Hymns for Friday Evening Mass

28th Week of Ordinary Time

Entrance

O God Beyond All Praising

Verse 1
O God beyond all praising,
We worship You today
And sing the love amazing
That songs cannot repay;
For we can only wonder
At every gift You send,
At blessings without number
And mercies without end:
We lift our hearts before You
And wait upon your word,
We honor and adore You,
Our great and mighty Lord.

Offertory

All Man’s Labour Can Produce

Refrain
May this lowly bread and wine
Be the sacrifice divine
Of our Saviour Jesus Christ
Of our Saviour Jesus Christ

Verse 1
All man’s labour can produce
You have given for our use
Take O Lord our offering
Take O Lord, our offering

Verse 2
On this gift of bread and wine
Of our sacrifice a sign
Father look with favour now
Father look, with favour now

Communion

O God You Search Me

Verse 1
O God, You search me, and You know me
All my thoughts lie open to Your gaze
When I walk or lie down, You are before me
Ever the maker and keeper of my days

Verse 2
You know my resting and my rising
You discern my purpose from afar
And with love everlasting, You besiege me
In ev'ry moment of life or death, You are

Verse 3
Before a word is on my tongue, Lord
You have known its meaning through and through
You are with me beyond my understanding
God of my present, my past and future, too

Verse 4
Although Your Spirit is upon me
Still I search for shelter from Your light
There is nowhere on Earth I can escape You
Even the darkness is radiant in Your sight

Verse 5
For You created me and shaped me
Gave me life within my mother's womb
For the wonder of who I am, I praise You
Safe in Your hands, all creation is made new

Recessional

Salve Regina

Lyrics
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae;
Vita, dulcedo et spes nostra salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.
Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Maria.