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1st Sunday In of Lent (B), February 21, 2021

Entrance Antiphon:  (Ps 91 (90): 15-16) “When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will deliver him and give him glory, I will grant him length of days.”

We Gather Here by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD We are Faithful and found in the collection Voices as One vol. 1  “When you call to me, I will answer you…” (Gathering)

 

Responsorial Psalms:

Your Ways, O Lord are Love and Truth by Christian Cosas (GIA)

 

(SEASONAL) With the Lord there Is Mercy by Ed Bolduc (WLP/GIA) found in the collection VOICES  listen

 

(SEASONAL) Be Merciful, O Lord by Jeff Thomas (OCP)

 

(SEASONAL) Have Mercy on Us for We Have Sinned by W. Clifford Petty (WLP) found in the collections Voices as One vol. 2 and  VOICES  listen

 

 

Gospel Acclamation: (Matthew 4:4b) “One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” 

 

Communion Antiphon:

(Matthew 4:4) “One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” 

Bread of Life by Michael John Poirier (WLP) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1 “Word of God resound within us…”

 

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          (Ps 91 (90):4) “The Lord will conceal you with his pinions, and under his wings you will trust.”

My Soul Is Thirsting by Steve Angrisano (spiritandsong) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES  and on the CD Forever Will I Sing   “in the shadow of your wings I cling to you…”  listen

 

Your Love, O Lord by Avery/Carr/Powell/Lee/Anderson (Brentwood-Benson/Kobalt Music/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2  and VOICES and the CD Father We Thank Thee “I will find my strength in the shadow of your wings.” (Gathering / Preparation) listen

 

Free Lenten Mass Parts: Here is a link to my website which has all kinds of unpublished music, including a Holy, Amen, and Lamb of God that I’ve been using for some time now during the season of Lent. Just scroll down to LENTEN SONGS and click on the Mass Parts.

 

40 Days by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) from the CD Welcome to Life  “‘’Cause in the desert of temptation…”  (Preparation / Closing)

Blessed Be Your Name by Matt and Beth Redman (Capitol CMG/CCLI) from the collections Voices as One vol. 2 and  VOICES  listen  “Blessed be your name when I’m found in the desert place, though I walk through the wilderness…”  (Preparation / Closing)

Create a Clean Heart in Me by Lorraine Hess (WLP) from the CD As I Pray and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2  and the collection VOICES. “Wash me from my guilt, and of my sin cleanse me.”  (Preparation / Communion) listen

*Create a Clean Heart by Tom Booth (Tom Booth) from the collection Voices as One vol. 2  (Communion)

Desert Song by Brooke Ligertwood (Capitol CMG/CCLI)   “This is my prayer in the desert when all that is in me feels dry…”  (Preparation / Closing)

He Lives In Us by Amelia Acosta (WLP/GIA) found in the collection VOICES   “By his body and his blood we share in the covenant of his love.” (Communion)  listen

Hosea (OCP) “The wilderness will lead you to your heart where I will speak.”  (Gathering / Preparation) here’s a really nice version you may not have heard

Into the Desert by Curtis Stephan and Sarah Hart (spiritandsong) from the CD Amid Passing Things  “In the desert your life will bloom, out of despair is hope renewed.”  (use anywhere but Psalm)

Journey for Home by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1  and the collection VOICES  “In the dark we turn to the light.  In our faith you heal our blindness.”  (use anywhere except Psalm) listen

Living Bread by Ubowski/Hart (GIA) found in the collection VOICES. “Jesus You have met our thirst With the blood You shed To cleanse us of our shame”  (Communion) listen

Love Has Come by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) from the CD The End and the Beginning listen on YouTube “God of covenant divine…Word of God enthroned, dwell in us forevermore.”  (Gathering / Preparation / Closing)

Miracle of Grace by Curtis Stephan (spiritandsong.com) found in the collection VOICES “Your faithfulness revealed in this covenant you’ve sealed with your very body and your blood.” (Communion)  listen

O Come to the Altar by Brown/Brock/Furtick/Joye (Essential Music Pub/CCLI) found in the collection VOICES “Are you hurting and broken within, overwhelmed by the weight of your sin?” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen

Return to God by Angotti/Hommerding (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams and the collections More Voices As One vol. 1  and VOICES “From desert to the mountaintop…’”  (Gathering / Preparation) listen

Rise from the Ashes by Craig Colson (WLP) from the CD I Am the Way  “With the Spirit as our guide, we will rise.”  (Preparation / Communion)

So Beautiful by Jacob and Matthew (WLP) from the CD Every Day and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2  listen  (Communion)

Turn Our Hearts Around by Trevor Thomson (WLP) from the CD In Shadow and In Light and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  and in the collection VOICES “We are tempted and we are fooled by sin’s beautiful disguise.  Bring us back.  Turn our hearts around.”  (Song of Preparation / Communion)  listen

We are Faithful by Ed Bolduc (WLP/GIA) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1  and the collection VOICES   “A rainbow is a sign of the love of the Lord…” listen