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Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
Author: Christopher Martin Idle (b. 1938) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Illumination of God's Word Lyrics: 1 Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
unmistakable and clear;
mighty signs to prove your presence,
overcoming doubt and fear
2 Lord, you sometimes speak in whispers,
still and small and scarcely heard;
only those who want to listen
catch the all-important word.
3 Lord, you sometimes speak in silence,
through our loud and noisy day:
we can know and trust you better
when we quietly wait and pray.
4 Lord, you often speak in Scripture,
words that summon from the page,
shown and taught us by your Spirit
with fresh light for every age.
5 Lord, you always speak in Jesus,
always new yet still the same;
teach us now more of our Saviour;
make our lives display his Name. Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-12 Used With Tune: STUTTGART
Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 235 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit in the Church - Illumination of God's Word Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
let us thine influence prove;
source of the old prophetic fire,
fountain of life and love.
2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee
the prophets wrote and spoke;
unlock the truth, thyself the key,
unseal the sacred book.
3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove,
brood o'er our nature's night;
on our disordered spirits move,
and let there now be light.
4 God, through the Spirit we shall know
if thou within us shine,
and sound, with all thy saints below,
the depths of love divine. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:4 Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA (ERIN)
Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire
This is a day of new beginnings
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlivening and Renewing the Church 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
This is a day of new beginnings
From the waiting comes the sign
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.6.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlivening and Renewing the Church Lyrics: 1 From the waiting comes the sign,
come, Holy Spirit, come;
from the presence comes the peace,
come, Holy Spirit, come;
from the silence comes the song,
come, Holy Spirit, come;
and be to us the truth,
the sign, the peace, the song.
2 In the burning is the fire,
come, Holy Spirit, come;
in the spending is the gift,
come, Holy Spirit, come;
in the breaking is the life,
come, Holy Spirit, come;
and be to us in faith,
the fire, the gift, the life. Scripture: Acts 2:1-4 Used With Tune: SIGNUM
From the waiting comes the sign
Great and deep the Spirit's purpose
Author: Marnie Barrell (b. 1952) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Illumination of God's Word; The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlivening and Renewing the Church Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:9-10 Used With Tune: LUX TREMENDA
Great and deep the Spirit's purpose
Spirit of love, you move within creation
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlightening and Renewing the Church Lyrics: 1 Spirit of love, you move within creation,
drawing the threads to colour and design:
life into life, you knit our true salvation,
come, work with us,
and weave us into one.
2 Though we have frayed the fabric of your making,
tearing away from all that you intend,
yet, to be whole, humanity is aching,
come, work with us,
and weave us into one.
3 Great loom of God, where history is woven,
you are the frame that holds us to the truth,
Christ is the theme, the pattern you have given,
come, work with us,
and weave us into one. Scripture: Ephesians 4:3-5 Used With Tune: WEAVER
Spirit of love, you move within creation
Listen to the word which God has spoken
Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Illumination of God's Word Lyrics: Listen to the word that God has spoken,
listen to the One who is close at hand,
listen to the voice which began creation,
listen even if you don't understand. Scripture: Ephesians 4:5 Used With Tune: [Listen to the word which Goad has spoken Text Sources: Canadian original, adapted
Listen to the word which God has spoken
Spirit of Jesus, if I love my neighbour
Author: Brian Wren (b. 1936) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Enlightening and Renewing the Church Lyrics: 1 Spirit of Jesus, if I love my neighbour
out of my knowledge, leisure, power or wealth,
help me to understand the shame and anger:
of helplessness that hates my power to help.
2 And if, when I have answered need with kindness,
my neighbour rises, wakened from despair,
keep me from flinching when the cry for justice
requires of me the changes that I fear.
3 If I am hugging safety or possessions,
uncurl my spirit, as your love prevails,
to join my neighbours, work for liberation,
and find my freedom at the mark of nails. Scripture: 1 John 2:16 Used With Tune: MARK OF NAILS
Spirit of Jesus, if I love my neighbour
Listen now for the Gospel
Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit in the Church Illumination of God's Word First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, melt and break our hearts of stone Lyrics: Cantor: Listen now for the Gospel;
All: Alleluia!
Cantor: It is God's word that changes us;
All: Alleluia!
1 Come, Holy Spirit, melt and break our hearts of stone
until we give our lives to God and God alone.
2 Come, Holy Spirit, root in us God's living word,
that we may show the faithfulness of Christ our Lord.
3 Come, Holy Spirit, bind the broken, find the lost,
confirm in us the fire and love of Pentecost. Scripture: Acts 2:1-3 Used With Tune: [Come, Holy Spirit, melt and break our hearts of stone] Text Sources: Zimbabwean liturgical acclamation
Listen now for the Gospel
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1895) Meter: 7.7.7.5 Appears in 205 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit in the Church - Enlivening and Renewing the Church Lyrics: 1 Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost,
taught by you, we covet most,
of your gifts at Pentecost,
holy, heavenly love.
2 Faith that mountains could remove,
tongues of earth or heaven above,
knowledge, all things, empty prove
without heavenly love.
3 Though I as a martyr bleed,
give my goods the poor to feed,
all is vain, if love I need;
therefore give me love.
4 Love is kind, and suffers long,
love is meek, and thinks no wrong,
love than death itself more strong;
therefore give us love.
5 Prophecy will fade away,
melting in the light of day;
love will ever with us stay;
therefore give us love.
6 Faith and hope and love we see
joining hand in hand, agree;
but the greatest of the three,
and the best, is love. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:31; 13, 14:1 Used With Tune: CHARITY
Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
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