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Christ, Be Born In Us
$0.00 or moreChrist, Be Born In UsAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Greensleeves. A dialogue between soloist and congregation, or congregation can sing the whole song. Includes both an Advent and a Christmas version. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: We thank you, God of all and all to come, for it is in you we live; our sin’s release, and eternal peace in your Covenant you give. Praise, praise, Creation sings to God, who shines in all good things. Peace, peace on earth to all, for blessed is One who is coming. We sing your praise in harmony with the song that Jesus has sung us, on Christmas morn, of Mary born, the Word made flesh among us. Christ, Christ you set us free from sin and death eternally! Christ, dead and raised, you give new life as we wait for your coming. O stir your Spirit in us and come enfleshed, as we of your mercy tell. Your love impart to every heart, O God, Emmanuel. Love, love will give us birth, your church, the Body of Christ on earth. Christ, Christ be born in us, that we may be signs of your coming. -
Come, Bring Your Light
$3.00 or moreCome, Bring Your LightAdd to cartOriginal song. For Advent, Year B. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. Sing one section each week. The congregation's response remains the same through out the season; the soloist's verses reflect the weeks' lectionary texts. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics for week 1: Cantor: O God, that you would tear open the heavens and come down! You are our maker, you the potter and we your clay. We lack no spiritual gift as we wait for you, O Christ. For you will strengthen us to the end. Congregation: O Come to us, O come, Emmanuel, and bring your light into our darkened world. Keep alert, for you do not know when the Beloved will appear. As with the fig tree in spring, watch for signs of new life. Heaven and earth will pass away but your words will not pass away. Help us, O Christ, to follow your call to keep awake. Congregation: O Come to us, O come, Emmanuel, and bring your light into our darkened world. -
Come, Holy Dawn
$3.00 or moreCome, Holy DawnAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist (or ensemble) and congregation. To be used throughout Advent, one verse per week. Verses reflect weekly Advent readings in Year A of the Common Lectionary. Includes optional flute part. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Congregation: Refrain Come, morning star, light our way in our darkest night. Come, light of God, grant us peace, gently shining bright. Come, holy dawn, sun of love, fill us with your light. Soloist/Choir: Week 1. Waken now, my people! Morning soon will rise. Hope is rising warmly. Open up your eyes. (Refrain) Week 2. Change your hearts, my people! Trust, repent and pray. With the Spirit's fire bear fruit: prepare the way. (Refrain) Week 3. Patience now, my people! God's promises are sure. Justice quells the mighty, empowering the poor. (Refrain) Week 4. Courage, now, my people! Rise up and have no fear. Dare to love with joy for God With Us is here. (Refrain) -
Come, O Jesus, Come!
$3.00 or moreCome, O Jesus, Come!Add to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. To be used throughout Advent, one verse per week. Verse lyrics reflect weekly readings from Advent, year A in the Revised Common Lectionary. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Soloist: Rise, O people, awake! The light of Christ is dawning! Alleluia! Alleluia! Come, O Jesus, come! Congregation: Dawn on us from above. Raise us up in your love. Awaken our hope with the day, and lead us in your way. Come, O Jesus, come! Come, O Jesus, come! Verses (soloist/Choir) Week 1: Salvation is near, the day is at hand. Rise and put off the night. Walk in the light of our God with hope. Awake, and greet the light! Week 2: The day will soon come of justice and peace; the wolf and the lamb will share. Repent and prepare the way in love. A child will lead us there! Week 3: God is coming to all the world! Strengthen the weak! Rejoice! The desert itself will blossom with joy. Lift up your heart and voice! Week 4: Blessed are they who humbly trust your promise that they have heard. Shine on us! May we live in peace, according to your Word. -
Feast On Mercy
$3.00 or moreFeast On MercyAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between congregation and song leader. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: May not my comfort cloud my eyes to see the needy at my door. But, poor in spirit, may I rise, and feast on mercy with the poor. Poor Christ, I confess: I cling to all I posses. With grace, open my eyes to see the poor who bear your image to my door. My my privilege and place not blind me to my need for grace. With empty hands I come, for I am sure with grace, O God, you feed the poor. As one who by your hand is fed I hunger now to share your bread, to see that justice for the poor is done, for at your table we are one. -
