slaves – as it happened, al relative of the man whose ear Peter had severed. Peter denied it again. At that moment a cock began to crow.
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: At daybreak they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. They did not enter the praetorium themselves, for they had to avoid ritual impurity if they were to eat the Passover supper. Pilate came out to them.
Speaker: "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
Narrator: "If he were not a criminal, we would certainly not have handed him over to you."
Speaker: At this Pilate said, "Why do you not take him and pass judgment on him according to your law?"
Narrator: "We may not put any one to death," the Jews answered.
This was to fulfill what Jesus had said, indicating the sort of death he would die.
Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus.
Speaker: Are you the King of the Jews?"
Jesus: "Are you saying this on your own, or have others been telling you about me?"
Speaker: "I am no Jew! It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?"
Jesus: "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my subjects would be fighting to save me from being handed over to the Jews. As it is, my kingdom is not here."
Speaker: "So then, you are a king?"
Jesus: "It is you who say I am a king. The reason I was born, the reason why I came into the world, is to testify to the truth. Anyone committed to the truth hears my voice."
Speaker: "Truth! What does that mean?"
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: After this remark, Pilate went out again to the Jews and told them:
Speaker: "Speaking for myself, I find no case against this man. Recall your custom whereby I release to you someone at Passover time. Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?"
Crowd: "We want Barabbas, not this one!"
Speaker: Barabbas was an insurrectionist. Pilate's next move was to take Jesus and have him scourged. The soldiers then wove a crown of thorns and fixed it on his head, throwing around his shoulders a cloak of royal purple. Repeatedly they came up to him and said, "All hail, King of the Jews!" slapping his face as they did so.
Narrator: Pilate went out a second time and said to the crowd:
Speaker: "Observe what I do. I am going to bring him out to make you realize that I find no case against him."
Narrator: When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak, Pilate said to them,
Speaker: "Look at the man!"
Narrator: As soon as the chief priests and the temple police saw him, they shouted,
Crowd: "Crucify him! Crucify him!"
Speaker: "Take him and crucify him yourselves; I find no case against him."
Narrator: "We have our law, and according to that law he must die because he made himself the Son of God."
Speaker: When Pilate heard this kind of talk, he was more afraid than ever.
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: Going back into the praetorium, he said to Jesus,
Speaker: "Where do you come from?"
Narrator: Jesus would not give him any answer.
Speaker: "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that I have the power to release you and the power to crucify you?"
Jesus: "You would have no power over me whatever unless it were given you from above. That is why he who handed me over to you is guilty of the greater sin."
Speaker: After this, Pilate was eager to release him, but the Jews shouted,
Crowd: "If you free this man you are no 'Friend of Caesar.' Anyone who makes himself a king becomes Caesar's rival."
Speaker: Pilate heard what they were saying, then brought Jesus outside and took a seat on a judge's bench at the place called the Stone Pavement - Gabbatha in Hebrew. It was the Preparation Day for Passover, and the hour was about noon.
Narrator: Pilate said to the Jews,
Speaker: "Look at your king!"
Crowd: "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!"
Speaker: "What! Shall I crucify your king?"
Crowd: "We have no king but Caesar."
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Speaker: In the end, Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified.
Jesus was led away, and carrying the cross by himself, went out to what is called the Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha.)
Narrator: There they crucified him, and two others with him: one on either side, Jesus in the middle. Pilate had an inscription placed on the cross which read,
"Jesus the Nazorean.
The King of the Jews."
Speaker: This inscription, in Hebrew, Latin and Greek, was read by many of the Jews, since the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. The chief priests of the Jews tried to tell Pilate,
Narrator: “You should not have written, ‘The King of the Jews.’ Write instead, ‘This man claimed to be king of the Jews.’
Speaker: “What I have written, I have written.”
Narrator: After the soldiers had crucified Jesus they took his garments and divided them four ways, one for each soldier. There was also his tunic, but this tunic was woven in one piece from top to bottom and had no seam. They said to each other,
Speaker: "We shouldn't tear it. Let's throw dice to see who gets it."
Narrator: The purpose of this was to have the Scripture fulfilled: "They divided my garments among them; for my clothing they cast lots." And this was what the soldiers did.
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: Near the cross of Jesus there stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. Seeing his mother there with the disciple whom he loved, Jesus said to his mother,
Jesus: "Woman, there is your son."
