Category: Entrance Hymns

Abide with me

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide! When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power? Who like thyself my guide …

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace, How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now I’m found, was blind, but now I see. Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed. …

Be not afraid

You shall cross the barren desert, but you shall not die of thirst.
You shall wander far in safety though you do not know the way.
You shall speak your words in foreign lands and all will understand.
You shall see the face of God and live.

Be not afraid, I go before you always.
Come follow me, and I will give you rest.

If you pass through raging waters in the sea, you shall not drown.
If you walk amid the burning flames, you shall not be harmed.
If you stand before the power of hell, and death is at your side,
Know that I am with you through it all.

Blessed are your poor, for the Kingdom shall be theirs.
Blessed are you that weep and mourn, for one day you shall laugh.
And if wicked men insult and hate you all because of me,
Blessed, blessed are you.

I watch the sunrise

I watch the sunrise lighting the sky, casting its shadows near.

And on this morning, bright though it be, I feel those shadows near me.


But you are always close to me, following all my ways.

May I be always close to you, following all your ways, Lord.


I watch the sunlight shine through the clouds, warming the earth below.

 And at the mid-day, life seems to say: I feel your brightness near me.

Nearer, my God, to thee

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee.

E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me.

Still all my song shall be nearer, my God, to thee,

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee.


Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,

Darkness be over me, my rest a stone,

Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to thee,

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee.


There let the way appear, steps unto heav’n;

All that thou sendest me, in mercy giv’n;

Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to thee,

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee.

Sweet Heart of Jesus

1.Sweet Heart of Jesus, font of love and mercy,
Today we come, thy blessing to implore.
Oh touch our hearts, so cold and so ungrateful
And make them Lord, thine own for evermore.

Sweet Heart of Jesus we implore,
Oh make us love Thee more and more.

2.Sweet Heart of Jesus, make us pure and gentle
And teach us how to do thy blessed will;
To follow close the print of thy dear footsteps
And when we fall, Sweet Heart, oh love us still.

3.Sweet heart of Jesus, make us know and love thee,
Unfold to us the treasures of thy grace;
That so our hearts, from things of earth uplifted,
May long alone to gaze upon thy face.

Here I am, Lord

I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry.

All who dwell in dark and sin my hand will save.

I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright.

Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?


Here I am, Lord.  It is I, Lord. I have heard You calling in the night.

I will go Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart.


I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people’s pain.

I have wept for love of them, they turn away.

I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone.

I will speak my words to them, whom shall I send?