"Christ, Be Our Light"

by Bernadette Farrell, Frank Brownstead

1. Longing for light, we wait in darkness.
Longing for truth, we turn to you.
Make us your own, your holy people,
light for the world to see.
Refrain
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
2. Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
Longing for hope, many despair.
Your word alone has pow'r to save us.
Make us your living voice.
3. Longing for food, many are hungry.
Longing for water, many still thirst.
Make us your bread, broken for others,
shared until all are fed.
4. Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
Longing for warmth, many are cold.
Make us your building, sheltering others,
walls made of living stone.
5. Many the gifts, many the people,
many the hearts that yearn to belong.
Let us be servants to one another,
making your kingdom come.

THE SUMMONS

(Will you come and follow me)

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 your self 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 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.
John Bell (1949- )
and Graham Maule (1958- )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0aAkOe87mo&index=5&list=RDLBt7ZOTKh_Y

CHRIST, BE OUR LIGHT

1. Longing for light, we wait in darkness.

Longing for truth, we turn to you.
Make us your own, your holy people,
Light for the world to see.
Chorus:
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light! Shine in your Church
Gathered today.
2. Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
Longing for hope, many despair.
Your word alone has power to save us
Make us your living voice.
Chorus
3. Longing for food, many are hungry.
Longing for water, many still thirst.
Make us your bread, broken for others,
Shared until all are fed.
Chorus
4. Longing for shelter people are homeless.
Longing for warmth, many are cold.
Make us your building, sheltering others,
Walls made of living stone.
Chorus
5. Many the gifts, many the people,
Many the hearts that yearn to belong.
Let us be servants to one another,
Making your kingdom come.
Chorus
Bernadette Farrell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Woe5IkNg4&list=RDLBt7ZOTKh_Y&index=8

AS I HAVE DONE FOR YOU

Refrain
I, your Lord and Master, now become your servant.
I who made the moon and stars will kneel to wash you feet.

This is my commandment: to love as I have loved you.

Kneel to wash each others feet as I have done for you.
Verse 1
All the world will know you are my disciples
By the love that you offer, the kindness you show.
You have heard the voice of God in the words that I have spoken.
You beheld heavens glory and have seen the face of God. Refrain
Verse 2
I must leave you now only for a moment.
I must go to the Father to make you a home.
On the day of my return, I will come to take you with me
To the place I have promised where your joy will have no end. Refrain
Verse 3
I am like a vine you are like the branches.
If you cling to my teaching you surely will live.
If you make your home in me, I will come to dwell within you.
You can count on my mercy when you ask for what you need. Refrain
Verse 4
I have called you friends, now no longer servants.
What I told you in secret, the world longs to know.
There can be no greater love than to give your life for others.
As the Father has loved me, so I love you as my own. Refrain
Verse 5
You will weep for now while the world rejoices.
But the tears of your sorrow will soon turn to joy.
As a mother cries in childbirth and her pain is turned to gladness,
You will know great rejoicing on the day of my return. Refrain
Verse 6
I will give you peace; this will be my blessing.
Though the world churns around you, I leave you my peace.
I have told you all these things that my peace may dwell within you.
Let your faith be unshaken and your hope ever strong. Refrain
Daniel Schutte 2001.

TAKE AND EAT

Michael Joncas
Refrain: Take and eat; take and eat: this is my body given up for you. Take and drink; take and
drink: this is my blood given up for you.

1. I am the Word that spoke and light was made; I am the seed that died to be re-born; I am the
bread that comes from heaven above; I am the vine that fills your cup with joy.
2. I am the way that leads the exile home; I am the truth that sets the captive free; I am the life
that raises up the dead; I am your peace, true peace my gift to you.
3. I am the Lamb that takes away your sin; I am the gate that guards you night and day;
You are my flock; you know the shepherd's voice; You are my own; your ransom is my blood.

SHEPHERD ME
Marty Haugen
Chorus:
Em
C
G
D
Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants,
D/B
C
D
Em
Am G/E
beyond my fears, from death into life.

1.
Em
Am
G/E
A
God is my shepherd, so nothing I shall want,
Em
Am
G/E
A
I rest in the meadows of faithfulness and love,
C
Am
Bm
D
Em
Am G/E A
I walk by the quiet waters of peace.

2.
Em
Am
G/E
A
Gently you raise me and heal my weary soul,
Em
Am
G/E
A
you lead me by pathways of righteousness and truth,
C
Am
Bm
D
Em
Am G/E
my spirit shall sing the music of your Name.

3.
Em
Am
G/E
A
Though I should wander the valley of death,
Em
Am
G/E
A

I fear no evil, for you are at my side,

C
Am
Bm
D
Em
Am
your rod and your staff, my comfort and my hope.

G/E

G/E

Bridge:
D G C
D
C
D
You have set me a banquet of love
G
C
Am
in the face of hatred,
F#
B
crowning me with love beyond my pow'r to hold.
(Chorus)
5.
Em
Am
G/E
A
Surely your kindness and mercy follow me
C
D
A
all the days of my life;
C
Bm
Am
D
Em
Am
I will dwell in the house of my God forevermore.

CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT

Bernadette Farell
Longing for light, we wait in darkness.
Longing for truth, we turn to you.

Make us your own, your holy people,

light for the world to see.
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness. Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
Longing for hope, many despair.
Your word alone has pow'r to save us.
Make us your living voice.
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
Longing for food, many are hungry.
Longing for water, many still thirst.
Make us your bread,
broken for others, shared until all are fed.
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
Longing for warmth, many are cold.
Make us your building, sheltering others,
walls made of living stone.
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
Many the gifts, many the people,
many the hearts that yearn to belong.
Let us be servants to one another,
making your kingdom come.
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.

Christ, be our light!

Shine in your church gathered today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcMUQO_bI3c

I HAVE LOVED YOU

Michael Joncas
Refrain:
I have loved you with an everlasting love,
I have called you and you are mine;
I have loved you with an everlasting love,
I have called you and you are mine.
Seek the face of the Lord and long for him:
he will bring you his light and his peace. (Refrain)
Seek the face of the Lord and long for him:
he will bring you his joy and his hope. (Refrain)
Seek the face of the Lord and long for him:
he will bring you his care and his love. (Refrain)

WITH ONE VOICE

Fr. Ricky Manalo CSP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDGumPUmMas

1. Take the Word

and go out to ev'ry land:

shine the light of Christ

for all to see!
May the lives of those we touch
sing praise to God above.
Let us sing, we'll sing:
Refrain: With one voice
we'll pass the Word along;
with one voice,
bring justice to the world.
And with all the angels
we'll spread the goodness of God.
With all power and glory
the Word of God shall reign.
2. Take the Word
to our neighborhoods and streets:
shine the light of Christ
for all to see!
May we all set out to live
in peace and harmony.
They will see and sing:
3. Take the Word
to the people in despair:
shine the light of Christ
for all to see!
May our actions and our deeds

bring comfort to their needs.

And they'll know and sing:
4. Take the Word
to the nations ev'rywhere:
shine the light of Christ
for all to see!
May the witness of our lives
transform the world anew.
And we'll shine, we'll shine: