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Advent Candle Prayers (Series 2)
Suggested Price: $0.00Advent Candle Prayers (Series 2)Add to cartA set of scripture readings (mostly from the day's assigned lectionary texts) and responsive prayers for the lighting of Advent candles. Sample: LIGHTING THE FIRST ADVENT CANDLE — Romans 13.11-12 (You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.) RESPONSE God of light, as we light this candle in this season of darkness, our hearts ache for your presence. Dawn upon us and be our light. Spirit of hope, in this season of waiting we turn to you. Direct our longing, bless us with your patience, and grant us your hope. O Loving Christ, keep our spirits awake as we await your coming. Clothe us in trust and joy, the the armor of light, the glad raiment of love. Come, Beloved Jesus, come, and grant us your light. Amen. -
Advent Responses
Suggested Price: $0.00Advent ResponsesAdd to cartA collection of single verses for invocation, scripture affirmation, prayer response, offertory, etc., with original lyrics by Steve Garnaas-Holmes, to the tune of Away in a Manger.
Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate.
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At Your Feet
Suggested Price: $3.00At Your FeetAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Jesus, at your feet I bow. I am yours completely now. By your mercy show me how to be loving. Jesus, Master, you who save, you have served me as a slave. This, the perfect gift you gave: to be loving. In each hurting one I meet it is you, O Christ, I greet. Make my faithfulness complete, to be loving. -
Be Thou My Wisdom
Suggested Price: $0.00Be Thou My WisdomAdd 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: SLANE (Be Thou My Vision)
Lyrics: Be thou my Wisdom and grant me your sight. Help me to see by your love’s perfect light. Love, be my compass, my balance, my Way: guide from within what I choose day by day.
Grant me the wisdom to seek and to learn, to pray for your leading and wait and discern. Help me to listen with all of my heart, listen for all of the Truth you impart.
Grant me your Wisdom: a heart that’s made pure, courage to follow a love that is sure. Led by your Spirit, listening still, help me to know and to follow your will.
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Behold the Lamb
Suggested Price: $3.00Behold the LambAdd to cartOriginal song. A simple line; may be repeated as a continuing chant. (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Come let us follow the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. -
Drawing Me
Suggested Price: $3.00Drawing MeAdd to cartOriginal song. Also especially suitable for a solo (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: Holy One, Mystery, how will you keep drawing me nearer to the heart within the heart? Nearer still, falling in, closer to the heart within, draw me God. I fall into your love. Lover, you are calling, you are drawing, I am falling into you in love. Deep in me there's a voice, there's a hunger, there's a choice, seeking something vital that is you. By your grace drawing me, may I fall eternally nearer to my center deep in you. Lover, you are calling, you are drawing, I am falling into you in love. -
God of the Day and Night
Suggested Price: $0.00God of the Day and NightAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Fairest Lord Jesus (ST. ELIZABETH). Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: God of the day and night, thank you for the gift of light, thank you for darkness, for times of rest. Now at the end of day, as we together pray we are in you, held close and blessed . All that we've done today, thought or spoke or hoped or prayed, now to your tenderness we release. All of our sins forgive, that we in faith may live in perfect love and trust and peace. Praise God, this gentle night. Praise you, God of love and light. Praise, brother Christ, Savior, teacher, friend. Praise to the Spirit! May we inherit your love and grace 'till time shall end. -
God, Be Merciful to Me
Suggested Price: $3.00God, 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. -
I Am Listening
Suggested Price: $3.00I Am ListeningAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
May be used as a repeating chant. (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Speak, for I am listening. My heart is open. Speak, for I am listening, open to your word. -
I Wait for Your Will
Suggested Price: $3.00I 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. -
Jesus, Come Speak to Us
Suggested Price: $0.00Jesus, Come Speak to UsAdd 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: God, you have gathered us, hungry for the Bread of Life, thirsty for waters of flowing grace. Our broken hearts are yours, open and waiting. We want to meet you face to face. Jesus, come speak to us. Sit beside the way with us. Draw from the well and refresh our souls. Shine light into our hearts, heal hidden wounds within, call forth our gifts and make us whole. Spirit, our Breath of Life, fill us with your grace and truth. Make us your vessels of love and light. Flow like a river, welling up within us with waters of eternal life. Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
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Kyrie
Suggested Price: $3.00KyrieAdd 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 – Six Versions
Suggested Price: $3.00Kyrie – Six VersionsAdd to cartSix original settings of the Kyrie. Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. (Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.) "Journey," "Mercy," Shepherd," "Waiting," "Arch," "Stone Steps." (Hear all six tunes in the product description below.) -
Kyrie (“Journey”)
Suggested Price: $3.00Kyrie (“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.”] -
My Heart Is Open
Suggested Price: $3.00My Heart Is OpenAdd to cartOriginal song. Description (Hear an audio excerpt in the product description.) Lyrics: I listen for your Word. My heart is open. (Repeat.) 1. I hunger for your Word. I listen for your voice. I hold the silence, Love, so you may gently speak to me. 2. Show me your ways, O God, teach me, O Holy One, and lead me in your path. For you I listen all day long. 3. I listen for you, Love, and in your Word I hope. More than the watchers wait for morning, God, I wait for you. I listen for your Word. My Heart is open. Open. -
Night Prayer
Suggested Price: $0.00Night PrayerAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of Tallis' Canon. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: O God, beneath the moon so bright I give myself to you tonight to hold me in your blessings deep and re-create me as I sleep. Now all that I have done today, God, humbly at your feet I lay; lead me to learn what I may see, and, good or ill, then let it be. I pray, dear God, forgive my sin: tomorrow, then, I may begin, made new by grace, and not my skill, more perfectly to serve your will. And all that I have done in love receive and bless, and bear above and use according to your will, while I am sleeping, mute and still. I go into this darkness blessed, my soul and body’s Sabbath rest. God, hold me in your arms tonight, and raise me with the dawn’s new light -
Prayer Song
Suggested Price: $3.00Prayer SongAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use. Chorus may be used as a repeating chant. (Hear it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: God, you hold us in you care as we turn to you in prayer. You hear our yearning by your grace; we return your warm embrace. Refrain: We await your revealing, your love and your healing. All things shall be whole again. Amen. Amen. God, you hold them in your care whom we name now in our prayer. Use the blessing of our soul by your grace to make them whole. Refrain God, we hold you in our care; We receive you now in prayer. Let us listen; let us tend. Rest here, welcome, holy friend. Refrain -
Return, My Soul
Suggested Price: $0.00Return, 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. -
We Lift Our Spirits Up
Suggested Price: $0.00We Lift Our Spirits UpAdd to cartOriginal lyrics set to the tune of SURSUM CORDA, ... or Abide with Me... or Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart. Free to copy and use. Or you can pay-what-you-like to donate. Lyrics: We lift our spirits up to you, O God, O Love, our morning sun, our living breath. You are our first and final dwelling, God: receive our prayers, receive our life and death. Our grateful thanks we give you for your care that bears us through the challenges we face, for nothing we desire can compare with your compassion and your healing grace. O God, we open wide our longing soul: breathe into us your mercy and delight. We give to you all that we would control, make us pure vessels of your love and light. -
Wisdom
Suggested Price: $3.00WisdomAdd to cartOriginal song. Purchase includes digital download of lyrics and music and permission to use.
[Prov. 7.4, 3.13-18; Ps. 25.4] (Listen to it in the Product Description below.) Lyrics: Wisdom, you are my sister; let us talk together hand in hand. Teach me the ways of your heart; help me to understand.