SONGS: DIVINE CLEMENCY SUNDAY
OPENING HYMN: GOD OF MIGHT AND GOD OF MERCY
God of might and God of mercy,
Ever ancient, ever new,
We have gathered as your people
to declare our faith in you.
Drawn by hope, yet still uncertain,
We implore you to come near.
Show your face; draw back the curtain
To reveal your presence here.
PSALM:
R. Give thanks to the Lord,
for his great love is without end.
COMMUNION HYMN: LOVING AND FORGIVING
R. Loving and forgiving are You, O Lord
Slow to anger, rich in kindness
Loving and forgiving are You
All my being bless the Lord
Bless the holy name of God
All my being bless the Lord
Remembering the goodness of God. R
God forgives us all our sins
Healing those who live in pain
Saving us from final death
God fills us with goodness and love. R
Good and gracious is the Lord
Slow to anger, rich in love
God remembers not our sins
Forgiving and loving is God. R
As heaven soars above the earth
So great the love of God for us.
As far as east is from the west,
The Lord takes our sins from us. R
CLOSING HYMN: ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER
Alma Redemptóris Mater
Quae pérvia caeli pórta mánes
et stélla máris succúrre cadénti
súrgere qui cúrat pópulo:
tu quae genuísti, natúra miránte,
túum sánctum Genitórem:
Vírgo prius ac postérius, Gabriélis ab oré
súmens íllud Ave, peccatórum miserére.
Translation:
O illustrious Mother of the Redeemer, / O ever-open door of salvation, / O Star of the Sea, succor the weakness of your people, / arise and revive them. / You who amazed nature, / by generating your own Creator, / Virgin ever most pure, / accept from the lips of Gabriel, / the great announcement / and have mercy on us sinners.
