Entrance Antiphon
Antiphon:
To You, I lift up my soul, O my God
In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame.
Verse:
Nor let my enemies exult over me;
And let none who hope in you be put to shame.
To You, O Lord- 36
To you, O Lord, I lift my soul,
To You, I lift my soul.
Walk in the Reign- 319
Refrain:
Close as tomorrow the sun shall appear.
Freedom is coming and healing is near.
And I shall be with you in laughter and pain
To stand in the wind and walk in the reign
To walk in the reign.
Verse 1:
In days to come the desert shall bloom.
Rivers will run there, soon, very soon.
So what shall we fear, though death do its worst?
The word of our God is the last shall be first,
The last shall be first. (Refrain)
Verse 2:
Comfort each other, the pain soon must end.
A day comes when lion and lamb shall be friends.
The sightless shall see then, the speechless sing songs.
The name of our God is the righter of wrongs,
The righter of wrongs. (Refrain)
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel- 317
Verse 1:
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Refrain:
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 her ways to go. (Refrain)
Verse 3:
O come, O come, great Lord of might,
Who to your tribes on Sinai’s height
In ancient times once gave the law,
In cloud, and majesty, and awe. (Refrain)
Verse 4:
O come, O Rod of Jesse’s stem,
From ev’ry foe deliver them
That trust your mighty power to save,
And give them vict’ry o’er the grave. (Refrain)
Verse 5:
O come, O Key of David, come,
And open wide our heav’nly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery. (Refrain)
Soon and Very Soon- 770
Verse 1:
Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, (3x)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we’re goin’ to see the King!
Verse 2:
No more cryin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, (3x)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we’re goin’ to see the King!
Verse 3:
No more dyin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, (3x)
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we’re goin’ to see the King!