SONGS Time after the Martyrdom of St. John
OPENING HYMN: COME, MY WAY, MY TRUTH, MY LIFE
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life:
such a way as gives us breath,
such a truth as ends all strife,
such a life as killeth death.
Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength:
such a light as shows a feast,
such a feast as mends in length,
such a strength as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart:
such a joy as none can move,
such a love as none can part,
such a heart as joys in love.
COMMUNION HYMN: AS WE GATHER AT YOUR TABLE
As we gather at Your table
As we listen to Your word
Help us know O God Your presence
Let our hearts and minds be stirred
Nourish us with sacred story
Till we claim it as our own
Teach us through this holy banquet
How to make Love's vict'ry known
Turn our worship into witness
In the sacrament of life
Send us forth to love and serve You
Bringing peace where there is strife
Give us Christ Your great compassion
To forgive as You forgave
May we still behold Your image
In the world You died to save
Gracious Spirit help us summon
Other guests to share that feast
Where triumphant Love will welcome
Those who had been last and least
There no more will envy blind us
Nor will pride our peace destroy
As we join with saints and angels
To repeat the sounding joy
CLOSING HYMN: SING OF MARY
Sing of Mary, pure and lowly, Virgin Mother undefiled.
Sing of God's own Son most holy, who became her little child.
Fairest child of fairest Mother, God the Lord who came to earth,
Word made flesh, our very brother, takes our nature by his birth.
Glory be to God the Father; glory be to God the Son;
glory be to God the Spirit; glory to the Three in One.
From the heart of blessed Mary, from all saints the song ascends,
and the Church the strain re-echoes unto earth's remotest ends.
