Third Sunday of Lent
30 March 2025, Sunday, 5:30pm
Genesis Family Choir
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Church of St Francis Xavier, Singapore
Entrance Hymn
HOSEA
Verse 1
Come back to me with all your heart
Don't let fear keep us apart
Trees do bend though straight and tall
So must we to other's call.Refrain
Long have I waited for your coming home to me
And living deeply our new life.Verse 2
The wilderness will lead you
To your heart where I will speak
Integrity and justice with tenderness
You shall know.Refrain
Long have I waited for your coming home to me
And living deeply our new life.
Offertory Hymn
YOU ALONE
Refrain
You alone are holy
You alone are Lord
You alone are worthy to be honored and adored
Mercy You have given
Kindness You have shown
Love is You aloneVerse 1
Who of us is sinless in this place
Who of us deserves Your saving grace
Who of us is good at all without
Your blessed love that falls upon our hearts to heal our brokenessRefrain
You alone are holy
You alone are Lord
You alone are worthy to be honored and adored
Mercy You have given
Kindnes You have shown
Love is You aloneVerse 2
What is there to do but thank You than
For the gift that we might call You friend
Greater love has not been known Than that for which You gave Your only Son,
That You might see us pure and blessedRefrain
You alone are holy
You alone are Lord
You alone are worthy to be honored and adored
Mercy, You have given
Kindness You have shown
Love is You aloneLove is You alone
Communion Hymn
BEYOND THE DAYS
Refrain
Beyond the days of hope and myst'ry
We see a light of faith renewed
And in our longing, we thirst for guidance
To walk with You day by dayVerse 1
Forty days and nights
You guide the steps of our journey
May Your presence be felt
In the whisper of Your voiceRefrain
Beyond the days of hope and myst'ry
We see a light of faith renewed
And in our longing, we thirst for guidance
To walk with You day by dayVerse 2
Not on bread alone
Are we to walk on this journey
Speak the words that give life
To the yearnings of our heartsRefrain
Beyond the days of hope and myst'ry
We see a light of faith renewed
And in our longing, we thirst for guidance
To walk with You day by dayVerse 3
In your hands, O God,
we feel the touch of your guidance.
Keep us safe in your care:
may your gentleness be there.Refrain
Beyond the days of hope and myst'ry
we see a light of faith renewed,
and in our longing we thirst for guidance
to walk with you day by day.Verse 4
On our Lenten path
we see the dawn of a new day.
Be our vision of hope;
be the promise of our lives.Refrain
Beyond the days of hope and myst'ry
we see a light of faith renewed,
and in our longing we thirst for guidance
to walk with you day by day.
Recessional Hymn
LED BY THE SPIRIT
Verse 1
Led by the Spirit of our God
We go to fast and pray
With Christ into the wilderness
We join his paschal way
"Rend not your garments
Rend your hearts
Turn back your lives to me"
Thus says our kind and gracious God
Whose reign is libertyVerse 2
Led by the Spirit we confront
Temptation face to face
And know full well we must rely
On God's redeeming grace
On bread alone we cannot live
But nourished by the Word
We seek the will of God to do
This is our drink and foodVerse 3
Led by the Spirit, now draw near
The waters of rebirth
With hearts that long to worship God
In spirit and in truth
"Whoever drinks the drink I give
Shall never thirst again"
Thus says the Lord who died for us
Our Saviour, kin and friendVerse 4
Led by the Spirit, now sing praise
To God the Trinity
The source of life, the Living Word
Made flesh to set us free
The Spirit blowing where it will
To make us friends of God
This myst'ry far beyond our reach
Yet near in healing love