Song Ideas and Suggestions for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16th, 2025

Entrance Antiphon: (Jeremiah 29:11, 12, 14) “The Lord said: I think thoughts of peace and not of affliction. You will call upon me, and I will answer you, and I will lead back your captives from every place.”

Gospel Acclamation: (Luke 21:28) “Stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.”

Communion Antiphon: (Psalm 73 [72]:28) “To be near God is my happiness, to place my hope in God the Lord.”

or

(Mark 11:23–24) “Amen I say to you: Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive, and it shall be given to you, says the Lord.”

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:

The Lord Comes to Rule the Earth  by Ed Bolduc (GIA) as found in NOVUM

MORE SONGS:

Alive In You by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) from the CD Overflow “Not for worldly gain or human desire, but to die with you and rise forever.” (2nd Communion)

Altar of Hope (Be Still) by Hess/Diliberto (WLP) from the CD Glorify Him  and the collection VOICES and NOVUM.“Be still and know that he is God.” listen (Communion)

As It Is In Heaven by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) from the CD Overflow and in the collection VOICES  “Let your kingdom come, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Closing Song) listen

At the Name of Jesus by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Hymns and found in the collections VOICES and NOVUM.“At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow…” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion / Closing)  listen

At the Sound by Ike Ndolo (spiritandsong) from the CD We are Beggars  “Jesus, at the sound of your name every knee shall bow down…” (Closing)

Awake to the Day by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Awake to the Day and found in the collection NOVUM, VOICES, and Voices as One vol. 2. “Signs in the sun and the moon and the stars…”  (Song of Gathering / Song of Preparation) listen

Build My Life by Younker/Martin/Kapel/Redman/Barret (Capitol CMG/Bethel Music/CCLI)  “Worthy of every breath we could ever breathe, we live for you…I will build my life upon your love…”  (Preparation / Communion)

Cornerstone by Mote/Liljero/Myrin/Morgan/Bradbury (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  “…wholly trust in Jesus’s name…Through the storm he is Lord, Lord of all.  (Song of Preparation / Communion)

Darkness Cannot Overcome the Light (Hess, Angotti) “…and we find hope…and we find peace…” found in the collection NOVUM.

Find Us Ready by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Find Us Ready  “Find us working and loving and doing your will…building the kingdom of mercy and love.” (Use anywhere except Psalm)

How Great Thou Art (Traditional)  “When Christ shall come…and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.”  (Use anywhere except Psalm)

I Will Follow by Tomlin/Ingram/Morgan (Capitol CMG/Essential/Spirit Music/CCLI)  “If this life I lose, I will follow you…I will live for you alone.” found in the  collection VOICES (Preparation) listen

In Christ Alone by Getty/Townend (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “In Christ alone my hope is found.  He is my light, my strength, my song” (Preparation / Communion)

It Is Well by Spafford/DiMarco/Bliss (Bethel Music/CCLI) “Through it all, my eyes are on you…it is well…” (Song of Preparation / Communion Meditation)

Leaning by Elmquist/Jacob Sooter/ Lizzie Morgan/ Matt Maher (Essential Music/CCLI) “Let my ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ to you, O Lord.  Let my ‘no’ be ‘no’ to the things of this world…I’m leaning, safe and secure”(Preparation / 2nd Communion)

Living Hope by Johnson, Wickham (Bethel Music/Essential Music/CCLI) “In desperation I turned to heaven and spoke your name…who could imagine so great a mercy…” (2nd Communion)

One True God by Tomlin/Redman/Chapman (Capitol CMG/Essential Music Pub./CCLI) from the collection VOICES “One sovereign in power…there is no other that can compare to you…Jesus, you are the one true God.”  (Preparation / Closing)  listen

Paschal Mystery by Bradley Knuckles (WLP/GIA) found in the collection VOICES and NOVUM. “Bread of Life broken for the world…we find in you what nothing else can give. You satisfy the heart.” (Preparation / Communion)  listen

Seat in the Kingdom by W.Clifford Petty (GIA) found in NOVUM. “That’s alright, long as I know I got a seat in the kingdom.” (Preparation / Closing)

Send Down the Fire by Marty Haugen (GIA) found in the collections Voices as One vol. 2, and VOICES listen(Gathering, Preparation, Closing)

Sovereign by Tomlin/Ingram/Myrin/Chalk/Redman (Capitol CMG/Martin Essential/CCLI) “All the pieces of my life, from beginning to the end, I will trust you.” (Preparation / Communion)

Testify by NeedtoBreathe (Downtown DMP Songs) listen on YouTube  “There is a peace, there is a love you can get lost inside…let me hear you testify.” (Closing)

Testify to Love by Pool/Field/VanManen/Riekerk (EMI Blackwood/Universal Music/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2  and the collection VOICES “…for as long as I shall live I will testify to love.”  (Preparation / Closing) listen

The Name of Jesus by Brian Flynn (WLP) from the CD Born Again  and found in the collections VOICES and NOVUM. “Every knee will bow down, every tongue will confess that you are the glory of God.” (Closing) listen

We Believe by Hooper/Fike/Ryan (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “In this time of desperation when all we know is doubt and fear…we believe in God the Father, we believe in Jesus Christ…we believe in the Holy Spirit…” (Preparation / Communion)

We Will Not Be Shaken by Fielding/Hartley/Strand/Johnson/Greely  (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “For we trust in our God and through his unfailing love we will not be shaken.”  (2nd Communion)

You’re Worthy of My Praise by David Ruis (Brentwood–Benson/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2   and VOICES  and on the CD Strong In Faith  “I will follow all of your ways…” (Preparation / Closing) listen