OPENING SENTENCE
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Opening Prayer
Holy God, holy and mighty
Holy and immortal, have mercy on us
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CANTICLE: A SONG OF FORGIVENESS
I formed you, O Israel,
And you will not be forgotten by me.
Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
Shout, O depths of the earth,
and break forth into singing.
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Helen
Helen
Helen
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PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND INTERCESSION
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John
Canticle: A song of wisdom
And by wisdom have formed humankind
In rule the world in righteousness,
She understands what is pleasing in your sight
and what is right according to your commandments.
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that she may labour at my side,
and that I may learn what is pleasing to you.
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CLOSING PRAYER
Helen
BENEDlCTlON
Helen
Deep within my heart I feel voices whispering to me.
Words that I can’t understand;
Meanings I can’t clearly hear!
Calling me to follow close, lest I leave myself behind!
Calling me to walk into evening shadows one more time!
So I leave my boats behind!
Leave them on familiar shores!
Set my heart upon the deep!
Follow you again, my Lord!
In my memories, I know how you send familiar rains
falling gently on my days, dancing patterns on my pain!
And I need to learn once more in the fortress of my mind,
to believe in falling rain as I travel deserts dry!
Helen
So I leave my boats behind!
Leave them on familiar shores!
Set my heart upon the deep!
Follow you again, my Lord!
As I gaze into the night down the future of my years,
I’m not sure I want to walk past horizons that I know!
But I feel my spirit called like a stirring deep within,
restless, ’til I live again beyond the fears that close me in!
So I leave my boats behind!
Leave them on familiar shores!
Set my heart upon the deep!
Follow you again, my Lord!
So I leave my boats behind!
Leave them on familiar shores!
Set my heart upon the deep!
Follow you again, my Lord!
Follow you again, my Lord!