6th Sunday of Easter

5 May 2024, Sunday, 5.30pm



Genesis Family Choir
Church of St Francis Xavier, Singapore

Entrance Hymn


Sing A New Song

Refrain
Sing a new song unto the Lord;
Let your song be sung from mountains high
Sing a new song unto the Lord
Singing alleluia
Verse 1
Shout with gladness, dance for joy
O come before the Lord
And play for him on glad tambourines
And let your trumpet sound
Refrain
Sing a new song unto the Lord;
Let your song be sung from mountains high
Sing a new song unto the Lord
Singing alleluia
Verse 2
Rise, O children, from your sleep;
Your Savior now has come
He has turned your sorrow to joy
And filled your soul with song
Refrain
Sing a new song unto the Lord;
Let your song be sung from mountains high
Sing a new song unto the Lord
Singing alleluia
Verse 3
Glad my soul for I have seen
The glory of the Lord
The trumpet sounds; the dead shall be raised
I know my Saviour lives
Refrain
Sing a new song unto the Lord;
Let your song be sung from mountains high
Sing a new song unto the Lord
Singing alleluia


Offertory Hymn


Take and Eat

Refrain
Take and eat; take and eat:
This is my body given up for you.
Take and drink; take and drink:
This is my blood given up for you.
Verse 1
I am the Word that spoke and light was made;
I am the seed that died to be re-born;
I am the bread that comes from heaven above;
I am the vine that fills your cup with joy.
Refrain
Take and eat; take and eat:
This is my body given up for you.
Take and drink; take and drink:
This is my blood given up for you.
Verse 2
I am the way that leads the exile home;
I am the truth that sets the captive free;
I am the life that raises up the dead;
I am your peace, true peace my gift to you.
Refrain
Take and eat; take and eat:
This is my body given up for you.
Take and drink; take and drink:
This is my blood given up for you.
Verse 3
I am the Lamb that takes away your sin;
I am the gate that guards you night and day;
You are my flock; you know the shepherd's voice;
You are my own; your ransom is my blood.
Refrain
Take and eat; take and eat:
This is my body given up for you.
Take and drink; take and drink:
This is my blood given up for you.
Verse 4
I am the cornerstone that God has laid;
A chosen stone and precious in his eyes;
You are God's dwelling place, on my you rest;
Living stones, a template for God's praise.
Refrain
Take and eat; take and eat:
This is my body given up for you.
Take and drink; take and drink:
This is my blood given up for you.
Verse 5
I am the light that came into the world;
I am the light that darkness cannot hide;
I am the morning star that never sets;
Lift up your face, in you my light will shine.
Refrain
Take and eat; take and eat:
This is my body given up for you.
Take and drink; take and drink:
This is my blood given up for you.

Communion Hymn


If You Love Me

Refrain:
If you love me, hold to my word,
And my Father will love you;
We will come to you, we will dwell in you,
We will make our home in you
Verse 1
Those who do not love me do not keep my words.
Yet the word you hear is not mine;
It comes from the Father who sent me.
Refrain:
If you love me, hold to my word,
And my Father will love you;
We will come to you, we will dwell in you,
We will make our home in you
Verse 2
This much I have said while I was still with you;
The Father will send you the Spirit,
To remind you of all that I told you.
Refrain:
If you love me, hold to my word,
And my Father will love you;
We will come to you, we will dwell in you,
We will make our home in you
Verse 3
Peace is my farewell to you,
My peace is my gift to you;
I do not give it to you as the world gives peace.
If you truly loved me you’d rejoice
To have me go to the Father.
I say this now, before it takes place,
So when it takes place you may believe.
Refrain:
If you love me, hold to my word,
And my Father will love you;
We will come to you, we will dwell in you,
We will make our home in you


Anointing with Chrism


Veni, Creator Spiritus

1. Veni, creator Spiritus
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti pectora.
(1. Come, Holy Spirit, Creator blest,
and in our souls take up Thy rest;
come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.)
2. Qui diceris Paraclitus,
altissimi donum Dei,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas
et spiritalis unctio.
(2. O comforter, to Thee we cry,
O heavenly gift of God Most High,
O fount of life and fire of love,
and sweet anointing from above.)
3. Tu septiformis munere,
digitus paternae dexterae
tu rite promissum Patris
sermone ditans guttura.
(3. Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts are known;
Thou, finger of God's hand we own;
Thou, promise of the Father, Thou
Who dost the tongue with power imbue.)
4. Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
infirma nostri corporis,
virtute firmans perpeti.
(4. Kindle our sense from above,
and make our hearts o'erflow with love;
with patience firm and virtue high
the weakness of our flesh supply.)
5. Hostem repellas longius
pacem que dones protinus;
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne noxium.
(5. Far from us drive the foe we dread,
and grant us Thy peace instead;
so shall we not, with Thee for guide,
turn from the path of life aside.)
6. Per te sciamus de Patrem
noscamus atque Filium,
te utriusque Spiritum
credamus omni tempore.
(6. Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow
the Father and the Son to know;
and Thee, through endless times confessed,
of both the eternal Spirit blest.)
7. Deo Patri sit gloria,
et Filio qui a mortuis
Surrexit, ac Paraclito,
in saeculorum saecula.
(7. Now to the Father and the Son,
Who rose from death, be glory given,
with Thou, O Holy Comforter,
henceforth by all in earth and heaven.)


Recessional Hymn


Make Us True Servant

Verse 1
Make us true servants
To all those in need
Filled with compassion
In thought, word, and deed
Loving our neighbour
Whatever the cost
Feeding the hungry
And finding the lost
Verse 2
Lord, make us prophets
To cry out the way
Telling the nations
Of mercy’s new day
Let us break barriers
Of hatred and scorn
Speaking of hope
To all people forlorn
Verse 3
Lord, make us healers
Of body and mind
Give us your power
To bring sight to the blind
Love to the loveless
And gladness for pain
Filling all hearts
With the joy of your name