Hide not thou thy face from us, O Lord, and cast not off thy servant in thy displeasure; for we confess our sins unto thee and hide not our unrighteousness. For thy mercy’s sake, deliver us from all our sins.
Lord, for thy tender mercy’s sake Lay not our sins to our charge, But forgive that is past, And give us grace to amend our sinful lives: To decline from sin and incline to virtue, That we may walk in a perfect heart, Before thee now and evermore.
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands that holy things have taken; let ears that now have heard your songs to clamour never waken. Lord, may the tongues which ‘Holy’ sang keep free from all deceiving; the eyes which saw your love be bright, your blessèd hope perceiving. The feet that tread the holy courts from ... [Read more...]
Glorious things of you are spoken, Sion city of our God; he whose word cannot be broken formed you for his own abode; On the Rock of Ages founded, what can shake your sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, You may smile at all your foes. See the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal ... [Read more...]
Concerto in A Min BWV 593 1st Movt – Vivaldi/Bach
l How long O Lord will you so | utterly. for | get me: how long will you | hide your | face from | me? 2 How long must I suffer anguish in my soul and be so grieved in my heart | day and | night: how long shall my | ene .my ... [Read more...]
Now let us from this table rise, Renewed in body, mind, and soul; With Christ we die and live again, His selfless love has made us whole. With minds alert, upheld by grace, To spread the Word in speech and deed, We follow in the steps of Christ, At one with all in hope and ... [Read more...]
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, brothers and sisters draw near; praise him in glad adoration! Praise to the Lord, who o’er all things so wondrously reigneth, shelters thee under his wings, yea, so gently ... [Read more...]
If ye love me Keep my commandments And I will pray the father And he shall give you another comforter That he May bide with you forever E’en the spirit of truth
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. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word; I ever with thee, thou with me, Lord; thou my great ... [Read more...]
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour, first-begotten from the dead, Thou alone, our strong Defender, liftest up Thy people’s head. alleluia, alleluia, Jesus, true and living Bread! Here our humble homage pay we, here in loving reverence bow; here for faith’s discernment pray we, lest we fail to know thee now: alleluia, alleluia thou are here ... [Read more...]
1 Incline your ear to me O | God and | answer me: for | I am | poor • and in | misery. 2 Preserve my life for | I am | faithful: my God save your servant who | puts his | trust in | you, 3 Be merciful to | me O ... [Read more...]
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 663 – J.S. Bach
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne BuxWV 137 – Buxtehude
O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi, Dignare clemens supplicum Laudes precesque sumere. Qui carne quondam contegi Dignatus es pro perditis, Nos membra confer effici Tui beati corporis. O Light born of Light, Jesus, redeemer of the world, with loving-kindness deign to receive suppliant praise and prayer. Thou who once deigned to be ... [Read more...]
1 I love the Lord because he | heard my | voice: the | voice of . my | supplication; 2 Because he in|clined his | ear to me: in the | day | that I| called to him. 11 How shall I re|pay the | Lord: for | all his | benefits | ... [Read more...]
Forth in your name, O Lord, I go, my daily labour to pursue, thee only thee resolved to know in all I think or speak or do. The task thy wisdom has assigned O let me cheerfully fulfill; in all my works thy presence find, and prove thy good and perfect will. Thee may ... [Read more...]
Bright the vision that delighted Once the sight of Judah’s seer; Sweet the countless tongues united To entrance the prophet’s ear. Round the Lord in glory seated Cherubim and seraphim Filled his temple, and repeated Each to each the alternate hymn: ‘Lord, your glory fills the heaven; Earth is with its fullness stored; Unto you ... [Read more...]
Blessed are you the |God of .our |forebears: worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever. Blessed is your holy and |glorious| name: worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever. Blessed are you, glorious in your | holy |temple: worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever. Blessed are you ... [Read more...]