As we gather on this morn,
Celebrating freedom's dawn
Our young hearts to God we raise,
In thanks giving and in praise.
God of nations hear on prayer
Bless this land so great, so fair,
May all strife within it cease,
Give it harmony and peace,
May its people e'er be true,
To their country and to you.
As we face the future bright,
Trustfully we pray for light,
For our leaders that they may
Guide us wisely on our way
I Love you, Lord, and I lift my voice
to worship you, O my soul rejoice.
Take joy my King in what you hear.
Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear.
Mother of all that is pure & glad,
All that is bright and blest,
As we have taken our toil to Thee
So we will take our rest,
Take thou and bless our holiday
o Cause Nostrae Laetitiae.
Smile upon all that is dear to us,
Smile on our school and home
Smile on the day we are passing now,
Smile on the years to come,
Brighten our work and gladden our play,
o Causa Nostrae Laetitiae.
Be with us, Mother from morn till eve,
Thou and thy Blessed Son,
Keep us from all that is grief to you,
Till the weeks and the months are run,
Thine be we still, when grave or gray
o Causa Nostrae Leaetitae.
It takes courage to answer a call,
It takes courage to give your all.
It takes courage to risk your name,
It takes courage to be true.
It takes courage to dare what no other will share;
to be standing alone, one whom no one will own;
to be ready to stake for another man's sake.
It takes courage to be true.
It takes courage to say what you know will not pay,
to give each one his share though therc'll
be less to spare,
to be seeking no more than the neighbour next door.
It takes courage to leave what good fortune can give and
to go to a land where the poor need a hand;
to be spending one's day in less leisurely ways.
It takes courage to be true.
We are gathering together unto him,
unto him shall the gathering of the people be,
we are gathering together unto him.
We are singing We are praying ... We are offering ....
We are praising...
Love is his word, love is his way,
feasting with all, fasting alone,
living and dying, rising again,
love, only love is his way.
Richer than gold is the love of my Lord;
better than splendour and wealth.
Love is his way, love is his mark,
sharing his last Passover feast,
Christ at his table, host to the twelve,
Love, only love is his mark. Ref.
Love is his mark, love is his sign,
bread for our strength, wine for our joy:
"This is my body, this is my blood",
love, only love is his sign. Ref.
Love is his name, love is his law.
Hear his command, all who are his:
"Love one another, as I have loved you".
Love, only love is his law.
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
my hand will save.
I, who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them ?
Whom shall I Send ?
Here I am, Lord. It is I, Lord?
I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me.
I will hold your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of snow and rain
I have borne my peoples pain.
I have wept for love of them.
They turn away,
I will break their hearts of stone,
give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my word to them.
Who shall send ?
I, the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide
till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send ?
As the deer pants for the water,
so my soul longs after you.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship you.
You alone are my strength, my shield,
to you alone may my spirit yield.
You alone are my heart's desire
and I long to worship you.
I want you more than gold or silver,
only you can satisfy.
You alone are they real joy-giver
and the apple of my eye.
You're my friend and you are my brother
even though you are my Lord.
I love you more than any other,
so much more than anything.
I will give thanks to you,
O Lord, among the people
I will sing praises to you
among the nations,
for your steadfast love is great,
is great to the heavens,
and you faithfulness,
your faithfullness to the clouds.
Be exalted, o God, above the heavens,
let your glory be over all the earth. (2)
It is good to thank you, Lord
and to praise your name with music,
to proclaim your love
and mercy in the morning,
for your deeds have made me glad,
at you works I shout in truimph,
yes, how wonderful
and how marvellous are your designs.
All your creatures thank you, Lord,
and your friends repeat their blessing,
age to age proclaim
your splendour and your glory.
You are kind to us, o God,
full of tender love and mercy,
and your graciousness
and your constancy have no compare.
I have come to thee
to take thy touch before I begin my day.
Let thy eye rest upon my eyes for a while.
Let me take to my work the assurance of thy
comradeship, my friend.
Fill my mind with thy music
to last through the desert of noise.
Let they love's sunshine
kiss the peaks of my thoughts and linger
in my life's valley where the harvest ripens.
Living waters flow on,
sweep away my pain;
bring you healing to my heart,
help me love once again.
Cares and worries get me down,
fear of failure fills my day
when I'm lost and all alone,
help me Lord to find your way.
People knocking at my door,
strangers seeking love and care;
never let me turn them down,
show me gently how to share.
Walk with me, O my Lord,
through the darkest night and brightest day.
Be at my side, O Lord,
hold my hand and guide me on my way.
