Song Ideas and Suggestions for 3rd Sunday of Lent (A & C) / March 23, 2025
Entrance Antiphon: (Psalm 25:15–16) “My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues my feet from the snare. Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and poor.”
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(Ezekiel 36:23–26) “When I prove my holiness among you, I will gather you from the foreign lands; and I will pour clean water upon you and cleanse you from all your impurities, and I will give you a new spirit, says the Lord.”
Gospel Acclamation: (Matthew 4:17) “Repent, says the Lord; the kingdom of heaven is at hand”
Communion Antiphon: (Psalm 84:4–5) “The sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for her young: by your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they who dwell in your house, for ever singing your praise.”
Psalm:
NEW in the NOVUM Psalter (Year C)
The Lord is Kind and Merciful by John Angotti (WLP/GIA) and NOVUM
Another longer version found in the collection VOICES listen
The Lord is Kind and Merciful by Ed Bolduc (WLP/GIA) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 1 and VOICES listen
The Lord Is Kind by Ed Bolduc (www.edbolducmusic.com) lead sheet live demo
For the SCRUTINIES (YEAR A)
NEW in the NOVUM Psalter (Year C)
If Today by Ed Bolduc (WLP/GIA) from NOVUM
Another longer version found in the collection VOICES listen
If Today You Hear His Voice: Psalm 95 by W. Clifford Petty (WLP/GIA) found in the collection VOICES. listen
MORE SONGS
All Who are Thirsty by Brown/Robertson (Vineyard Music/CCLI) found in the collection VOICES “Come to the fountain. Dip your heart in the stream of life.” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen
Altar of Hope (Be Still) by Hess/Diliberto (WLP) from the CD Glorify Him and the collection VOICES “Be still and know that he is God.” listen (Preparation / Communion)
Amazing Grace (traditional) “Through many dangers, toils, and snares…” (Gather / Preparation / Communion)
Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone) by Tomlin/Newton/Giglio (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection VOICES “…I’ve been set free.” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen
Be Still by David J. Evans (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 1 and VOICES “In Him no sin is found. We stand on holy ground…” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen
Better Is One Day by Matt Redman (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES and on the CD Strong In Faith “For here my heart is satisfied within your presence…” (Communion) listen
Come As You Are by Glover/Crowder/Maher (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection VOICES “Lay down your burdens….” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen
Come, Just as You Are by Joseph Sabolick (Brentwood-Benson/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Come, Holy Spirit “Taste the living water and never thirst again.” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion)
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
Give Us Clean Hands by Charlie Hall (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “…and God let us be a generation that seeks, that seeks your face, O God of Jacob.” (Gathering / Preparation)
Healing in the Waters by Mikey Needleman (GIA) found in the collection VOICES (Closing) listen
Healing Waters by Nuzum/Springer (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES. (Song of Preparation / Communion) listen
Here I Am by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) “Here I am standing right beside you….” Found in the collection VOICES(Communion Meditation)
Holy Ground by Geron Davis (Capitol CMG) found in the collections Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES “We are standing on Holy Ground…” (Gather / Preparation / Communion) listen
I Am the Bread of Life by John Michael Talbot (Brentwood-Benson/Capitol CMG) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1 and VOICES. “No one who believes shall ever thirst. (Communion) listen
I Am the Bread of Life by Tom Kaczmarek (WLP) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES and on the CD Celebrate the Feast (Consider a slightly slower, less aggressive arrangement in the beginning.) (Communion) listen
I Am Who Am With You by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Give God the Glory (Preparation)
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Hymns and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2 and VOICES “…behold I freely give the living water, thirsty, one, stoop down and drink and live…” (Preparation / Communion) listen
In the River by Quilala/Silverberg/Schoolmeesters/Williams (Capitol CMG / CCLI) “Spring up a well in me.” (Closing)
Into the Desert by Stephan/Hart (spiritandsong.com) (from the CD Amid Passing Things) “…Here I will be a living stream, all that you need.” (use anywhere except Psalm)
Journey for Home by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collections Voices As One vol. 1 , VOICES and NOVUM. “In the dark we turn to the light. In our faith you heal our blindness.” (use anywhere except Psalm) listen
Let Your Mercy Wash Over Us by Trevor Thomson (WLP) from the CD In Shadow and In Light and the collection More Voices as One vol. 3 and VOICES and NOVUM. (Communion) listen
Lord, I Come by Billy Funk (Capitol CMG/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Celebrate the Feast and in the collection VOICES “…and drink from the well that never runs dry..” (Song of Preparation / Communion) listen
Mercy by Lorraine Hess (WLP) found on the CD As I Pray found in the collection NOVUM. listen (Communion / Meditation)
Return to God by Angotti/Hommerding (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams and the collections VOICES and NOVUM. “From desert to mountaintop…With humble hearts we cry to you, ‘Have Mercy on us, Lord.’” (Gathering / Preparation) listen
Rise from the Ashes by Craig and Kristen Colson (WLP) (from the CD I Am the Way ) listen (Gathering / Preparation / Communion)
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3, VOICES and the collection NOVUM ( “Let there be a wideness in our mercy, let there be a kindness in our hearts.” (Song of Preparation / Closing Song) listen
This Is Holy Ground (King/Fielding/Hastings/Crocker) (CCLI)
Tree of Life by Aaron Thompson (WLP) from the CD 10,000 Angels and the collections VOICES and NOVUM “As we travel on our journey, take our hearts and make them new.” (Communion) listen
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 Remember We are Ashes, We are Dust by John Angotti (GIA) found in the collection NOVUM.