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Holy Spirit, gift bestower

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Holy Spirit Invocation of Scripture: John 14:16-18 Used With Tune: YR HUN GÂN Text Sources: Author unknown

Author: Taizé Community Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Invocation First Line: Come from the four winds, O Spirit Lyrics: Ostinato: Veni, Sancte Spiritus. 1 Come from the four winds, O Spirit, come, breath of God; disperse the shadows over us, renew and strengthen your people. Veni, Sancte Spiritus. 2 Father of the poor, come to our poverty. Shower upon us the seven gifts of your grace. Be the light of our lives O, come. Veni, Sancte Spiritus. 3 You are our only comforter, Peace of the soul. In the heat you shade us; in our labour you refresh us, and in trouble you are our strength. Veni, Sancte Spiritus. 4 Kindle in our hearts the flame of our love that in the darkness of the world in may glow and reach to all forever. Veni, Sancte Spiritus. Scripture: Luke 11:9-13 Used With Tune: VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS

Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us

Appears in 66 hymnals Topics: Invocation Responses Lyrics: Lord, have mercy upon us; Christ, have mercy upon us; Lord, have mercy upon us. Used With Tune: [Lord, have mercy upon us]

Come, Holy Ghost, teach us in faith

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Invocation Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Ghost, teach us in faith To worship, love, and honor God's Son, who loved us unto death, Our Saviour and Atoner, And serve Him truly, soul and mind, That we 'gainst sin and death may find In His deep wounds salvation. 2 Grant that we all Thy doctrine sound May keep, and lose it never; And let Thy bread of life abound, That we may live forever; Yea, let us die unto all sin, Be cleansed and purified within, That fruits of faith may flourish. 3 When we have run our earthly race, And must to death surrender, Oh, may we feel Thy blessed grace, Our Saviour and Defender, In faith be steadfast to the end, Our souls into Thy hands commend, And rest is peace forever. Used With Tune: COME, HOLY GHOST, TEACH US IN FAITH

Silent, surrendered, calm and still

Author: Pamela Hayes; Margaret Rizza (b. 1929) Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Holy Spirit Invocation of Scripture: John 16:13-15 Used With Tune: [Silent, surrendered, calm and still]

Holy Spirit, Come into Our Lives

Author: Ken Canedo Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Gathering, Centring, and Invocation First Line: Give us a spirit of wisdom Scripture: Genesis 7:24 Used With Tune: [Give us a spirit of wisdom]

To God Be Glory

Author: N. Tate, 1652-1715; N. Brady, 1659-1726 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 37 hymnals Topics: Invocation First Line: To God be glory, peace on earth Lyrics: 1 To God be glory, peace on earth, To all mankind good will! We bless, we praise, we worship Thee, And glorify Thee still. 2 And thanks for Thy great glory give, That fills our soul with light, O Lord, our heav'nly King, the God And Father of all might! 3 And Thou, begotten Son of God, Before all time begun; O Jesus Christ, Thou Lamb of God, The Father's only Son: 4 Have mercy, Thou that tak'st the sins Of all the world away! Have mercy, Savior of mankind, And hear us when we pray! 5 O Thou, who sitt'st at God's right hand, Upon the Father's throne, Have mercy on us Thou, O Christ, Who art the Holy One! 6 Thou only, with the Holy Ghost, Whom earth and heav'n adore, In glory of the Father art Most high forevermore.

Be present, blessed Father, To give away this bride

Author: Anon. Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Invocation Lyrics: 1 Be present, blessed Father, To give away this bride, As Eve thou gav'st to Adam Out of his own pierced side. 2 Be present, Son of Mary! To join their loving hands, As thou didst join two natures In thine eternal bands. 3 Thy presence, Holy Spirit! Thy Witness, may they feel, As thou for Christ the Bridegroom The heavenly Spouse dost seal.

Lift your voice, and thankful sing

Appears in 31 hymnals Topics: Creation, Preservation, and temporal Blessings An Invocation to praise God our Creator Lyrics: 1 Lift your voice, and thankful sing Praises to our Heavenly King. Be the Lord our only theme, Who of Gods is God supreme; For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end. 2 He asserts his just command, By the wonders of his hand, He whose wisdom thron'd on high, built the mansions of the sky; For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end. 3 He who bade the watery deep, Under earth's foundation sleep; And the orbs that gild the pole, Through the boundless ether roll; For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end. 4 Thou, O sun, whose powerful ray Rules the empire of the day; You, O moon and stars, whose light Gilds the darkness of the night: For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end. 5 He with food sustains, O earth, All who claim from thee their birth; Yield the homage that his name From a creature's lips may claim; For his blessings far extend, And his mercy knows no end.

Ye tribes of earth, in God rejoice

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: General Forms of Praise and Thanksgiving Invocation to Praise God Lyrics: 1 Ye tribes of earth, in God rejoice; His presence hail, with thankful voice; To him your willing homage pay, And wake the tributary lay; Submissive to his will, in him Behold the God of Gods supreme. 2 With conscious wonder oft survey'd, He, not ourselves, our frame has made; The subjects of his pow'r we stand, The sheep that own his guiding hand; O enter then his gates with praise, To him your loudest accents raise. 3 With grateful hearts his love proclaim, And bless, O bless his awful name; For truth in him, and mercy, live; That truth shall time itself survive; That mercy, thro' the length of days, Unclouded, pour its healing rays.