January 26, 2025
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Prelude: All are welcome (RS 925)
Let us build a house where love can dwell
And all can safely live,
A place where saints and children tell
How hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions,
Rock of faith and vault of grace;
Here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
Let us build a house where prophets speak,
And words are strong and true,
Where all God’s children dare to seek
To dream God’s reign anew.
Here the cross shall stand as witness
And as symbol of God’s grace;
Here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.
Text: Marty Haugen, b.1950, © 1994, GIA Publications, Inc. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Prelude: Word of God, Come Down on Earth (RS 701)
Word of God, come down on earth,
living rain from heaven descending;
touch our hearts and bring to birth
faith and hope and love unending.
Word almighty, we revere you;
Word made flesh, we long to hear you.
Word eternal, throned on high,
Word that brought to life creation,
Word that came from heav’n to die,
crucified for our salvation,
saving Word, the world restoring,
speak to us, your love outpouring.
Word that caused blind eyes to see,
speak and heal our mortal blindness;
deaf we are: our healer be;
loose our tongues to tell your kindness.
Be our Word in pity spoken,
heal the world, by our sin broken.
Word that speaks God’s tender love,
one with God beyond all telling,
Word that sends us from above
God the Spirit, with us dwelling,
Word of truth, to all truth lead us,
Word of life, with one Bread feed us.
Text: James Quinn, SJ, 1919–2010, © 1969, James Quinn, SJ. Music © 2022, 2023, Edward Eicker. Text and music published by OCP. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Entrance Hymn: All Creatures Of Our God And King (RS 706)
All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O burning sun with golden beam
And silver moon with softer gleam:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
O rushing wind and breezes soft,
O clouds that ride the winds aloft:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O rising morn, in praise rejoice,
O lights of evening, find a voice. Alleluia…
Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship God in humbleness,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Oh praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One! Alleluia…
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): 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Responsorial: Psalm 19
R: Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Preparation Hymn: Seek Ye First (RS 800)
Seek ye first the kingdom of God
And His righteousness
And all these things
Shall be added unto you
Allelu, alleluia
Ask and it shall be given unto you
Seek and you shall find
Knock and the door
Shall be opened unto you
Allelu, alleluia
You shall not live by bread alone
But by ev’ry word
That comes forth
From the mouth of God
Allelu, alleluia
Where two or three are gathered in my name,
There am I in their midst;
And whatsoever you ask I will do;
Allelu, alleluia
Optional refrain or descant:
Alleluia, alleluia,
Alleluia, allelu, alleluia.
Text: Matthew 6:33, 7:7; adapt. by Karen Lafferty, b. 1948 Tune: SEEK YE FIRST, Irregular;. Karen Lafferty, b. 1948 © 1972 CCCM Music/Universal Music – Brentwood Benson Publishing (admin. CapitolCMGPublishing.com) Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Communion Hymn: One Bread, One Body (RS 1027)
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, servant or free,
woman or man no more.
Many the gifts, many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Grain for the fields, scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:16; 17, 12:4, Galatians 3:28; the Didache 9; John Foley, SJ, b.1939, © 1978, John B. Foley, SJ, and New Dawn Music. Published by OCP Publications. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.
Concluding Hymn: Sing a New Song to the Lord (RS 710)
Sing a new song to the Lord,
He to whom wonders belong!
Rejoice in his triumph and tell of his power,
O sing to the Lord a new song!
Now to the ends of the earth
See his salvation is shown;
And still he remembers his mercy and truth,
Unchanging in love to his own.
Sing a new song and rejoice,
Publish his praises abroad!
Let voices in chorus, with trumpet and horn,
Resound for the joy of the Lord!
Join with the hills and the sea
Thunders of praise to prolong!
In judgment and justice he comes to the earth,
O sing to the Lord a new song!
Text: Psalm 98; Timothy Dudley-Smith, b.1926, © 1973, Hope Publishing Co. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.