Happy ordinary time!
Happy Summer!
I hope you will find much of today’s music familiar, prayerful
and easy to sing.
We last sang our processional song: “Table of Plenty” (#310) at the first communion celebrations during
the Easter season.
For the third week we will use Psalm 19 as a seasonal psalm.
Please be reminded that the words do not match what
is printed in the hymnal. The refrain is
as follows:
“Lord, you have the words of everlasting life”.
At
offertory we will sing a new composition by Carol Winfrey Gillette “O God, You Give Us Neighbors.” You
will recognize the music reprinted in today’s bulletin as “The Church’s One
Foundation”.
The
text was written specifically for last week’s gospel. (The Parable of the Good
Samaritan).
The
question that prompts Jesus to share the parable (“Who is my neighbor?”) is
echoed in today’s first reading and recent news reports.
(The text is written below)
Thank
you for your efforts to learn and sing our new mass setting at the Sanctus,
Memorial Acclamation and Amen.
Finally,
our recessional hymn will be Amazing
Grace (#432).
Blest
to be in ministry at St. Mary’s,
Bruce
PS
Music
selections and hymnal numbers are listed on the inside back cover of the
bulletin.
AURELIA 7.6.7.6 D (“The Church’s One Foundation”)
O God, you give us neighbors for whom your love abounds.
They’ve come here seeking refuge; they work here in our towns.
Their children go to school here; they come to church and pray.
O Lord, we grieve when neighbors are being sent away.
They’ve come here seeking refuge; they work here in our towns.
Their children go to school here; they come to church and pray.
O Lord, we grieve when neighbors are being sent away.
O God, you give us neighbors in this world that divides.
We see them at the border; they’re struggling for their lives.
They’re hurting by the roadside, and by the river, too.
You call us to show mercy to neighbors loved by you.
We see them at the border; they’re struggling for their lives.
They’re hurting by the roadside, and by the river, too.
You call us to show mercy to neighbors loved by you.
O God, you give us neighbors and call us all to see
our common fears and longings, our shared humanity.
You call us all to listen to burdens they have known,
to hear the truth they tell us, to see the love they’ve shown.
our common fears and longings, our shared humanity.
You call us all to listen to burdens they have known,
to hear the truth they tell us, to see the love they’ve shown.
O God, you give us neighbors; and now, what must we do?
This question asked of Jesus is one we ask anew.
May we not make excuses and choose to walk on by
these neighbors fleeing violence— some sent back now to die.
This question asked of Jesus is one we ask anew.
May we not make excuses and choose to walk on by
these neighbors fleeing violence— some sent back now to die.
God, may we work for justice for those who live in fear;
may we show Christ’s compassion, and pray and persevere—
and by your Holy Spirit, in all we do and say,
may we stand up for neighbors now being sent away.
may we show Christ’s compassion, and pray and persevere—
and by your Holy Spirit, in all we do and say,
may we stand up for neighbors now being sent away.
Biblical References: Luke 10:25-46; Leviticus 19:33-34; 24:22; Matthew 25:31-46
Tune: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1864 (“The Church’s One Foundation”)
Text: Copyright © 2019 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Permission is given for free use of this hymn for congregations
Tune: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1864 (“The Church’s One Foundation”)
Text: Copyright © 2019 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Permission is given for free use of this hymn for congregations
Download a PDF: O God, You Give Us Neighbors
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