Hymns for Friday Evening Mass
3rd Week of Advent
Entrance
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Verse 1
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Chorus
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to you, O Israel.
Verse 2
O come, O Wisdom from on high,
Who orders all things mightily;
To us the path of knowledge show
And teach us in its ways to go.
Offertory
Bring To This Table
Verse 1
Bring to this table bread and wine,
Signs of redemption which Christ made divine.
Soon gifts once humble shall become
God's pledge of salvation through Jesus his Son.
Refrain
Raise up your heart to the Lord, present here,
Give him the gift of your love.
Join in this feast which unites man with life,
And live with His peace in your heart.
Verse 2
Join in these offerings joys and cares
Be one with each other and all burdens share.
Banish all hatred, forgive ev'ry wrong;
In Christ we are brothers, at peace we belong.
Communion
These Alone Are Enough
Verse 1
Take my heart, O Lord, take my hopes and dreams.
Take my mind with all its plans and schemes.
Give me nothing more than Your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.
Verse 2
Take my thoughts, O Lord, and my memory.
Take my tears, my joys, my liberty.
Give me nothing more than Your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.
Verse 3
I surrender, Lord, all I have and hold.
I return to You Your gifts untold.
Give me nothing more than Your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.
Verse 4
When the darkness falls on my final days,
take the very breath that sang Your praise.
Give me nothing more than Your love and grace.
These alone, O God, are enough for me.
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
Alma Redemptoris Mater
Lyrics
Alma Redemptoris Mater
quae pervia caeli porta manes,
et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
Surgere qui curat, populo:
tu quae genuisti,
Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
