Song Ideas for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 01, 2023 

Entrance Antiphon:  (Dn 3: 31, 29, 30, 43, 42) “All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with true judgment, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy.”

Responsorial Psalm: (Psalm 25:4–5, 6–7, 8–9 (6a)) “Remember your mercies, O Lord.”

Remember Your Mercies, O Lord by Craig and Kristen Colson (spiritandsong.com) (from the CD Fill Us With Your Love) listen

Gospel Acclamation: (John 10:27) “My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me” 

(relatable song) I Am the Bread of Life  (Come and Follow Me) by Steve Angrisano and Tom Booth (spiritandsong)  “Come to me and know that I’ll always be there…” (Communion) 

Communion Antiphon:  (Ps 119 (118): 49-50) “Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low.”

OR 

(1 Jn 3: 16) “By this we came to know the love of God: that Christ laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for one another.”

By Our Love by Christy Nockels (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “The time is now…and they will know us by our love.”

  

  

More Songs:

Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly by Tomlin/Ingram/Barrett (Capitol CMG/CCLI) “Years from now we’ll see The fruit our hands have sown…” (Preparation / Closing)

At the Name of Jesus by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Hymns and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 1and the collection VOICES   “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)

Be God’s by Danielle Rose (WLP) from the collection Voices as One vol. 2 and the CD Mysteries  and VOICES “Where the world is merciless, be God’s mercy. Where the world is hopeless, be God’s hope. Where there is injustice, be God’s justice…”  (Preparation / Closing) listen 

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) 

I Will Choose Christ by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Find Us Ready  “How many times must he call my name…?” (Preparation / Communion Meditation)

I Will Choose Christ by Booth/Troccoli (spiritandsong/Capitol CMG/CCLI) “a willing and humble heart I pray you’ll find in me…” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion Meditation)

I Will Follow by Tomlin/Ingram/Morgan (Capitol CMG/Essential/Spirit Music/CCLI)  “Whom you love I’ll love, how you serve I’ll serve…” found in the  collection VOICES (Preparation) listen

Jesus, Messiah by Reeves/Carson/Cash/Tomlin (Capitol CMG/Music Services/CCLI)  found in the collection VOICES. “…name above all names….” (Use anywhere except Psalm) listen

King of Kings by Ligertwood/Ingram (Capitol CMG/Essential Music/CCLI) “For even in Your suffering You saw to the other side, Knowing this was our salvation, Jesus, for our sake You died (Gathering / Preparation / Communion)

Many and One by Steve Angrisano (spiritandsong.com) found in the collection VOICES   “all of us seeking…and together we are all his hands and his feet, bringing mercy and peace to this world.” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion) listen 

O God of Love by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD Hymns and found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3  and VOICES. “God of love, bring us to your love…in this world ever-changing your way is clear, holy Lord, you are God of love.”  (Song of Preparation / Closing Song) listen 

Sometimes by Step by Strasser/Mullins (Brentwood-Benson/CCLI) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 1 “…and I will seek you in the morning and I learn to walk in your ways…” (Gathering / Preparation / Communion Meditation / 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 “…every hand that reaches out to offer peace…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 collection More Voices As One vol. 1   and VOICES. “Every knee will bow down, every tongue will confess that you are the glory of God.” (Closing) listen

The Rock of Faith by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collection Voices as One vol. 2 , the collection VOICES, and the CD In Every Age  “We face the unknown…with every little act of love, I know I won’t deny you, Lord…Answer his call, let the healing begin.” (Closing) listen

There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy by Ed Bolduc (WLP) found in the collection More Voices as One vol. 3 and VOICES  “Be merciful just as our God is merciful. Let there be a wideness in our mercy….”  (Song of Preparation / Closing Song) 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 “Hold us in your mercy, Change us with your love.” (Song of Preparation / Communion) listen

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