SONGS - SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
OPENING HYMN: ALLELUJA! SING TO JESUS
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus;
His the sceptre, his the throne;
Alleluia! his the triumph,
His the victory alone!
Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion
Thunder like a mighty flood:
"Jesus out of every nation
Has redeemed us by his blood."
Alleluia! Not as orphans
Are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia! he is near us;
Faith believes nor questions how.
Though the cloud from sight received him,
When the forty days were o'er,
Shall our hearts forget his promise?
"I am with you evermore."
PSALM:
R. The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja.
O filii et filiae
Rex coelestis, rex gloriae,
Morte surrexit hodie. Alleluja!
Alleluja, alleluja, alleluja.
COMMUNION HYMN: COME DOWN O LOVE DIVINE
Come down, O love divine, seek Thou this soul of mine,
And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing.
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn, til earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let Thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.
CLOSING HYMN: REGINA COELI
Regina coeli, laetare, alleluia:
Quia quem meruisti portare. alleluia,
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