Sometimes the road seems long, my energy is spent.
Then, Lord, I think of you and I am given strength.
Stones often bar my path and there are times I fall
but you are always there to help me when I fall.
Just as you calmed the wind and walked upon the sea,
conquer, my living Lord, the storms that threaten me.
Lay your hands gently upon us,
Let their touch render your peace.
Let them bring you forgiveness and healing.
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.
You were sent to free the broken hearted,
You were sent to give sight to the blind,
You desire to heal all our illness.
Lay you hands gently, lay your hands.
Lord, we come to you through one another,
Lord, we come to you in our need.
Lord, we come to you seeking wholeness,
Lay your hands gently, lay your hands.
Open your eyes and see
Open your ears and hear
Open your heart and show
The Love that drives out fear.
Spirit of light and truth
Pierce through the darkness of our minds.
So that praying together, searching together,
We respond to the needs of our time.
Spirit of hope and peace.
Drive out confusion and fear
So that working together, building together
We bear witness that the Lord in near.
Spirit of Joy and Love,
Break through the hardness of our hearts,
So that loving together, sharing together,
We draw all to the Kingdom of God.
Spirit of Strength and Life,
Give us the courage to endure,
So that striving together, hoping together,
We march on in the Mary ward may
Gracious spirit dwell in me
I myself would gracious be
And with words that help and heal
Would Your life in mine reveal
And with actions bold and meek
Would for God my Father speak.
Truthful Spirit dwell with me,
I myself would truthful be,
And with wisdom kind and clear,
Let Your life in mine appear,
And with actions sisterly,
Speak my Lord's sincerity.
Spirit of the living God
Come today and dwell in me.
Bathe me in Your radiant light,
Show me how my life should be.
Give me courage from above
Give me hands outstretched to help.
May Your searing flame of love,
Burn from me the thought of self,
Holy Spirit make me hear,
Help me listen to Your Word,
Make me truthful, free from fear,
Graciously to serve the Lord.
Hear us, Lord, for we call on your name (2)
And we ask You to be with us, O Lord (2)
In our need, (2) Blessed Lord (2)
We reach out, Lord in search of Your help (2)
And we do it because we need You, O Lord (2)
In our lives (2) Blessed Lord (2)
We will do what You want us to do (2)
And we do it because we want You, O Lord (2)
More than all (2) Blessed Lord (2)
We shall overcome (2) some day.
We shall overcome (2) some day.
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe
We shall overcome some day
We'll walk hand in hand (3) some day
We shall live in peace
We shall live in God.
Give me joy in my heart keep me praising,
praising, praising.
Give me joy in my heart I pray, Alleluia
Give me joy in my heart keep me praising,
praising, praising
Keep me praising till the end of the day,
Come on me
Sing Hosanna! (3) to the King of King
sing Hosanna! (3) to the King!
Give me peace in my heart, keep me resting
Give me love in my heart, keep me serving
Lord, we pray for golden peace
Peace all over the land,
May all men dwell in liberty
Walking hand in hand.
Banish fear and ignorance
Hunger, thirst and pain,
Banish hate and poverty,
Let no one live in vain (2)
Keep all for ever one
One in love and in grace,
And wipe away all war and strife,
Give freedom to each race.
Let Your justice reign supreme,
And righteousness be done,
Let goodness rule the hearts of all,
And evil be overcome.
My God loves me,
His leve will never end.
He rests within my heart for my God loves me.
His gentle Hand He stretches over me,
Though storm clouds threaten the day
He will set me free.
My God loves me, His faithful love endures.
And I will live like a child
Held in love secure
Peace is flowing like a river
Flowing out through you and me,
Spreading out into the desert
Setting all the captives free.
Let it flow through me
Let it flow through me
Let the mighty love of God flow out through me
Love is flowing .
Joy is flowing .
Hope is flowing .
Rejoice in the Lord always
And again I say rejoice (Repeat)
Rejoice, rejoice
And again I say rejoice (2)
Praise Him in the morning, praise Him in the noon
time, Praise Him when the sun goes down
Love Him.......
Love Him.......
Serve Him.......
like the stars in the sky.
like the waves of the sea,
You are timeless and ageless and free.
Take me now, Lord my God,
Take my heart, take my mind,
Take me body and soul,
Make me free.
You are good, You are Truth
You are God for all time.
You are Lord of all people, You are mine.
Send Your Spirit of Love,
like a wind blowing free,
Let Him fill every corner of me .
Lord, I come now with praise,
Lord, I come to You free,
For You've given Your Spirit to me.
