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A Safe, Healing Place
$0.00 or moreA Safe, Healing PlaceAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God of all living, we truly are blessed: you are our home and our soul’s gentle nest. Even the swallows shall find in your arms safety and beauty and rest from all harm. As you have welcomed us into this space, help us find others who long for your grace, those who seek shelter and all those who roam. Make of our living a warm, welcome home You have forgiven and blessed us today, healed us and raised us to go on our way: send us in courage with trust in your grace, to make of this world a safe, healing place. -
Anointing
$0.00 or moreAnointingAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of What a Friend We Have in Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Jesus, as we try to follow on your journey toward the cross, we ourselves will come to suffer weakness, loneliness and loss. But in love you turn to heal us: you let go all goods and powers, gently sharing all our troubles, making them your own, not ours. Jesus, in your grace and mercy, you share all our pain and tears. You anoint us with your love and heal our wounds and calm our fears. So, like Mary with her perfume, we bring gifts of love to you, sharing death and resurrection, trusting lives will be made new. -
Blessed
$3.00 or moreBlessedAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
Includes version for four-part choir.
Lyrics: Dear God, receive me anew, mourning and poor in my soul, hungry for what makes me whole. Bless me by making me simple like you.
Refrain: Blessed are the ones who have nothing but God, for God and God alone shall fill their lives.
Mercy please grant me anew. Make my heart pure by your grace, humble, that I may see your face. Bless me by making me gentle like you. Refrain.
Courage please give me anew, peace in the world to make, and to suffer for your Gospel’s sake. Bless me by making me faithful to you. Refrain. -
Do Justice
$3.00 or moreDo JusticeAdd to cartOriginal song. Micah 6.8 May be repeated as a chant. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God. O, help us humbly live your justice, your love, your mercy. -
Fulfill Your Love In Me
$3.00 or moreFulfill Your Love In MeAdd to cartOriginal song. A prayerful invitation for God to love through us. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Refrain: Fulfill your love in me, O Loving Spirit, fulfill your love in me, O Heart of Love. Verses: Speak the name Beloved in my deepest soul. Hold me in your heart, your gentle loving. Heal me with your mercy and your tenderness. Bring to life the grace in me to love you. Give me grace to love my neighbor as myself, freely, with the love with which you love me. -
God of all Gentleness
$0.00 or moreGod of all GentlenessAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: Be Thou My Vision
Lyrics: God of all gentleness, God of pure love, you do not watch us from heights far above, you are no tyrant, but patient and mild, present with grace in the poor, in the child.
God of all mercy, may we be the ones bearing your love to your daughters and sons, not out of pity but humbly, with grace, for in the poor we see your human face.
God of all justice, give us hearts to care, hope to free prisoners of fear and despair, courage to challenge the ways that oppress, deep love to reach out to heal and to bless.
God of compassion, your Spirit now pour into us all, for it’s we who are poor, hungry for justice, for healing and grace, and for full life for the whole human race. -
God of Mercy
$3.00 or moreGod of MercyAdd to cartOriginal song. Final line may be used as a repeating chant: "By your grace I shall live." (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: God of mercy, you forgive me, may I myself forgive. Now confessing, I ask your blessing. By your grace I shall live. God, heal my sin, brokenness deep within. Too often I bear pain I make others share. Set me free from what I have been. You are gentle with me; gentle I learn to be. You touch me and heal; deep in my soul I feel burdens gone, and I am free. -
God, Be Merciful to Me
$3.00 or moreGod, Be Merciful to MeAdd to cartOriginal song. A simple plea for mercy, can be used as a repeating chant. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: God, be merciful to me. With empty hands and open, I turn to you for mercy. -
God, You Have Searched Me
$0.00 or moreGod, You Have Searched MeAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Based on Ps. 139 and Ps. 51. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God, you have searched me; you know from within all of my beauty, my wounds and my sin. Deep in my heart—I've not spoken a word— you know my soul, and my thoughts you have heard. You who have made me and always are near, help me to shed my illusion and fear. Help me be truthful, and truthfully see, humbly transparent to your grace in me. Your loving presence within me each day go with me, guide me, and show me your way. Give me the eyes of your mercy and grace, to walk in love in each moment, each place. -
Humbly, My God
$0.00 or moreHumbly, My GodAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Open My Eyes. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Open my eyes, O God of grace, to see you here in every face, you in the poor, the stranger, the foe, bidding me learn and love and grow. Humbly, my God, I look for you, ready, with love, your will to do. Open my eyes; illumine me, Spirit divine. Open my ears to hear your voice leading with grace in every choice. You come in need that I cannot hide, so that your love will be my guide. Humbly, my God, I look for you, ready, with love, your will to do. Open my ears; illumine me, Spirit divine. Open my heart to freely care, your undefended love to share. Open my arms; release all my fear; and in my love you will appear. Humbly, my God, I look for you, ready, with love, your will to do. Open my heart; illumine me, Spirit divine. -
Kyrie
$3.00 or moreKyrieAdd to cartOriginal tune. Words are traditional, meaning "Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy." (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Kyrie Eleison. Christe Eleison. Kyrie Eleison. Grant us peace and mercy. -
Kyrie (“Journey”)
$3.00 or moreKyrie (“Journey”)Add to cartThe traditional words, original tune. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. [“Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.”] -
Let Me Feel Your Wounds
$3.00 or moreLet Me Feel Your WoundsAdd to cartOriginal song. Based on Jo.hn 20.25 (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the heart of the Lord whom I have crucified. May I feel your forgiving, and begin brand new living. May I know your rising there. Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the hands of the lonely and despairing ones. May I love with your caring. May I hope with your daring. May I know your rising there. Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the feet of the poor and homeless wandering. May I weep with their weeping. May I give without keeping. May I know your rising there. Risen Christ, let me feel your wounds in the marks of our violence upon the world. May I bless and heal. May your peace be my seal. May I know your rising there. -
