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Song Ideas for Fifth Sunday of Lent (A)

 

Responsorial Psalm: 

(FREE) With the Lord There Is Mercy by Ed Bolduc  lead sheet  demo

With the Lord by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong) from the CD In This Place  listen on YouTube

 

 

Songs:

Alive Again by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) from the CD All the People Said Amen  listen on YouTube “You called and you shouted…I’m breathing in, breathing out…I’m alive again!”

Awake, O Sleeper by Ike Ndolo (spiritandsong) from the CD We are the Beggars  listen on YouTube  “Awake, O Sleeper, arise from slumber. Christ is calling your name.”

Because He Lives by Tomlin/Carson/Cash/Gaither/Ingram/Maher  listen from SongSelect “I was dead in the grave…I heard mercy call my name. He rolled the stone away.”

Behold by WAL (WLP) from the CD Always and Everywhere and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  listen  “Behold the Bread of Life…”

Christ In Me, Arise by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong) from the CD Christ In Me, Arise  “Christ in me arise and I shall rise with you.”

Gather Us In by Marty Haugen (GIA) “Call to us now and we shall awaken. We shall arise at the sound of our name.’

I Am Free by Jon Egan (Capitol CMG/CCLI) listen on YouTube (Josh Blakesley)  “Through you the dead will rise…my heart screams ‘I am free!’’

I Am the Bread of Life by Suzanne Toolan (GIA)

*I Am the Bread of Life by Tom Kaczmarek (WLP) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Celebrate the Feast  listen  (Consider a slightly slower, less aggressive arrangement in the beginning.)

I Am the Way by Craig Colson (WLP) from the CD I Am the Way and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  listen  ““I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life,” says the Lord.”

I Am Yours–Consume Me Completely by Trevor Thomson (WLP)  from the CD In Shadow and In Light and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2  listen  “Bread of Life, wine of peace.” (Communion)

I Will Choose Christ by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Find Us Ready  listen on YouTube “…and with the death of my own desires I’ll rise with you.”

I Will Rise by Tomlin/Reeves/Giglio/Maher (Capitol CMG/CCLI) listen on SongSelect  “I will rise when he calls my name…”

I Will Rise and Go to My Father by Lorraine Hess (WLP) from the CD As I Pray and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2  listen (alternate Refrain)

*Journey for Home by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD The Face of God and found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “In the dark we turn to the light, in our faith you heal our blindness.”

*Let the River Flow by Darrell Evans (Vineyard Music) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and on the CD Come, Holy Spirit  listen   Here’s a slower version: listen from SongSelect  “Let the dead man say, ‘I am born again.’”

Let Your Mercy Wash Over Us by Trevor Thomson (WLP) from the CD In Shadow and In Light and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  listen

Mercy by Lorraine Hess (WLP) from the CD As I Pray and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  listen  “Mercy…our soul waits for you.”

Our God by Tomlin/Reeves/Myrin/Redman (Capitol CMG) listen on SongSelect  “Out of the ashes we rise…”  —You don’t have to play this song at this tempo. It can be slowed down a little and be arranged a little lighter.  It’s a great Song of Gathering that way.

*Reason to Live by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD We are Faithful and found in the collection Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “Jesus, Living Bread, bring us new life…He will be my reason to live.”

**Return to God by Angotti/Hommerding (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams and the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen   

Rise from the Ashes by Craig Colson (WLP) from the CD I Am the Way  listen  “We will rise from the ashes…”

Tree of Life by Aaron Thompson (WLP) from the CD 10,000 Angels and the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen  “As we travel on our journey, take our hearts and make them new.”

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  listen  “We cry out for you to heal and to set us free.”

**Yes, Lord, I Have Come to Believe by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Word for Word and found in the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  lead sheet only  instrumental parts only  listen  “I am the resurrection and the life…Yes, Lord, I have come to believe that you are the Messiah.”

 

*You are the Voice by David Haas (GIA) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and the CD We Will be the Light  listen  “You are the voice of the living God calling us now to live…”

 

* indicates instrumental parts available for these titles in the Voices As One series. All titles from this series have C and B-flat instrument parts. Select titles have Saxophone and Brass parts.
 

** available as an eBundle (contains various instrumentation depending on the specific title)