Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 27, 2009 Music Texts

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Opening Hymn

God Is Here! As We His People (Text: Fred Pratt Green, Tune: Abbot's Leigh)

1. God is here!  As we his people Meet to offer praise and prayer, May we find in fuller measure What it is in Christ we share: 
Here, as in the world around us, All our varied skills and arts
Wait the coming of his Spirit Into open minds and hearts.

2. Here are symbols to remind us Of our life-long need of grace;
Here, are table, font and pulpit, Here the cross has central place:
Here in honesty of preaching, Here in silence as in speech,
Here in newness and renewal God the Spirit comes to each.

3. Here our children find a welcome In the Shepherd's flock and fold;
Here, as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us as of old:
Here the servants of the Servant Seek in worship to explore
What it means in daily living To believe and to adore.

4. Lord of all, of church and kingdom, In an age of change and doubt,
Keep us faithful to the gospel, Help us work your purpose out:
Here, in this day's dedication. All we have to give, receive;
We who cannot live without you, We adore you! We believe!

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm (18)19, 8 .10 .12-13 .14 (Waddell, OCSO)

R. Your precepts, O Lord, gladden the heart!

1. The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul.
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives light to the eyes. R.

2. The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding forever.
The decrees of the Lord are truth, and all of them just. R.

3. So in them, your servant finds in struction, great reward is in their keeping.
But who can detect all his errors? From hidden faults acquit me. R.

4. From presumption restrain your servant, and let it not rule me;
Then shall I be blameless, Clean from grave sin . R.

Preparation of the Altar and Gifts

The Heavens are Telling the Glory of God (Haydn)

The Heavens are telling the glory of God;
With wonders of His work resounds the firmament.
Reveal'd are His ways by day unto day,
By night that is gone to following night.
In ev'ry land is known the Word,
Ev'ry are will harken, never tongue be dumb.
The heavens are telling the Glory of God;
With wonders of His work resounds the firmament.

Communion Antiphon

I Received the Living God (Text: Anonymous, Tune: Living God)

R. I received the living God, and my heart is full of joy.
I received the living God, and my heart is full of joy.

1. He has said: I am the Bread Kneaded long to give you life;
You who will partake of me Need not ever fear to die. R.

2. He has said: I am the Way, And my Father longs for you;
So I come to bring you home To be one with him anew. R.

3. He has said: I am the Truth; If you follow close to me,
You will know me in your heart, And my word shall make you free. R.

4. He has said: I am the Life Far from whom no thing can grow,
But receive this living bread, And my Spirit you shall know. R.


Communion Chant (mode IV)

Memento verbi tui
 Be mindful of your word
servo tuo, Domine
 to your servant, O Lord,
In quo mihi spem dedisti:
 In which you caused me to hope;
Haec me consolata est
 This has been my comfort
in humilitate mea. in my affliction.

Communion Motet

Ave Verum Corpus (Philips)

Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine: Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary:
Vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine. Truly suffering, sacrificed on the cross for us.
Cujus latus perforatum unda fluxit sanguine: From whose pierced side flowed water and blood:
Esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. Be for us a foretaste in death’s agony.
O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu Fili Mariae; O sweet, O loving, O Jesus son of Mary
miserere mei. Amen have mery on me. Amen.

Concluding Hymn

How Good the Name of Jesus Sounds (Text: John Newton, Tune: St. Peter)

1. How good the name of Jesus sounds To all believing ears!
It soothes out sorrows, heals our wounds, And drives away our fears.

2. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled mind;
His manna for each hungry soul, The lost and weary find.

3. Blest Name! the rock on which we build, Our shield and resting place,
Our never-failing comfort, filled With blessings of his grace.

4. O Jesus, Shepherd, Guardian, Friend, Our Prophet, Priest and King,
Our Lord, our Life, our Way, our End, Accept the praise we bring.