Hymns for Friday Evening Mass
Friday of the 4th Week of Lent
Entrance
God Of Mercy And Compassion
Verse 1
God of mercy and compassion,
Look with pity upon me.
Father, let me call Thee Father,
’Tis Thy child returns to Thee.
Refrain
Jesus, Lord, I ask for mercy;
Let me not implore in vain;
All my sins—I now detest them,
Never will I sin again.
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
Godhead Here In Hiding
Verse 1
Godhead here in hiding, whom I do adore
Masked by these bare shadows, shape and nothing more.
See Lord, at Thy service, low lies here a heart
Lost, all lost in wonder at the God Thou art.
Verse 2
Seeing, touching, tasting, are in Thee deceived;
How says trusty hearing? That shall be believed;
What God's Son has told me, take for truth I do;
Truth Himself speaks truly, or there's nothing true.
Verse 3
On the cross Thy Godhead made no sign to men;
Here Thy very manhood steals from human ken:
Both are my confession, both are my belief,
And I pray the same prayer as the dying thief.
Verse 4
I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,
But can plainly call Thee Lord and God as He:
This faith each day deeper, be my holding of,
Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.
Recessional
Ave Regina Caelorum
Lyrics
Ave, Regina caelorum,
Ave, Domina Angelorum:
Salve, radix, salve, porta
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:Gaude, Virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa,
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.