Narrator: In turn he said to the disciple,
Jesus: "There is your mother."
Narrator: From that hour onward, the disciple took her into his care.
After that, Jesus, realizing that everything was now finished, to bring the Scripture to fulfillment said,
Jesus: "I am thirsty."
Narrator: There was a jar there, full of common wine. They stuck a sponge soaked in this wine on some hyssop and raised it to his lips. When Jesus took the wine, he said,
Jesus: "Now it is finished."
Narrator: Then he bowed his head, and delivered over his spirit.
(pause - at least 30 seconds of silence)
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: Since it was the Preparation Day the Jews did not want to have the bodies left on the cross during the Sabbath, for that Sabbath was a solemn feast day. They asked Pilate that the legs be broken and the bodies be taken away. Accordingly, the soldiers came and broke the legs of the men crucified with Jesus, first of one, then of the other. When they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. One of the soldiers ran a lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
Speaker: This testimony has been given by an eyewitness, and this testimony is true. He tells what he knows is true, so that you may believe. These events took place for the fulfillment of Scripture:
"Break none of his bones."
There is still another Scripture passage which says:
"They shall look on him whom they have pierced."
Narrator: Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (although a secret one for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate's permission to remove Jesus' body. Pilate granted it, so they came and took the body away.
Nicodemus (the man who had first come to Jesus at night) likewise came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes which weighed about a hundred pounds. They took Jesus' body, and in accordance with Jewish burial custom bound it up in wrappings of cloth with perfumed oils.
Speaker: In the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, (pause) and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. (Pause) Because of the Jewish Preparation Day they laid Jesus there, for the tomb was close at hand.
Sung REFRAIN: “All you who pass this way, look and see.”
Narrator: The gospel of the Lord.
All Respond: "Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ."
“I confess to almighty God and to you my brothers and sisters that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I ask Blessed Mary—ever virgin—all the angels and saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.”
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
(John 14:2 NABRE)
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Let nothing disturb you...
Let nothing frighten you...
All things are passing away...
God never changes...
Patience obtains all things...
Whoever has God lacks nothing...
God alone suffices...
PRELUDE | Be Forgiven | Tom Booth
INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
OPENING SONG | The Glory of These Forty Days | ERHALT UNS, HERR
SIGN OF THE CROSS
GREETING
OPENING PRAYER
All Respond: "Amen."
FIRST READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Lord, hear our prayer."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Psalm 51 | Curtis Stephan
SECOND READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Thanks be to God."
LENTEN GOSPEL ACCLAMATION | from Mass of the Desert | Tom Booth
GOSPEL READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ."
HOMILY
CHANT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES | Signed by Ashes | Kevin Keil
GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
All Respond: "Lord, hear our prayer."..
PREPARATION OF GIFTS | Gracious God | Jesse Manibusan
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY | from Mass of the Desert | Tom Booth
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION | from Mass of the Desert | Tom Booth
GREAT AMEN | from Mass of the Desert | Tom Booth
THE LORD'S PRAYER
LAMB OF GOD | from Mass of the Desert | Tom Booth
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER
AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
(by Fr. James Eblen)
Lord Jesus Christ, I give you thanks and praise,
For the ways you make yourself present to me.
By your words in Scripture you speak to me,
Renewing my faith and my hope.
I thank you especially for your presence in Eucharist
Under the signs of bread and wine.
At this moment I cannot receive you in the Sacrament,
But I love you and I believe that you are with me even now.
I remain with you through the power of the Holy Spirit
Which makes all of us One Body in Christ.
I rejoice and give thanks for my union with you now
And I pray that one day I may see you face to face. Amen.
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' down to freedom land
Ain't gonna let no hatred turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let no hatred turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
Ain't gonna let injustice turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let injustice turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God, heavenly King,
O God, almighty Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father,
you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
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.
[Priest]
The mystery of faith.
We proclaim your Death, O Lord,
and profess your Resurrection
until you come again.
When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup,
we proclaim your Death, O Lord,
until you come again.
