Song Ideas for Fifth Sunday of Lent

 

Responsorial Psalm:

Create a Clean Heart in Me O God by Lorraine Hess (WLP) from the CD As I Pray and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 2  listen

(SEASONAL) With the Lord there Is Mercy by Ed Bolduc (edbolducmusic.com)  – listen

(SEASONAL) Be Merciful, O Lord by Steve Angrisano (spiritandsong) from the CD Set Free

(SEASONAL) *Have Mercy on Us for We Have Sinned by W. Clifford Petty (WLP) from the CD In Spirit and Truth and the collection Voices As One vol. 2  listen

 

More Songs 

Alive In You by Matt Maher (spiritandsong) from the CD Overflow “It is you I seek in the night; waiting patiently to satisfy…my heart burns with your grace.”  (Preparation / Communion)

Christ In Me, Arise by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong) from the CD Christ In Me, Arise  “Christ in me, arise and dispel all the darkness.”  (use anywhere except Psalm)

*Create a Clean Heart by Tom Booth (Tom Booth) from the collection Voices As One vol. 2 and found on the CD Forever Will I Sing  listen  (Communion)

From the Inside Out by Joel Houston (Capitol CMG/CCLI) listen from SongSelect  “In my heart and my soul, Lord, I give you control.”  (Song of Preparation / Communion)

Heart Abandoned by Stanfill/Curran (Capitol CMG/CCLI) listen from SongSelect “God give me a heart abandoned, ever after you alone.”  (Communion)

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  “Let your light shine, let it shine in my heart.”  (Communion)

I Will Choose Christ by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Find Us Ready  “I choose to serve.  I give my heart…my life…my all to you.” (Gathering / Song of Preparation / Communion)

I Will Follow by Jacob and Matthew Band (WLP) from the CD Every Day   listen  “Grace set in motion and it won’t stop moving me.”  (Preparation / Communion)

I Will Follow by Tomlin/Ingram/Morgan (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  listen from SongSelect  “Light into the world, light into my life; I will live for You alone. You’re the One I seek, knowing I will find; all I need in You alone, in You alone.”  (Song of Preparation)

*Journey for Home by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD The Face of God and the collection Voices As One vol. 1  “In the dark we turn to the light…”  (use anywhere except Psalm)

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  “Let your light shine, let it shine in my heart.”  (Communion)

I Will Choose Christ by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Find Us Ready  “I choose to serve.  I give my heart…my life…my all to you.” (Gathering / Song of Preparation / Communion)

Love the Lord by Lincoln Brewster (Capitol CMG (IMI)/CCLI)  listen from SongSelect   “I will serve the Lord with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind.”

Now We Remain by David Haas (GIA) “We hold the death of the Lord deep in our hearts. Living, now we remain with Jesus the Christ.”  (Preparation / Communion)

One True God by Tomlin/Redman/Chapman (Capitol CMG/Essential Music Pub./CCLI) listen from SongSelect  (Preparation / Closing)

Paschal Mystery by Bradley Knuckles (WLP) listen   “Bread of Life, broken for the world, we come needing to be nourished. We find in you what nothing else can give. You satisfy the heart.” (Preparation / Communion)

*Reason to Live by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD We are Faithful and found in the collection Voices as One vol. 1  listen  “I will serve the Lord, he will be my passion, he will be my reason to hope, my reason to live.”  (Communion)

**Return to God by J. Angotti/Hommerding (WLP) from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams and the collection More Voices As One vol. 1  listen “Baptized in grace, in grace renewed…”  (use anywhere except Psalm)

Rise from the Ashes by Craig Colson (WLP) from the CD I Am the Way  listen  “Make us open to your presence…that we may live your love and go out to the world in Jesus’ name.”  (Preparation / Communion)

Take Up Our Cross by Hart/Byrd/Stephan (spiritandsong.com) from the CD Amid Passing Things  listen on YouTube  “Behold the wood that bears our name…the nails that hold our sin.”  (Use anywhere except Psalm)

The Same Love by Rossback/Baloche (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  “The same love that was crucified is calling us all by name…”  listen from SongSelect  (Song of Preparation / Closing Song) 

There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  listen on iTunes  “There is welcome for the sinner and a promised grace made good.”  (Song of Preparation / Closing Song)

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.”  (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  listen  “Turn our hearts around, turn our hearts around. Hold us in your mercy, change us with your love.”  (Song of Preparation / Communion)

Unless a Grain of Wheat by John Angotti (WLP) found in the collection Voices As One vol. 2 and on the CD Father, We Thank Thee  listen  (Preparation / Communion)

We Bring Our Gifts to Your Altar by Brian Flynn (WLP) from the CD Born Again and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 1  listen  “We bring our hearts to your altar, O Lord God of hosts. Unite them with the heart of your son.”  (Preparation)

*We Will Serve the Lord by Rory Cooney (OCP)  found in the collection Voices As One vol. 2 and the CD We Will Be the Light  listen

Where Charity and Love Abide by Trevor Thomson (WLP) from the CD In Shadow and In Light  listen  “Where charity and love abide there God is found.” (Song of Preparation / Communion)

* 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)