Song Sheet June 14th
Entrance: We Gather Together
We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; he chastens and hastens his will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name, he forgets not his own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Whose kingdom calls all to the love which endures. So from the beginning the fight we were winning; You, Lord, were at our side; all glory be yours!
We all do extol you, our leader triumphant, and pray that you still our defender will be. Let your congregation escape tribulation; your name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Offertory: The Summons
Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown? Will you let my name be known, will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?
Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name? Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same? Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare? Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?
Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?
Will you love the “you” you hide if I but call your name? Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same? Will you use the faith you’ve found to reshape the world around, Through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?
Lord your summons echoes true when you but call my name. Let me turn and follow you and never be the same. In Your company I’ll go where Your love and footsteps show. Thus I’ll move and live and grow in you and you in me.
Communion: I Received the Living God
(Refrain) I received the living God, and my heart is full of joy. I received the living God, and my heart is full of joy.
Jesus said: I am the bread kneaded long to give you life; you who will partake of me need not ever fear to die. (To refrain)
Jesus said: I am the way, and my Father longs for you; so I come to bring you home to be one with us anew. (To refrain)
Jesus said: I am the truth; come and follow close to me. You will know me in your heart, and my word shall make you free. (To refrain)
Jesus said: I am the life far from whom no thing can grow, but receive this living bread, and my Spirit you shall know. (To refrain)
Recessional: Sent Forth by God’s Blessings
Sent forth by God’s blessing, our true faith confessing, the people of God from his dwelling take leave. God’s sacrifice ended, O now be extended, the fruits of this Mass in all hearts who believe. The seed of Christ’s teaching, our inner souls reaching, shall blossom in action for God and for all. His grace shall incite us, his love shall unite us to further God’s kingdom and answer his call.
With praise and thanksgiving, to God who is living, the tasks of our everyday life we embrace. Our faith ever sharing, in love ever caring, we claim as our neighbor all those of each race. One bread that has fed us, one light that has led us; unite us as one in his life that we share. Then may all the living with praise and thanksgiving give honor to Christ and his name that we bear.
