A Sung Communion Liturgy for the Season of
Advent
(Tune: VENI
EMMANUEL)
The Lord be
with you as we gather here
Lift up
your hearts unto the Lord your God.
For it is
right to give God our praise.
Let us
prepare our hearts for coming days:
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
You created
all things and called them good,
Made us
like you, but we cast off your love.
You set us free and claimed us as yours,
Through sage and prophet spoke to us your word.
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O Holy God of power and might,
Bless’d be the one who comes in your name,
Hosanna in the highest, God!
Hosanna in excelsis.
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Holy are you and blessed is
your Son,
Jesus, the Light, your
presence here with us.
You sent him in the fullness
of time,
He came to preach good news
to all.
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
And on the
night he was betrayed,
Christ took
the bread, and unto you gave thanks
He broke
the bread and shared it with friends.
“Take, eat,
my body given for you.”
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
After the meal he lifted up
the cup,
“My blood, my life, I pour
it out for you.
This covenant I make anew.
Set free from sin! Remember
me!"
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Spirit of
God descend upon us now,
And make
these gifts become for us.
The body
and the blood of Christ
A holy,
living sacrifice
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Prayer
after Communion:
We thank you God of Mystery
For sacred meal, community
Send us forth now to share your light,
Disciples of the One of Peace!
Rejoice, Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
Text: Rev. Beth
Quick, 2013.
Permission is given for
free use of this hymn text with author attribution.
A Sung Communion Liturgy for the Season of Advent by Rev. Beth Quick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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