Food for the Body
$3.00 or moreFood for the BodyAdd to cartOriginal song. A communion song: a dialogue between leader and congregation. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: All: (Chorus) Food for the body, food for the soul, making us new again, making us whole. Grateful we are that you faithfully give the Spirit of love, the power to live. Cantor: 1. Remembering Jesus, we thank you for all that he’s done. He gives us his Spirit, and feeds us, and makes us all one in love, in faith, in you. (Chorus): 2. The body of Jesus, broken and risen to live, you give us to eat, by your grace to become and to give to all, for all to live. (Chorus): 3. The Spirit of Jesus arises in us like a dove, to give us the courage to live every moment in love in you for you, forever. (Chorus) -
God, We Are Waiting
$3.00 or moreGod, We Are WaitingAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Advent dialogue between soloist and congregation. Two verses per week, following lectionary for year A. Includes a Kyrie and Eucharistic Prayer responses. (Audio sample in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: God, we are waiting, watching and hoping. Come to us and save us and bring us peace. 1. In the face of fear and the world's distress look for signs that God is here to bless. Let your heart not be weighed down with fear: your redemption's drawing near. 2. God will cause a righteous branch to grow, flourishing with love and justice. Help us walk the path of righteousness, and love; lead us in the way of hope. -
How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place
$3.00 or moreHow Lovely Is Your Dwelling PlaceAdd to cartOriginal song. Psalm 84. A dialogue between cantor/leader and congregation. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Congregation: How lovely is your dwelling place. We find a home in you, O God. Even the sparrow finds a place in the perfect sanctuary of your grace. Cantor: 1. My soul cries out to be with you. My heart and flesh sing out to you. Our love is in you. 2. Blessed are they who live in you, who put their trust in you alone. Our hope is in you. 3. You bless your pilgrims on their way. You turn our hearts to living springs. Our strength is in you. 4. A day within your house, O God, is better than a year without. Our joy is in you. 5. I'll be a servant in your house, rather than riches on my own. Our heart is in you. 6. There's nothing good that you withhold from those who live each day in you. Our home is in you. -
I Take Up My Cross
$3.00 or moreI Take Up My CrossAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Dialogue between soloist & Congregation. (Listen to it in the Product description below.) Lyrics: Letting go, I am held. I take up my cross and follow. 1. Jesus, you call to me, and draw me into your life. 2. Christ, I leave all behind, to follow you in love. 3. I yield my life to you, for you alone are God. 4. Loved with your costly love, I’ll suffer for the sake of love. 5. Christ, make my one desire to be to serve you in love. -
I Wait for Your Will
$3.00 or moreI Wait for Your WillAdd to cartOriginal song. May be sung as a dialogue between leader and congregation, or the congregation may sing the whole thing. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: I wait for your will. I wait for your will. I wait for your will, O God, for your loving will, your life-giving will. I wait for your will, O God. 1. All I desire to control I let go and place into your hands, my God. 2. Heal and protect and provide. Hear me and stay by my side. 3. You are my wisdom and strength. I will do your will alone, my God. 4. Help me to listen and wait, trusting your Spirit to move, my God. -
Light for the World
$3.00 or moreLight for the WorldAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. May be sung as a stand-alone song, or used as a weekly "theme song," especially in Epiphany, Year A. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) There are 19 verses to choose from. Sample lyrics: Chorus: Love, may we live by your light. Let us be light for the world. Sample verses: Magi who followed the light of your star offered their gifts to your glory. May we shine brightly wherever we are. Our love will tell your story. You are the light, the light of the world. Give thanks for the light shining in you. Let your light shine so that others may see, and glorify God. When you belong to God you are light, no longer held in the dark night. Live what is loving and true, my friends, as children of light. Give your attention to God's good news, like a candle that shines in a dark place; Let that light fill you and guide you, my friends, and shine with love. -
