1st Thursday 7.00 pm Mass Hymns

7 August 2025

PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART

Merciful Jesus, I consecrate myself today and always to Your Most Sacred Heart.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I implore, that I may ever love You more and more.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in Your love for me.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like Yours.

Amen.

ENTRANCE: GATHER US IN

1.  

Here in this place new light is streaming

Now is the darkness vanished away

See in this space our fears and our dreamings

Brought here to you in the light of this day

Gather us in, the lost and forsaken

Gather us in, the blind and the lame

Call to us now and we shall awaken

We shall arise at the sound of our name

2.  

We are the young, our lives are a mystery

We are the old who yearn for your face

We have been sung throughout all of history

Called to be light to the whole human race

Gather us in, the rich and the haughty

Gather us in, the proud and the strong

Give us a heart so meek and so lowly

Give us the courage to enter the song

OFFERTORY: THE CHURCH'S ONE FOUNDATION

1.  

The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ, her Lord;

she is His new creation, by water and the word.

From heav'n He came and sought her to be His holy bride;

with His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died.

2.  

Elect from every nation, yet one o'er all the earth,

her charter of salvation: one Lord, one faith, one birth.

One holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food,

and to one hope she presses, with every grace endued.

3.  

Though with a scornful wonder, men see her sore oppressed,

by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed,

yet saints their watch are keeping, their cry goes up, "How long?"

and soon the night of weeping shall be the morn of song!

4.  

'Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war,

she waits the consummation of peace forevermore;

till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest,

and the great church victorious shall be the church at rest.

5.  

Yet she on earth hath union with God the Three in One,

and mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won;

O happy ones and holy! Lord give us grace that we,

like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with Thee.

COMMUNION: BREAD OF LIVE

1.  

Bread of life and cup of hope, we come as gift to you.

Change our hearts; fill us with peace.

Transform our lives anew.

Open our eyes so that we might see

Your presence in one another.

Your life, poured out in love today,

Unites us all in you.

2.  

Loving Lord, Creator God, open our eyes to see

The good that lives in each of us,

That called the world to be.

And when we fail to see the good,

When friendships falter and crumble,

Give us the courage to forgive that we may live in peace.

3.  

Living Word, O Son of God, Your love shows us the way

That we may live in harmony, and from you never stray.

Wipe all oppression from our midst;

Give us a love for all people.

Your song of justice sing in us,

To live for peace today. 

RECESSIONAL: THEY'LL KNOW WE ARE CHRISTIAN

1.  

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord

And we pray that all unity will one day be restored

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yes they'll know we are Christians by our love

2.  

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand

And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yes they'll know we are Christians by our love

3.  

We will work with each other, we will work side by side.

We will work with each other, we will work side by side.

And we’ll guard each man’s dignity, and save each man’s pride.

And they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love

Yes they'll know we are Christians by our love