I just keep trusting my Lord,
As I walk along,
I just keep trusting my Lord,
And He gives me a song
Tho' the storm clouds darken the sky
O'er the heavenly trail
I just keep trusting 'my lord
He will never fail.
He's a faith full friend (2)
Such a faithful friend (2)
I can count on Him (2)
To the very end (2)
O give thanks to the Lord for He is good (3)
Yes, eternal is His Love.
I will sing to my God never ceasing,
All my life, I will tell of His wonders,
He's the maker of all, earth and heaven,
Of the ocean, the seas and all they hold.
The Almighty is faithful forever,
He is just to the poor and the outraged
It is He who gives bread to the hungry
Who delivers the captives from their chains.
To the just He is gracious and loving
But the wicked He foils and they stumble.
Yes the Lord reigns for ever and ever
He is King over Zion without end.
Come, ye children of Mary
Sing with hearts light and gay,
Hail to the month of our Lady !
Hail to the sweet month of May !
Bring the choicest of flowers,
Search the woodland and grove,
Wreathe a crown for our Lady
As a pledge of our love.
Come, ye children of Mary,
Sing with hearts light and gay,
Hail to the month of our Lady !
Hail to the sweet month of May !
What are fast-fading flowers,
All the lilies that grow?
Nothing worthy of Mary
Has the earth to bestow !
Mary asks for a treasure
One that each can impart,
Hear and grant her petition,
"Sinner, give me thy heart"
Come, ye children of Mary.
Bring flowers of the rarest
Bring blossoms the fairest,
From garden and woodland and
Hill side and dale,
Our full hearts are swelling,
Our glad voices telling
The praise of the loveliest
Flower of the vale.
O Mary, we crown Thee with Blossoms today.
Queen of the Angles and Queen of the May.
Their lady they name Thee,
Their mistress proclaim Thee,
Ah ! grant that thy children on
Earth be as true,
As long as the bowers
Are radiant with flowers,
As long as the azure shall keep
Its bright hue.
Sing gaily in chorus,
The bright angles o'er us
Re-echo the strain we begin upon earth.
Their harps are repeating,
The notes of our greeting,
For Mary herself is the cause of our mirth
Our voices ascending,
In harmony blending,
Oh, thus may our hearts turn,
Dear Mother, to Thee,
And thus shall we prove Thee
How truly we love Thee,
How dark without Mary
Life's journey would be.
What thanks, o Lord, can I render Thee,
For all the gifts Thou hast showered on me ?
Each day I will sing of Thy praise and glory,
Alleliu, Alleluia,
Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp
With a ten stringed lute sing Him song
O sing Him a song that is new,
Play loudly with all your skill.
O sing to the glory of His name,
Say to God, "How great are Thy deeds !"
Simple offering to Thee I will bring
To Thee I will pay my wows.
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good,
Yes, eternal is His Love.
Though, I walk in the midst of affliction,
He stretches His hand to save.
There shall be showers of blessing,
This is the promise of love.
There shall be seasons refreshing
Sent from the Saviour above.
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need.
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
There shall be showers of blessing
Send them upon us O Lord
Grant to us now a refreshing,
Come and now honour Thy word.
There shall be showers of blessing
o that today might fall.
Now as to God we're confessing,
Now as on our Lord we call.
Spirit of God in the clear running water,
Blowing to greatness the trees on the hill
Spirit of God in the finger of morning,
Fill the earth, bring it to birth,
And blow where you will,
Blow, blow, blow till be
But breath of the spirit blowing in me.
Down in the meadow
The willows are moaning
Sheep in the pasture land can not lies still
Spirit of God, creation is groaning,
Fill the .......
Spirit of God, every man's heart is lonely,
watching and waiting and hungry until,
spirit of God,
Man longs that you only fulfil the earth .....
All over the world, the Spirit is moving.
All over the world as the Prophet said it would be
All over the world there's a mighty Revelation
Of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
All over the land.......
All over us all..........
Deep down in my heart......
Where ever two or three are gathered in my name
I will be with your, the Lord proclaimed,
Come children come teachers, gather round the Lord,
Come children come teachers, hear his holy word,
And he will bring us happiness,
and he will bring us peace,
His goodness is eternal and his wonders never cease.
Come children come teacher, come without delay,
Lord, our Saviour is here with us today,
He said, "Where your are gathered,
I will be there with you"
This promise he has given and his word is always true.
Come children come teachers, gathered here to pray,
Sing to the Lord, he is here with us to stay,
So lift your hearts to God
And he will always hear,
The words are not important, for their meaning
will be clear.