February 23, 2025
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Prelude: There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (RS 755)
1. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
Like the wideness of the sea;
There’s a kindness in God’s justice
Which is more than liberty.
There is plentiful redemption
In the blood that has been shed;
There is joy for all the members
In the sorrows of the Head.
2. For the love of God is broader
Than the measures of the mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
If our love were but more faithful,
We should rest upon God’s word;
And our lives would be thanksgiving
For the goodness of our Lord.
3. Troubled souls, why will you scatter
Like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts, why will you wander
From a love so true and deep?
There is welcome for the sinner,
And more graces for the good;
There is mercy with the Savior,
There is healing in his blood.
Text: Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863, alt. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Entrance Hymn: 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.
Scripture Readings (external link): 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Responsorial: Psalm 103
R: The Lord is kind and merciful.
Preparation Hymn: No Greater Love (RS 812)
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Communion Hymn: Bread of Life from Heaven (RS 1035)
Bread of life from heaven, your blood and body given,
we eat this bread and drink this cup until you come again.
Break now the bread of Christ’s sacrifice;
Giving thanks, hungry ones gather round.
Eat, all of you, and be satisfied;
In Christ’s presence the loaves will abound.
Seek not the food that will pass away;
Set your hearts on the food that endures.
Come, learn the true and the living way,
That the fullness of life may be yours.
Love as the One who, in love for you,
Gave himself for the life of the world.
Come to the One who is food for you,
That your hunger and thirst be no more.
Take in the light that will never dim,
Taste the life that is stronger than death.
Live in the One who will come and then
Raise you up at the last with the blest.
Dwell in the One who now dwells in you;
Make your home in the life-giving Word.
Know only Christ, Holy One of God,
And believe in the truth you have heard.
Drink of this cup and declare his death;
Eat this bread and believe Easter morn;
Trust his return and, with ev’ry breath,
Praise the One in whom you are reborn.
Text: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1998, © 1977, Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Concluding Hymn: There Is a Longing (RS 771)
There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord,
for you to reveal yourself to us.
There is a longing in our hearts
for love we only find in you, our God.
For justice, for freedom,
for mercy: hear our prayer.
In sorrow, in grief:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
For wisdom, for courage,
for comfort: hear our prayer.
In weakness, in fear:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
For healing, for wholeness,
for new life: hear our prayer.
In sickness, in death:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
Lord save us, take pity,
light in our darkness.
We call you, we wait:
be near, hear our prayer, O God.
© 1992, Anne Quigley. Published by OCP. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.