2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday)

12 April 2026: Sunday 5.30pm

Genesis Family Choir
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Church of St Francis Xavier, Singapore

Entrance Hymn

Christ, the Lord, is Risen Today

Verse 1
Christ the Lord is ris'n today:
Christians, haste your vows to pay;
Offer ye your praises meet
At the Paschal Victim's feet;
For the sheep the Lamb hath bled,
Sinless in the sinner's stead
Christ the Lord is ris'n on high:
Now he lives, no more to die.Verse 2
Christ the Victim undefiled,
Man to God hath reconciled,
When in strange and awful strife
Met together death and life;
Christians, on this happy day
Haste with joy your vows to pay;.
Christ the Lord is ris'n on high:
Now he lives, no more to die.Verse 3
Say, O wond'ring Mary, say,
What thou sawest on thy way,
"I beheld, where Christ had lain,
Empty tomb and angels twain;
I beheld the glory bright,
Of the rising Lord of Light;
Christ my hope is ris'n again
Now he lives, and lives to reignVerse 4
Christ, who once for sinners bled,
Now the firstborn from the dead,
Thron'd in endless might and pow'r.
Lives and reigns forever more,
Hail, eternal hope on high!
Hail, Thou King of victory!
Hail, Thou Prince of life ador'd!
Help and save us, gracious Lord!

Offertory Hymn

We Walk by Faith

Verses 1 & 5
We walk by faith, and not by sight;
No gracious words we hear
of Him who spoke as none e'er spoke,
But we believe him near.Verse 2
We may not touch His hands and side,
Nor follow where He trod;
Yet in His promise we rejoice,
And cry, "My Lord and God!"Verse 3
Help then, O Lord, our unbelief;
And may our faith abound,
To call on you when you are near,
And seek where you are found.Verse 4
That when our life of faith is done,
In realms of clearer light,
We may behold you as you are,
In full and endless sight.

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.

Recessional Hymn

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

Verse 1
There's a wideness in God's mercy
Like the wideness of the sea;
There's a kindness in his justice
Which is more than liberty.
There is plentiful redemption
In the blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
in the sorrows of the Head.Verse 2
For the love of God is broader
than the measures of our mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more simple,
We should take him at his word,
And our lives would be thanksgiving
For the goodness of our LordVerse 3
Troubled souls, why will you scatter,
Like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts, why will you wander
From a love so true and deep?
There is welcome for the sinner
And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the Saviour,
There is healing in his blood.