Longing Night
$3.00 or moreLonging NightAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation, to be used throughout the four weeks of Advent. The congregation's response remains the same but the lyrics in each of the soloist's verses correspond to that week's Lectionary readings. Includes Eucharistic responses to the same tune. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Introduction- Cantor: Alleluia. Alleluia. Make ready your hearts for the Coming One. Alleluia. Alleluia. Response- Congregation In our deepest longing night, dawn upon us, God of light. Verses- Cantor: Week 1: Now is the time to wake from your sleep. The night is far gone; the day is near. Response Watch for the unexpected hour. Come, let us walk in the light of God. Response Week 2 : Make straight a way for the Promised One. Watch, repent, and bear good fruit. Response God shall come to rule with grace. Wolf and lamb shall dwell in peace. Response Week 3 : As a farmer waits for the crop, wait for the One who now draws near. Response God overthrows our might with love, spurns the rich and lifts the poor. Response Week 4 : We have tasted the bread of tears. Shine your face and save us, God. Response God's be afraid; God's Word is good. A woman shall bear Emmanuel. Response -
Please, I Want to See
$3.00 or morePlease, I Want to SeeAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. (Listen to an audio sample in the Product Description.) (A dialogue between soloist and congregation) Lyrics: Jesus, your brother, your Savior, says, “What do you want me to do for you?” Please, I want to see anew, Jesus, please give me sight. I want to see with the eyes of love. I want to walk in the light. 2. Help us to see by the light of your grace, aware of your presence, awake to you. Please, I want to see anew... 3. Heal all our blindness, the eyes we close; Give us the courage to look with love. Please, I want to see anew... 4. Teach us the ways of your heart, O God. Show us your path, the Way of Love. Please, I want to see anew... -
Shepherd of Israel
$3.00 or moreShepherd of IsraelAdd to cartOriginal song. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. Three versions: Advent (Year B), Lent General, and Lent Lectionary (one for each lectionary year). Intended to be sung through the season, one verse (Advent) or two (Lent) each week. Cantor's verses reflect lectionary texts for the week. Also copntains a Kyrie that can be used independently. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics for Advent: Congregation: Kyrie Eleison. Christe Eleison. Kyrie Eleison. Come to us, and grant your peace. Cantor: Week 1. Shepherd of Israel, come, restore your people. Shine your face on us and save us, God. Week 2. Comfort, speak tenderly. Gently lead your people. God, forgive our sins and make us new. Week 3. Pour out your Spirit, God, Heal the brokenhearted. Love, prepare our hearts to see your light. Week 4. Grant us your mercy, God. Fill the poor with good things. Guide our feet into your way of peace. -
The River of God (Ps.65)
$3.00 or moreThe River of God (Ps.65)Add to cartOriginal song. Psalm 65. A dialogue between soloist and congregation. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Cantor: Praise is due to you, O God, our Beloved. To you alone we devote our lives. O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come. Congregation (Refrain): The river of God is full of water. Praise to you, O God! By mighty deeds you deliver us. You are the hope of all people on earth. ...Refrain Morning and evening resound with joy. We are silent in awe. —Refrain You bless the earth and water it, granting the blessing of bountiful growth. ...Refrain Meadows and wilderness overflow, wearing their finest in joy. ...Refrain When the depth of our sin overwhelms us, you forgive all our transgressions. How blessed we are, O God, that you hold us near your heart. ...Refrain -
Tree of Life (Advent)
$3.00 or moreTree of Life (Advent)Add to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Dialogue between soloist and congregation. Two verses a week through Advent following Lectionary texts for Year C. (Hear an audio sample in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Week 1 Look to the leaves of the fig tree: when they bud, you know summer is near. So take heart, the Beloved is coming, healing our sin and our fear. Tree of life in winter, stir our hearts with cheer. The healing of the nations comes. The one who is coming, coming, is near. Like a tree in the dead of winter whose life is a secret within, God's hidden grace will appear to save us from death and sin.