The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ - Corpus Christi
7 June 2026, Sunday, 5.30pm
Genesis Family Choir
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Church of St Francis Xavier, Singapore
Entrance Hymn
Gather the People
Refrain
Gather the people
Enter the feast
All are invited
The greatest and least
The banquet is ready
Now to be shared
Join in the heavenly feast
That God has preparedVerse 1
Around this table we dine as kin
Beloved family of God
We share the body of Christ the Lord
Here we become what we eatRefrain
Gather the people
Enter the feast
All are invited
The greatest and least
The banquet is ready
Now to be shared
Join in the heavenly feast
That God has preparedVerse 2
Around this table God’s mercy flows
To hearts imprisoned by shame
We know compassion in Christ, the Lord
Let us become what we eatRefrain
Gather the people
Enter the feast
All are invited
The greatest and least
The banquet is ready
Now to be shared
Join in the heavenly feast
That God has preparedVerse 3
Around this table
our heart's rejoice
In love that's stronger than death.
We'll rise in glory
with Christ, The Lord.
Then we become what we eatRefrain
Gather the people
Enter the feast
All are invited
The greatest and least
The banquet is ready
Now to be shared
Join in the heavenly feast
That God has preparedVerse 4
Around this table God’s lowly ones
Are clothed in splendour and grace
We share the banquet of Christ, the Lord
Here we become what we eatRefrain
Gather the people
Enter the feast
All are invited
The greatest and least
The banquet is ready
Now to be shared
Join in the heavenly feast
That God has prepared
Offertory Hymn
I am the Bread of Life
Verse 1
I am the bread of life
You who come to me shall not hunger
And who believe in me shall not thirst
No one can come to me
Unless the Father beckonsRefrain
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
On the last dayVerse 2
The bread that I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world
And if you eat of this bread
You shall live forever
You shall live foreverRefrain
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
On the last dayVerse 3
Unless you eat
Of the flesh of the Son of Man
And drink of his blood
And drink of his blood
You shall not have life within youRefrain
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
On the last dayVerse 4
I am the Resurrection
I am the life
If you believe in me
Even though you die
You shall live foreverRefrain
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
On the last dayVerse 5
Yes, Lord, we believe
That you are the Christ
The Son of God
Who has come
Into the worldRefrain
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
And I will raise you up
On the last day
Communion Hymn
Now We Remain
Refrain:
We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts.
Living, now we remain with Jesus, the Christ.Verse 1
Once we were people afraid, lost in the night.
Then by your cross we were saved.
Dead became living, life from your giving.Refrain:
We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts.
Living, now we remain with Jesus, the Christ.Verse 2
Something which we have known,
Something we've touched.
What we have seen with our eyes:
This we have heard, life giving Word.Refrain:
We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts.
Living, now we remain with Jesus, the Christ.Verse 3
He chose to give of himself, became our bread.
Broken that we might live.
Love beyond love, pain for our pain.Refrain:
We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts.
Living, now we remain with Jesus, the Christ.Verse 4
We are the presence of God; this is our call.
Now to become bread and wine:
Food for the hungry, life for the weary,
For to live with the Lord,
We must die with the Lord.Refrain:
We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts.
Living, now we remain with Jesus, the Christ.
Processional Hymns
O Sacrament Most Holy
Verse 1
O Jesus, we adore You,
Who, in Your love divine,
Conceal Your mighty Godhead
In forms of bread and wine.Refrain
O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev’ry moment thine!Verse 2
O Jesus, we adore You,
Our victim and our priest,
Whose precious blood and body
Become our sacred feast.Refrain
O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev’ry moment thine!Verse 3
O Jesus, we adore You,
Our Saviour and our King,
And with the saints and angels
Our humble homage bring.Refrain
O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev’ry moment thine!Verse 4
O Jesus, we adore You;
Come, live in us we pray,
That all our thoughts and actions
Be Yours alone today.Refrain
O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev’ry moment thine!Verse 5
O come, all you who labour
In sorrow and in pain;
Come, eat this bread from heaven;
Your peace and strength regain.Refrain
O sacrament most holy,
O sacrament divine,
All praise and all thanksgiving
Be ev’ry moment thine!
Panis Angelicus
Verse 1
Panis angelicus, fit panis hominum,
Dat panis caelicus figuris terminum.
O res mirabilis manducat Dominum,
Pauper, servus, et humilis.Verse 2
Te, trina Delitas unaque, poscimus,
Sic nos tu visita, sicut te colimus;
Per tuas semitas duc nos quo tendimus,
Ad lucem quam inhabitas.EnglishVerse 1
Holy and living bread, wondrous food from heaven sent,
God’s sacrifice foretold now in our hands we hold.
Sign and reality, challenge for us to be
Humble servants to all the poor.Verse 2
God, holy Three-In-One, through this off’ring of your Son
All now on earth can see what we are called to be:
Hope for a world in need, signs that love can succeed
Where true justice and peace endure.
Jesus, My Lord, My God, My All
Verse 1
Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all.
How can I love thee as I ought?
And how revere this wondrous gift,
So far surpassing hope or thought?Refrain
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.Verse 2
Had I but Mary's sinless heart,
To love Thee with, my dearest King;
O with what bursts of fervent praise,
Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!Refrain
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.Verse 3
O, see, within a creature's hand,
The vast Creator deigns to be,
Reposing infant-like, as though
On Joseph's arm, on Mary's knee.Refrain
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.Verse 4
Thy body, soul, and Godhead, all,
O mystery of love divine!
I cannot compass all I have,
For all Thou hast and art are mine.Refrain
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.Verse 5
Sound, sound His praises higher still,
And come ye Angels to our aid;
'Tis God, 'tis God, the very God,
Whose pow’r both man and angels made.Refrain
Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Oh, make us love Thee more and more.
Down in Adoration
Verse 1
Down in adoration falling
This great sacrament we hail
Ancient types have long departed
Newer rites of grace prevail
Faith for all defects supplying
Where the feeble senses fail.Verse 2
Glory let us give and blessing
To the Father and the Son
Honour might and praise addressing
While eternal ages run
Equal praise to him confessing
Who proceeds from both as one.Amen[Priest] You have given them bread from heaven.
[People] Having in itself all delight
Divine Praises
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His most sacred Heart.
Blessed be His most precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blest be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph her most chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in His angels and in His Saints.
Recessional Hymn
Soul of My Saviour
Verse 1
Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast;
Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest;
Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide;
Wash me with water flowing from his side.Verse 2
Strength and protection may thy Passion be;
O Blessed Jesus, hear and answer me;
Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me;
So shall I never, never part from thee.Verse 3
Hear me, Lord Jesus, listen as I pray;
"Lead me from night to never ending day.
Fill all the world with love and grace divine,
And glory, laud, and praise be ever thine."