5th Sunday of Lent

March 22, 2026: Sunday 5.30pm

Genesis Family Choir
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Church of St Francis Xavier, Singapore

Entrance Hymn

God of Day and God of Darkness

Verse 1
God of day and God of darkness
Now we stand before the night
As the shadows stretch and deepen
Come and make our darkness bright
All creation still is groaning
For the dawning of your might
When the sun of peace and justice
Fills the earth with radiant lightVerse 2
Still the nations curse the darkness
Still the rich oppress the poor
Still the earth is bruised and broken
By the ones who still want more
Come and wake us from our sleeping
So our hearts cannot ignore
All your people lost and broken
All your children at our doorVerse 3
Show us Christ in one another
Make us servants, strong and true
Give us all your love of justice
So we do what you would do
Let us call all people holy
Let us pledge our lives anew
Make us one with all the lowly
Let us all be one in youVerse 4
You shall be the path that guides us
You the light that in us burns
Shining deep within all people
Yours the love that we must learn
For our hearts shall wander restless
Til they safe to you return
Finding you in one another
We shall all your face discernVerse 5
Praise to you in day and darkness
You our source and you our end
Praise to you who love and nurtures us
Like a father, mother, friend
Grant us all a peaceful resting
Let each mind and body mend
So we rise, refreshed tomorrow
Hearts renewed to Kingdom tend

Offertory Hymn

You Alone

Refrain
You alone are holy, you alone are Lord
You alone are worthy to be honoured 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 brokenness?Refrain
You alone are holy, you alone are Lord
You alone are worthy to be honoured and adored
Mercy you have given, kindness you have shown
Love is you aloneVerse 2
What is there to do but thank you, then,
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 blessed?Refrain
You alone are holy, you alone are Lord
You alone are worthy to be honoured and adored
Mercy you have given, kindness you have shown
Love is you alone

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

In These Days of Lenten Journey

Refrain
In these days of Lenten journey,
We have seen and we have heard
The call to sow justice
in the lives of those we serve.Verse 4
We call on the Spirit of Justice,
And pray for righteousness’ sake.
We will sing for the freedom
Of all the oppressed.
We will loosen the bonds of distressRefrain
In these days of Lenten journey,
We have seen and we have heard
The call to sow justice
in the lives of those we serve.