17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

26 July 2026: Sunday 5.30pm

Genesis Family Choir
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Church of St Francis Xavier, Singapore

Entrance Hymn

God Gives His People Strength

Verse 1
God gives His people strength.
If we believe in His way, He’s swift to repay
All those who bear the burden of the day
God gives His people strength.Verse 2
God gives His people hope
If we but trust in His word, our prayers are always heard
He warmly welcomes anyone who’s erred.
God gives His people hope.Verse 3
God gives His people love
If we but open wide our hearts, He’s sure to do His part
He’s always the first to make a start.
God gives His people love.Verse 4
God gives His people peace.
When sorrow fills us to the brim, and courage grows dim
He lays to rest our restlessness in Him.
God gives His people peace.

Offertory Hymn

In Bread We Bring You, Lord

Verse 1
In bread we bring you, Lord,
our bodies' labour.
In wine we offer you
our spirits’ grief.
We do not ask you, Lord,
who is my neighbour?
But stand united now,
one in belief.Oh we have gladly heard
your Word, your holy Word,
and now in answer, Lord,
our gifts we bring.
Our selfish hearts make true,
our failing faith renew,
our lives belong to you,
our Lord and King.Verse 2
The bread we offer you
is blessed and broken,
and it becomes for us
our spirits’ food.
Over the cup we bring
your Word is spoken;
make it your gift to us,
your healing blood.Take all that daily toil,
plants in our heart’s poor soil;
take all we start and spoil,
each hopeful dream,
the chances we have missed,
the graces we resist;
Lord, in thy Eucharist,
take and redeem.

Communion Hymn

To The Poor A Lasting Treasure

Verse 1
To the poor, a lasting treasure
To the frail, a guiding hand
There is wealth beyond all measure
Pouring forth at God’s command
To the outcast and rejected
A love that knows no end
To the ones who least expect it,
A Saviour comes as friend.Verse 2
To the heart that walks in sorrow,
To the heart that’s sick with grief,
To the heart that fears tomorrow,
There is comfort and release.
For the heart of Christ, once broken
And hung upon a tree,
Is the heart of love that’s spoken
To all who search for peace.Verse 3
We shall sing a song of gladness
To the God, who from our birth,
Has embraced our joys and sadness
Given dignity and worth,
We, as pilgrims bound together,
Claim Christ as light and guide.
In a bond that none may sever,
We know the Crucified.Verse 4
We shall welcome all as pilgrims,
None will leave our homes unblest.
We will gather all God’s children,
Giving life and love and rest.
Then with grateful voices raising,
Before our God we’ll stand for God,
As we all will go rejoicing
Into the promised land.

Recessional Hymn

Be Thou My Vision

Verse 1
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.Verse 3
Riches I heed not, or man's empty praise;
thou mine inheritance, now and always.
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
High King of Heaven, my treasure Thou art.Verse 4
High King of Heaven, my victory is won;
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heav'n’s Son.
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.