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HYMN
Let us go then to Bethlehem,
let us go then to Bethlehem
to see this thing that God has done.
Let us go then to Bethlehem,
let us go then to Bethlehem
to see this thing that God has done for us.
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1st Reading
HYMN
Prepare the way of the Lord.
Prepare the way of the Lord,
and all people will see the salvation of our God.
Text: Luke 3:4, 6; Taizé Community, © 1984, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
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HYMN
Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus.
Confitemini Domino, Alleluia!
Come and fill our hearts with your peace. You alone, O Lord, are holy.
Come and fill our hearts with your peace, Alleluia!
Text: Psalm 137, Give thanks to the Lord for he is good ; Taizé Community, 1982, © 1982, 1991, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
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2nd Reading
HYMN
Wait for the Lord, whose day is near.
Wait for the Lord: be strong, take heart!
1. Prepare the way for the Lord. Make a straight path for God.
2. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed.
3. All the earth will see the Lord.
4. Rejoice in the Lord always, God is at hand.
5. Seek first the kingdom of God, seek and you shall find.
Text: Isaiah 40, Philippians 4, Matthew 6-7; Taizé Community, © 1984, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
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HYMN
O Lord, hear my prayer,
O Lord, hear my prayer:
when I call answer me.
O Lord, hear my prayer,
O Lord, hear my prayer.
Come and listen to me.
The Lord is my song,
the Lord is my praise:
All my hope comes from God.
The Lord is my song,
The Lord is my praise:
God, the well-spring of life.
Text: Psalm 102; Taizé community, 1982 Tune: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 © 1982, Les Presses de Taizé
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3rd Reading
HYMN
Magnificat, magnificat, Magnificat anima mea Dominum.
Magnificat, magnificat, Magnificat anima mea!
Text: Luke 1:46; My soul magnifies the Lord; Taizé Community, 1978, © 1979, Les Presses de Taizé. GIA Publications, Inc., agent
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HYMN
The kingdom of God is justice and peace
and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come, Lord, and open in us
the gates of your kingdom.
Text: Taizé Community, © 2001, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
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HYMN
Laudate Dominum, laudate Dominum omnes gentes, alleluia.
Laudate Dominum, laudate Dominum omnes gentes, alleluia.
Text: Psalm 117, Praise the Lord, all you peoples; Taizé Community, 1980, © 1980, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
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BENEDICTION
Tantum ergo Sacraméntum
Venerémur cérnui:
Et antiquum documéntum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides suppleméntum
Sénsuum deféctui.
Genitóri, Genitóque
Laus et iubilátio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedíctio:
Procedénti ab utróque
Compar sit laudátio.
Down in adoration falling,
This great sacrament we hail;
Over ancient forms departing,
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying
Where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
And the Son who reigns on high,
With the Spirit blest proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
CLOSING HYMN
Prepare the way of the Lord.
Prepare the way of the Lord,
and all people will see the salvation of our God.
Text: Luke 3:4, 6; Taizé Community, © 1984, Les Presses de Taizé, GIA Publications, Inc., agent
Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE License #A-727305.