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When Morning Gilds the Skies

Author: Edward Caswall Meter: 6.6.6 D Appears in 728 hymnals Topics: Celebrating Time Lyrics: 1 When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries: may Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair: may Jesus Christ be praised! 2 Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find: may Jesus Christ be praised! Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this: may Jesus Christ be praised! 3 Let earth's wide circle round in joyful notes resound: may Jesus Christ be praised! Let air and sea and sky from depth to height reply: may Jesus Christ be praised! 4 Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine: may Jesus Christ be praised! Be this the eternal song through all the ages long: may Jesus Christ be praised! Scripture: 1 Chronicles 23:30 Used With Tune: LAUDES DOMINI Text Sources: German hymn, c. 1800

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 490 hymnals Topics: Celebrating Time Lyrics: 1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies; Christ, the true, the only light; Sun of Righteousness, arise; triumph o'er the shades of night; Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart appear. 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn unaccompanied by thee; joyless is the day's return till thy mercy's beams I see; till they inward light impart, cheer my eyes and warm my heart. 3 Visit then this soul of mine; pierce the gloom of sin and grief; fill me, radiancy divine; scatter all my unbelief; more and more thyself display, shining to the perfect day. Scripture: Proverbs 4:18 Used With Tune: RATISBON

Your Words Are Spirit and Life

Author: Bernadette Farrell, b. 1957 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Commandments; Commandments; Commandments; Justice; Retreats; Truth; Wisdom; Word; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Third Ordinary Year C; Fifth Ordinary Year A; Sixth Ordinary Year A; Fifteenth Ordinary Year A; Fifteenth Ordinary Year C; Seventeenth Ordinary Year A; Twenty-Second Ordinary Year B; Twenty-Sixth Ordinary Year B; Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Rite of Entrance into the Order of Catechumens; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Mystagogia; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: General Use First Line: God's law is perfect, refreshing the soul Refrain First Line: Your words are spirit and life, O Lord Scripture: Psalm 19:8-11 Used With Tune: [God's law is perfect, refreshing the soul]

Thanksgiving for National Deliverance and Improvement of it

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 33 hymnals Topics: Times and Seasons Days of Thanksgiving; National deliverances celebrated; National prayer and praise; Sunday Schools; Thanksgiving days First Line: Praise to the Lord, who bows his ear Lyrics: 1 Praise to the Lord, who bows his ear Propitious to his people's prayer; And tho' deliverance long delay, Answers in his well-chosen day. 2 Salvation doth to God belong; His power and grace shall be our song; The tribute of our love we bring, To thee our savior and our king! 3 Our temples guarded from the flame, Shall echo thy triumphant name; And every peaceful private home To thee a temple shall become. 4 Still be it our supreme delight To walk us in thy honor'd sight; Hence in thy precepts and thy fear, 'Till life's last hour to persevere. Scripture: Luke 1:74-75

Psalm 95: If Today you Hear His Voice

Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Conversion; Obedience; Praise; Lent 3 Year A; Conversion; Obedience; Praise; Lent 3 Year A; Conversion; Obedience; Praise; Lent 3 Year A; The Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Year A; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Fourth Ordinary Year B; Sixth Ordinary Year C; Tenth Ordinary Year A; Fourteenth Ordinary Year B; Twenty-Second Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Third Ordinary Year A; Twenty-Seventh Ordinary Year C; Thirty-First Ordinary Year A; The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14); Service Music for Mass: Liturgy of the Word Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm First Line: Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD Refrain First Line: If today you hear his voice Scripture: Psalm 95:1-9 Used With Tune: [Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD]

O Splendor of God's Glory Bright

Author: Ambrose of Milan Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 52 hymnals Topics: Celebrating Time Lyrics: 1 O Splendor of God’s glory bright, from light eternal bringing light; O Light of Light, light’s living spring, true Day, all days illumining: 2 Come, Holy Sun of heavenly love, rain down your radiance from above, and to our inward hearts convey the Holy Spirit’s cloudless ray. 3 O joyful be the passing day with thoughts as clear as morning’s ray, with faith like noontide shining bright, our souls unshadowed by the night. 4 O Lord, with each returning morn, your image to our heart is born; O may we ever clearly view our Savior and our God in you. Scripture: Genesis 1:1-3 Used With Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR Text Sources: Trans. composite

Psalm 34: Taste and See

Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Fifth Ordinary Year A; Fifth Ordinary Year B; Eleventh Ordinary Year C; Eighteenth Ordinary Year B; Nineteenth Ordinary Year B; Twentieth Ordinary Year B; Twenty-First Ordinary Year B; St. Peter and Paul, Apostles: Day (June 29); Service Music for Mass: Liturgy of the Word Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm First Line: I will bless the LORD at all times Refrain First Line: Taste and see Scripture: Psalm 34:2-9 Used With Tune: [I will bless the LORD at all times]

Psalm 145: I Will Praise Your Name

Author: Scott Soper, b. 1961 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Easter 5 Year C; Eighteenth Ordinary Year A; Eighth Ordinary Year C; Eleventh Ordinary Year B; Fourteenth Ordinary Year A; Holy Name; Love of God for Us; Ninth Ordinary Year B; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Praise; Rites of the Church Confirmation; Service Music for Mass Communion Song; Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Seventeenth Ordinary Year B; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Communion Song; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Year A; The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (June 24) At the Mass During the Day; Thirty-First Ordinary Year C; Twenty-Fifth Ordinary Year C First Line: I will praise you, God and king Refrain First Line: I will praise your name forever Used With Tune: [I will praise you, God and king]

This is a day of new beginnings

Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Our Response to God in times and seasons; The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlivening and Renewing the Church; The Church Celebrates Confirmation; The Church Celebrates Ordination; Anniversaries; Confirmation; Holy Communion; Hope; New Year; Ordination; Renewal Lyrics: 1 This is a day of new beginnings, time to remember and move on, time to believe what love is bringing, laying to rest the pain that's gone. 2 For by the life and death of Jesus, love's mighty Spirit, now as then, can make for us a world of difference as faith and hope are born again. 3 Then let us, with the Spirit's daring, step from the past and leave behind our disappointment, guilt and grieving, seeking new paths, and sure to find. 4 Christ is alive, and goes before us to show and share what love can do. This is a day of new beginnings -- our God is making all things new. [Alternative text (v. 4) for Holy Communion:] In faith we'll gather round the table to show and share what love can do. This is a day of new beginnings -- our God is making all things new. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Used With Tune: CANONMILLS

Taste and See

Author: Bob Hurd, b. 1950 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Musical Style Gospel; Musical Style Gospel; Musical Style Gospel; Musical Style Gospel; Musical Style Gospel; Musical Style Gospel; Justice; Love of God for Us; Power of God; Praise; Lent 4 Year C; Ordinary Time Common Psalm; Twelfth Ordinary Year C; Eighteenth Ordinary Year B; Nineteenth Ordinary Year B; Twentieth Ordinary Year B; Twenty-First Ordinary Year B; Twenty-Second Ordinary Year C; The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) Year C; St. Peter and Paul, Apostles (June 29) Day; Service Music for Mass Communion Song; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Communion Song; The Liturgical Year The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) First Line: Glory, glory to God most high Refrain First Line: Taste and see, O taste and see Scripture: Psalm 34:2-4 Used With Tune: [Glory, glory to God most high]