November 9, 2025
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Tip: if your screen isn’t large enough to comfortably display both the livestream and this page, load this page on another device!
Return to “Music This Week” main page
Prelude: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (RS 806)
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heav’n to earth come down!
Fix in us your humble dwelling,
All your faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, source of all compassion,
Love unbounded, love all pure;
Visit us with your salvation,
Let your love in us endure.
Come, Almighty, to deliver,
Let us all your life receive;
Suddenly return and never,
Nevermore your temples leave.
You we would be always blessing,
Serve you as your hosts above,
Pray, and praise you without ceasing,
Glory in your precious love.
Finish then your new creation,
Pure and spotless, gracious Lord.
Let us see your great salvation
Perfectly in you restored.
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heav’n we take our place,
Till we sing before the_Almighty
Lost in wonder, love and praise.
Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, alt. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Entrance Hymn: I Want To Walk As A Child Of The Light (RS 693)
I want to walk as a child of the light.
I want to follow Jesus.
God set the stars to give light to the world.
The star of my life is Jesus.
In him there is no darkness at all.
The night and the day are both alike.
The Lamb is the light of the city of God.
Shine in my heart, Lord Jesus.
I want to see the brightness of God.
I want to look at Jesus.
Clear sun of righteousness shine on my path,
And show me the way to the Father.
I’m looking for the coming of Christ.
I want to be with Jesus.
When we have run with patience the race,
We shall know the joy of Jesus.
Text: Ephesians 5:8-10, Revelation 21:23, John 12:46, 1 John 1:5, Hebrews 12:1; Kathleen Thomerson, b.1934, © 1970, 1975, Celebration.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Text: Laudato si, mi Signor; Francis of Assisi, 1182-1226; tr. by William H. Draper, 1855-1933, alt.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Scripture Readings (external link): Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Responsorial: Psalm 46
R: The waters of the river gladden the city of God, the holy dwelling of the Most High.
Preparation Hymn: As with Gladness Men of Old (RS 551)
1. As with gladness men of old
Did the guiding star behold;
As with joy they hailed its light,
Leading onward, beaming bright;
So, most gracious Lord, may we
Evermore your splendor see.
2. As with joyful steps they sped
To that lowly mangerbed,
There to bend the knee before
Christ whom heav’n and earth adore;
So may we with hurried pace
Run to seek your throne of grace.
3. As they offered gifts most rare
At that manger crude and bare;
So may we this holy day,
Drawn to you without delay,
All our costliest treasures bring,
Christ, to you, our heav’nly King.
4. Christ Redeemer, with us stay,
Help us live your holy way;
And when earthly things are past,
Bring our ransomed souls at last
Where they need no star to guide,
Where no clouds your glory hide.
5. In the heav’nly city bright
None shall need created light;
You, its light, its joy, its crown,
You, its sun which goes not down;
There for ever may we sing
Alleluias to our King.
Text: William C. Dix, 1837-1898 Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Communion Hymn: Come to the Water (RS 690)
O let all who thirst,
let them come to the water.
And let all who have nothing,
let them come to the Lord:
without money, without price.
Why should you pay the price,
except for the Lord?
And let all who seek,
let them come to the water.
And let all who have nothing,
let them come to the Lord:
without money, without strife.
Why should you spend your life,
except for the Lord?
And let all who toil,
let them come to the water.
And let all who are weary,
let them come to the Lord:
all who labor, without rest.
How can your soul find rest,
except for the Lord?
And let all the poor,
let them come to the water,3
Bring the ones who are laden,
bring them all to the Lord:
bring the children without might.
Easy the load and light:
come to the Lord.
Text: Based on Isaiah 55:1–2; Matthew 11:28–30. Text and music © 1978, John B. Foley, S.J., and OCP. All rights reserved.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Concluding Hymn: God We Praise You (RS 703)
God we praise You
God we bless You
God we name You Sovereign Lord
Mighty King whom angels worship
Father by Your church adored
All creation shows Your glory
Heaven and earth draw near Your throne
Singing holy holy holy
Lord of hosts and God alone
True apostles faithful prophets
Saints who set their world ablaze
Martyrs once unknown unheeded
Join one growing song of praise
While Your church on earth confesses
One majestic Trinity
Father Son and Holy Spirit
God our hope eternally
Jesus Christ the King of Glory
Everlasting Son of God
Humble was Your virgin mother
Hard the lonely path You trod
By Your cross is sin defeated
Hell confronted face to face
Heaven opened to believers
Sinners justified by grace
Christ at God’s right hand victorious
You will judge the world You made
Lord in mercy help Your servants
For whose freedom You have paid
Raise us up from dust to glory
Guard us from all sin today
King enthroned above all praises
Save Your people God we pray
Text: Based on the Te Deum ; Christopher Idle, b.1938, © 1982, Jubilate Hymns, Ltd. (Administered by Hope Publishing Co.)
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Alternate Hymn: Christ is Made the Sure Foundation (RS 852)
Christ is made the sure foundation,
Christ the head and cornerstone;
Chosen of the Lord, and precious,
Binding all the Church in one;
Holy Zion’s help for ever,
And her confidence alone.
To this temple where we call you,
Come, O Lord of hosts, today;
With your steadfast loving kindness
Hear your servants as they pray,
And your fullest benediction
Shed in all its bright array.
Here bestow on all your servants,
What they ask of you to gain;
What they gain from you, for ever
With the blessed to retain,
And here-after in your glory
Evermore with you to reign.
Praise and honor to the Father,
Praise and honor to the Son,
Praise and honor to the Spirit,
Ever three and ever one:
One in might and one in glory
While unending ages run!
Text: Angularis fundamentum ; 11th C.; tr. by John M. Neale, 1818-1866, alt.
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Alternate Hymn: O Christ the Great Foundation (RS 854)
1. O Christ the great foundation
On which your people stand
To preach your true salvation
In ev’ry age and land:
Pour out your Holy Spirit
To make us strong and pure,
To keep the faith unbroken
As long as worlds endure.
2. Baptized in one confession,
One church in all the earth,
We bear our Lord’s impression,
The sign of second birth:
One holy people gathered
In love beyond our own,
By grace we were invited,
By grace we make you known.
3. Where tyrants’ hold is tightened,
Where strong devour the weak,
Where innocents are frightened
The righteous fear to speak,
There let your church awaking
Attack the pow’rs of sin
And, all their ramparts breaking,
With you the victory win.
4. This is the moment glorious
When he who once was dead
Shall lead his church victorious,
Their champion and their head.
The Lord of all creation
His heav’nly kingdom brings
The final consummation,
The glory of all things.
Text: Timothy T’ingfang Lew, 1891-1947, alt., © Christian Conference of Asia
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.