ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND KING (Sunday 9am)
All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice and with us sing; alleluia, alleluia!
O burning sun with golden beam, and silver moon with softer gleam:
O praise Him, O praise Him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Pure flowing water, cold and clear,
make music for your Lord to hear: alleluia, alleluia!
and fire so masterful and bright, you give us both your warmth and light:
O praise Him, O praise Him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Let all things their Creator bless, and worship Him in humbleness;
O praise Him, alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, Three in One:
O praise Him, O praise Him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Text: Laudato sai Dio mio Signore, St Francis of Assisi (1182 –1226); Music: LASST UNS ERFREUEN, Melody from Geistliche Kirchengesang, Cologne 1623. Reprinted under One License #A640714. All rights reserved.
FOR THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH (Sunday 9am)
For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth, over and around us lies.
Refrain
Christ, our God, to You we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.
For the beauty of the hour of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light. Refrain
For the joy of ear and eye, for the heart and mind’s delight,
for the mystic harmony linking sense to sound and light. Refrain
For the joy of human love,brother, sister, parent, child,
friend of earth and friends above, pleasures pure and undefiled. Refrain
For each perfect gift divine to our race so freely given,
joys bestowed by love’s design, flowers of earth and fruits of heaven. Refrain
For the church that evermore lifts her holy hands above,
offering up on every shore her pure sacrifice of love. Refrain
Text: Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1835-1917). Music: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE, David Evans(E. Arthur) (1874-1949). Reprinted under One License #A640714. All rights reserved.
BE THOU MY VISION (Sunday 9am)
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be Thou my vision, O ruler of all.
Words: Ancient Irish; translated by Mary E. Byrne; versified Eleanor H.Hull. Music: Traditional Irish Melody. Public Domain. Reprinted under One License #A640714. All rights reserved.
FIRMLY I BELIEVE AND TRULY (Sunday 9am)
Firmly I believe and truly
God is Three, and God is One:
and I next acknowledge duly
manhood taken by the Son.
And I trust and hope most fully
in that manhood crucified;
and each thought and deed unruly
do to death, as He has died.
Simply to His Grace and wholly
light and life and strength belong,
and I love supremely, solely,
Him the holy, Him the strong.
And I hold in veneration,
for the love of Him alone,
Holy Church, as His creation,
and her teachings, as His own.
Praise and thanks be ever given,
with and through th’ angelic host,
to the God of earth and heaven,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Contributors: John Henry Newman, Mike Stanley. © CJM Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One License #A640714.
HAIL QUEEN OF HEAVEN (Sunday 9am)
Hail, queen of heav’n, the ocean star,
guide of the wand’rer here below;
thrown on life’s surge, we claim thy care:
save us from peril and from woe.
Mother of Christ, star of the sea,
pray for the wand’rer, pray for me.
O gentle, chaste and spotless maid,
we sinners make our prayers through thee;
remind thy Son that He has paid
the price of our iniquity.
Virgin most pure, star of the sea,
pray for the sinner, pray for me.
And while to Him who reigns above,
in Godhead one, in Persons three,
the source of life, of grace, of love,
homage we pay on bended knee;
do thou, bright Queen, star of the sea,
pray for thy children, pray for me.
Music: STELLA Traditional English Melody. Text: M. Roger Holland II. Tr.John Lingard (1771 -1851). Music Copyright © 2014 by GIA Publications,Inc. Reprinted under One License #A640714. All rights reserved.