Save us, Savior of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' down to freedom land
Ain't gonna let no hatred turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let no hatred turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
Ain't gonna let injustice turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let injustice turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
Turn me around, turn me around
Ain't gonna let nobody turn me around
I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin'
Marchin' up to freedom's land
PRELUDE | Of the Father's Love Begotten | DIVINUM MYSTERIUM
PRELUDE | Coventry Carol
PRELUDE | In the Bleak Midwinter | CRANHAM
INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
ENTRANCE HYMN | We Three Kings | KINGS OF ORIENT
SIGN OF THE CROSS
GREETING
KYRIE / LORD, HAVE MERCY
GLORY TO GOD | A Christmas Gloria | Gibson
OPENING PRAYER
All Respond: "Amen."
FIRST READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Lord, hear our prayer."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Psalm 72 | Lord, Every Nation | Jesse Manibusan
1. O God, with your judgment endow the King; and with your justice he shall reign.
2. The Savior shall rule from sea to sea, and to all ends of the earth.
3. He shall rescue the poor when they cry out; he'll save the dying when they are alone.
4. Justice shall flower ’til the moon be no more. He will show mercy for the poor.
SECOND READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Thanks be to God."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION | Celtic Alleluia | O'Carroll, Walker
GOSPEL READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ."
EPIPHANY PROCLAMATION (click here to view a PDF)
The Announcement of Easter and the Moveable Feasts
HOMILY GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
All Respond: "Lord, hear our prayer."
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS | The First Nowell
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY | Mass of Renewal | Curtis Stephan
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION | Mass of Renewal | Curtis Stephan
GREAT AMEN | Mass of Renewal | Curtis Stephan
THE LORD'S PRAYER
LAMB OF GOD | from Mass Renewal | Curtis Stephan
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER
AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
(by Fr. James Eblen)
Lord Jesus Christ, I give you thanks and praise,
For the ways you make yourself present to me.
By your words in Scripture you speak to me,
Renewing my faith and my hope.
I thank you especially for your presence in Eucharist
Under the signs of bread and wine.
At this moment I cannot receive you in the Sacrament,
But I love you and I believe that you are with me even now.
I remain with you through the power of the Holy Spirit
Which makes all of us One Body in Christ.
I rejoice and give thanks for my union with you now
And I pray that one day I may see you face to face. Amen.
COMMUNION | Child of the Poor | Soper
COMMUNION | What Child Is This | GREENSLEEVES
CLOSING SONG | Good Christian Friends, Rejoice | IN DULCI JUBILO
POSTLUDE | None today. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
1. The tree of life my soul hath seen,
Laden with fruit and always green:
The trees of nature fruitless be
Compared with Christ the apple tree.
2. His beauty doth all things excel:
By faith I know, but ne'er can tell
The glory which I now can see
In Jesus Christ the apple tree.
3. For happiness I long have sought,
And pleasure dearly I have bought:
I missed of all; but now I see
'Tis found in Christ the apple tree.
4. I'm weary with my former toil,
Here I will sit and rest awhile:
Under the shadow I will be,
Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.
5. This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,
It keeps my dying faith alive;
Which makes my soul in haste to be
With Jesus Christ the apple tree.
Chorus
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices!
O night divine! O night when Christ was born.
O night, O holy night, O night divine.
Chorus
He knows our need, To our weakness no stranger!2
Behold your King! Before Him lowly bend!
Behold your King! your King! before him bend!
PRELUDE | All My Heart This Night Rejoices (Johann Georg Ebeling)
1 All my heart this night rejoices
as I hear far and near
sweetest angel voices.
"Christ is born," their choirs are singing
'til the air ev'rywhere
now with joy is ringing.
2 Hark! a voice from yonder manger,
soft and sweet, doth entreat,
"Flee from woe and danger.
Brethren, from all ills that grieve you,
you are freed; all you need
I will surely give you."
3 Come, then, banish all your sadness,
one and all, great and small;
come with songs of gladness.
Love him who with love is glowing;
hail the star, near and far
light and joy bestowing.
4 Dearest Lord, thee will I cherish.
Though my breath fail in death,
yet I shall not perish,
but with thee abide forever
there on high, in that joy
which can vanish never.
PRELUDE | Christ is Born (The Carpenters)
It is he, Christ who is born today
Hear him crying, In the manger
King of Heaven, Son of God
Alleluia, Alleluia
There he lies, There with the lambkin
Only swaddle for his garment
With his Holy Mother Mary
Alleluia, Alleluia
Glory, Glory to almighty God
And on earth peace to all men
Hear the joyful angels singing
Alleluia, Alleluia
He is born, Let us adore him
Christ the Lord, King of Kings
Prince of Peace, For all the universe
Alleluia, Alleluia
INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
ENTRANCE HYMN | O Come, All Ye Faithful!
