Entrance: 84 Like a sea without a shore (Maranatha)
Penitential rite:
Gloria: (none during Advent)
Gospel Acc: 261 Alleluia
Offertory: 607 Let all mortal flesh
Holy holy: Plainchant
Men acc: Plainchant
Communion:
941 There is a longing or
986 In the Day of the Lord
Final: 801 Love divine, all loves excelling
Penitential rite:
Gloria: (none during Advent)
Gospel Acc: 261 Alleluia
Offertory: 607 Let all mortal flesh
Holy holy: Plainchant
Men acc: Plainchant
Communion:
941 There is a longing or
986 In the Day of the Lord
Final: 801 Love divine, all loves excelling
Entrance: # 84 Like a sea without a shore (Maranatha)
Like a sea without a shore,
love divine is boundless.
Time is now and evermore,
and his love surrounds us.
(CHORUS)
Maranatha! Maranatha! Maranatha!
Come lord Jesus, come!
So that we could all be free,
He appeared among us,
Blest are those who have not seen,
Yet believe his promise.
All our visions all our dreams,
Are but ghostly shadows
of the Radiant clarity
waiting at life's close.
Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?
Closer than the air we breath
is our risen King.
Penitential rite:
Gloria: (none during Advent)
Gospel Acc: 261 Gospel Acclamation for Easter
Offertory: 607 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing worldly minded,
For with blessing in His hand
Christ our God to Earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.
King of Kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on Earth He stood,
Lord of Lords in human vesture,
in the Body and the Blood.
He will give to all the faithful
his own self for heav’nly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven
preads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of Light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the pow’rs of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.
At His feet the six-winged Seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
veil their faces to the Presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
‘Alleluia, alleluia,
Alleluia, Lord, most High!’
Holy holy: Plainchant
Mem acc: Plainchant We proclaim
Lamb of God plainchant
Communion:
941 There is a longing
Refrain
There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord,
for you to reveal yourself to us.
There is a longing in our hearts
for love we only find in you, our God.
1. For justice, for freedom,
for mercy: hear our prayer.
In sorrow, in grief:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
2. For wisdom, for courage,
for comfort: hear our prayer.
In weakness, in fear:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
3. For healing, for wholeness,
for new life: hear our prayer.
In sickness, in death:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
4. Lord save us, take pity,
light in our darkness.
We call you, we wait:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
Final: 801 Love divine, all loves excelling (tune: 644 Hyfrydol -Alleluia, sing to Jesus)
Love Divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us thy humble dwelling,
All thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love thou art;
Visit us with thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
Come, almighty to deliver,
Let us all thy life receive;
Suddenly return, and never,
Never more thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve thee as thy hosts above,
Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,
Glory in thy perfect love.
Finish then thy new creation,
Pure and sinless let us be;
Let us see thy great salvation,
Perfectly restored in thee,
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise!
