3rd Sunday in Advent -Year A
14 December 2014
Entrance
Come to the Banquet of God
Come to the banquet of God,
our God who embraces all people,
our God who gathers all of humanity
and calls us with passion untold.
Come to the feast of our God,
our God who delights in us all,
our God in whose arms we're safely
enfolded
who loves us with passion untold!
Verse:
In the love of the Lord we belong.
In the heart of God we dwell.
In the banquet of God we herald and sing
the wonder of oneness,
the triumph of love,
compassion, salvation for all!
Refrain:
Come to the banquet of God.
Feast of all friends, meal of love.
Par-take in the goodness,
share in the majesty.
God's justice is mercy untold!
(Verse and refrain)
Offertory
We Offer You O Lord Divine
We offer you O Lord divine
Our humble gifts of bread and wine
We place them on your altar, Lord today
Make them worthy of your love
Send your blessings from above
Sanctify these gifts O Lord we pray
O take our hearts take our minds
Take all we have make them thine O Lord
Take all we have O Lord
Communion
The Light of Christ
Refrain:
The light of Christ
has come into the world (2x)
1. All men must be born again
to see the kingdom of God
The water and the Spirit
bring new life in God's love
2. God gave up His only Son
out of love for the world
So that all men who believe
in Him will live forever
3. The light of God has come to us
so that we might have salvation
From the darkness of our sins
we walk into glory with Christ Jesus
This Advent we Await
1. This Advent we await God’s reign
when greed and hate shall cease
and kindness dwells in human hearts
and all of us find peace
O god of holiness and grace, illuminate this hour
With hope that we shall see Christ’s face
When he returns with pow’r.
2. Awake, my soul and with the sun
Shake off your sloth and rise
Your daily work and duty done
Will be your sacrifice
Redeem your mis-spent time that’s past
Improve yourself with care
And live this day as though your last
For Christ’s return prepare.
3. Rise up, rise now for Jesus Christ:
The strife will not be long
This day the noise of battle’s heard
The next the Victor’s song
If sin and self we conquer now
The crown will not be far
So wait with courage and new hope
For Christ’s Parousia.
Recession
God’s spirit is in my heart
God’s spirit is in my heart
He has called me and set me apart
This is what I have to do,
what I have to do
He sent me to give the good news to the poor
Tell prisoners that they are prisoners no more
Tell blind people that they can see
And set the downtrodden free
And go tell everyone
The news that the kingdom of God has come
And go tell everyone
The news that God’s kingdom has come
Just as the Father sent me,
so I’m sending you out to be
My witnesses throughout the world
The whole of the world