SIGN OF THE CROSS
GREETING
KYRIE / LORD, HAVE MERCY
GLORY TO GOD | A Christmas Gloria | Gibson
OPENING PRAYER
All Respond: "Amen."
FIRST READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Emmanuel, hear us."
RESPONSORIAL PSALM | Psalm 96 | Today Our Savior Is Born | Cortez
SECOND READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Thanks be to God."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION | Celtic Alleluia | O'Carroll, Walker
GOSPEL READING (click for the day's scripture)
All Respond: "Praise to you, Lord, Jesus Christ."
HOMILY GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
All Respond: "Lord, hear our prayer."
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS | Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY | Mass of Renewal | Curtis Stephan
MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION | Mass of Renewal | Curtis Stephan
GREAT AMEN | Mass of Renewal | Curtis Stephan
THE LORD'S PRAYER
LAMB OF GOD | from Mass Renewal | Curtis Stephan
SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER
AN ACT OF SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
(by Fr. James Eblen)
Lord Jesus Christ, I give you thanks and praise,
For the ways you make yourself present to me.
By your words in Scripture you speak to me,
Renewing my faith and my hope.
I thank you especially for your presence in Eucharist
Under the signs of bread and wine.
At this moment I cannot receive you in the Sacrament,
But I love you and I believe that you are with me even now.
I remain with you through the power of the Holy Spirit
Which makes all of us One Body in Christ.
I rejoice and give thanks for my union with you now
And I pray that one day I may see you face to face. Amen.
COMMUNION REFLECTION | Away in a Manger, Silent Night
CLOSING SONG | Joy to the World
POSTLUDE | None today. Merry Christmas!
I Hear America Singing | Walt Whitman
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,
The wood-cutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Dayspring, from on high,
And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O come, Thou Key of David, come
And open wide our heav'nly home;
Make safe the way that leads to Thee,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O when the Saints go marching in
When the Saints go marching in
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
And when the sun begins to shine
And when the sun begins to shine
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
And on that hallelujah day
And on that hallelujah day
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
O when the trumpet sounds the call
O when the trumpet sounds the call
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
And when we all have food to eat
And when we all have food to eat
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
And when our leaders learn to cry
And when our leaders learn to cry
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
O when the Saints go marching in
When the Saints go marching in
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in
PEACE TRAIN
8 bar intro
1. Now I've been happy lately
Thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be
Something good has begun
2. Oh, I've been smiling lately
Dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be
Someday it's going to come
3. 'Cause I'm on the edge of darkness
There ride a Peace Train
Oh, Peace Train take this country
Come take me home again
4. Now I've been smiling lately,
Thinkin' about the good things to come
And I believe it could be,
Something good has begun
5. (Guitar Hold chord)
Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train (claps)
(instrumental oo ah)
Come on now Peace Train
6. (Guitar Hold Chord)
Yes, Peace Train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the Peace Train (claps)
(instrumental oo ah)
Come on the Peace Train, peace train
INSTRUMENTAL 4 bars
INSTRUMENTAL 4 bars (vocal ad lib)
7. Now I've been crying lately,
(GUITAR TRIPLETS)
Thinkin' about the world as it is
(BIG GUITAR CHORD)
Why must we go on hating,
Why can't we live in bliss
8. 'Cause out on the edge of darkness,
There rides a Peace Train
Oh Peace Train take this country,
Come take me home again
9. (Guitar Hold Chord)
Oh Peace Train sounding louder
Glide on the Peace Train (claps)
(Instrumental oo ah)
Come on, come on, come on
Yes, come on, peace train HEY!
Yes, it's the peace train. (2 bars of C)
INSTRUMENTAL 4 BARS (oo ah)
Come on the peace train,
The peace, train.
8 bars INSTRUMENTAL
Bless the Lord O my soul
O my soul
Worship His Holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I’ll worship Your Holy name
The sun comes up
It’s a new day dawning
It’s time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass
And whatever lies before me
Let me be singing
When the evening comes
You’re rich in love
And You’re slow to anger
Your name is great
And Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness
I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons
For my heart to find
And on that day
When my strength is failing
The end draws near
And my time has come
Still my soul will
Sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years
And then forevermore