Like the Sun Rising
$0.00 or moreLike the Sun RisingAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Morning Has Broken. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Christ, we surrender all of our living into your tender, merciful grace Baptized in you, we join in your dying, and rising, too, in your life’s embrace. Christ, you are living in us in mercy, faithfully giving life that is true. Like the sun rising, fresh every morning, free and surprising, we are made new. Great Holy Spirit, live in us daily, free from the fear that once bound us in, free now to love our neighbors with courage, rising above our death and our sin. Blest and forgiven and resurrected, set free for living by grace alone, may we live lives of gentle compassion, with the same light that in you has shone. -
Make Us Merciful
$0.00 or moreMake Us MercifulAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Fairest Lord Jesus. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Merciful parent, God, prodigal with grace and love, welcoming children through your pain, gently receive us all, break down our shame’s dark wall, that we may never leave again. Gentle and gracious God, you who love your children, you take us in though we turn away. Fold us in your embrace; fill us with peace and grace, that we may live your gentle way. God, give us spacious hearts, generous and kind and wide, no matter what hurtful things folks do. Help us to love and bless, steadfast in gentleness. Lord, make us merciful as you. -
Manna
$0.00 or moreMannaAdd to cartOriginal lyrics reflecting Exodus 16 set to the tune of Be Thou My Vision. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God, in our wandering, when least we could see, all you provide, and you set us all free. God, in your mercy you open your hands, granting us manna we don’t understand. We are the captives whom you have released. We are the poor you have brought to your feast. So by your bidding we come to this place, in awe and thanksgiving for your saving grace. God, like the manna that we did not earn, here are our lives that we give in return. Make us ourselves like the manna you give: given to others so that they, too, may live -
Open My Heart
$0.00 or moreOpen My HeartAdd to cartOriginal lyrics to a familiar tune. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Tune: Open My Eyes
Lyrics: Open my eyes that I may see everyone ‘round me lovingly, shedding my labels, habits and fear, see with a heart that’s true and clear. Patiently, God, may I behold each blessed life as it unfolds. Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine.
Open my ears and let me hear unspoken stories, unshed tears. Help me to hear with love shining through stories that no one’s listened to. Tenderly, God, help me to hold what is within each person’s soul. Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine.
Open my heart and grant me love, mercy for those I’m heedless of. Help me to know each person I face as one you bless with gentle grace Lovingly, God, please make me more mindful of those whom we ignore. Open my heart, illumine me, spirit divine. -
Out of the Deepest Depths (Ps. 130)
$3.00 or moreOut of the Deepest Depths (Ps. 130)Add to cartOriginal song. Psalm 130. Includes choir version. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description below.) Lyrics: Out of the deepest depths I cry to you, O God. O listen with your heart, and hear my pleading voice. If you counted sins, then no one could stand with you; but Love, you forgive. I wait for you, my God, for in your word I hope. I wait for you, Love, more than those who wait for dawn, yes, more than those who watch for the morning light I wait for you. O Hope, O Israel, hope in the Holy One. For with our God is love, God’s steadfast, faithful love, and power to redeem; for God is the one who will redeem us from sin. -
Return, My Soul
$0.00 or moreReturn, My SoulAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Finlandia. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Return, my soul, from all your hungry wandering, your fearful search for comfort and control. Let go my grasp of things apart from God, for God alone can heal and hold my soul. Return to God, for God alone will love me, and give me life, and bless and make me whole. Return, my soul, from all the things that dull me, that soothe my sense, but leave my sin in place. My broken heart, return from tricks and bargains; turn to the One who meets me face to face. Return to God. Each moment turn again; receive unending love and life and grace. I turn, O God, to you who love with patience. You walk beside me, though I cannot see. You are my life in dry and weary deserts, my spring of life that flows eternally. I turn to you, from false desire and grasping, and letting go, I find that you hold me. -
When Darkness and Unknowing
$0.00 or moreWhen Darkness and UnknowingAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of O Sacred Head Now Wounded. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: When darkness and unknowing weigh down our hearts with fear, oh, loving gentle Jesus, you draw your dear ones near. You feed us with yourself, Love, and dwelling in our soul you lead us by your light, though we cannot see the goal. When evil and oppression make threat to bend your will, you gather your beloved in peace, and gentle still. You feed us with compassion: your very life you give, so gentleness will also become the way we live. Despite our fear and violence, the gentleness you’ve shown, your mercy in the darkness, becomes our hope alone. You feed us with your love now, and ban the evil powers, and give us your compassion, so your peace may be ours. -
Woeful Cross
$3.00 or moreWoeful CrossAdd to cartWoeful cross, saddest wood, death in me of all that’s good, I confess. Mother/Father, bless. Mercy. Original song. Most suitable for Good Friday. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Holy cross, mystery, love from fear of death set free. Sin’s dark lie. Here I die. Mercy. Gentle Christ on the cross, for our life your own life’s loss. You forgive, and we live. Mercy. Our own cross calling us to your love and gentleness: may we live, as you give, mercy. -
Your Healing Cross
$0.00 or moreYour Healing CrossAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Gift of Love / The River Is Wide. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: Dear gentle Christ, in love you died; for us you wept, were crucified. and, through your pain, the blood they drew, we see the love that carried you. And so for you, we gladly live, our love, our hearts we freely give. We neither fear despair nor death, but trust your grace in every breath. As one with you who died and rose, we give our hearts and hands to those who suffer need, or pain or loss; in love we bear your healing cross.