Entrance | Emmanuel Has Come
Christmas is about His glory
Christmas is about His grace
Christmas is a gift of love our Father gave us
More than just another story
about a special time and place
Christmas is a time to lift a song of praise
For God is with us
and we celebrate the glory of His presence
Christ has come
to fill our hearts with love
He came to save us
King of Kings and Lord of Lords
His name is Jesus
God with us
Emmanuel has come
Angels fill the night with singing
God is reaching out to man
bringing us a gift of hope in Christ our Savior
More than just a time of giving
this is God’s eternal plan
Christmas is the reason we can sing again
For God is with us
and we celebrate the glory of His presence
Christ has come
to fill our hearts with love
He came to save us
King of Kings and Lord of Lords
His name is Jesus
God with us
Emmanuel has come
Responsorial Psalm | Ps. 128 Blessed are Those Who Fear the Lord
R./ Blessed are those___who fear___the Lord
Blessed are those___who fear___the Lord
Repeat
Blessed are you who fear the Lord
who walk in His ways
For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork
Blessed shall you be and favored
R./ Blessed are those___who fear___the Lord
Blessed are those___who fear___the Lord
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
in the recesses of your home
Your children like olive plants
Your children around your table
R./ Blessed are those___who fear___the Lord
Blessed are those___who fear___the Lord
Repeat
Offertory #1 | Child of the Poor
Helpless and hungry
lowly, afraid
wrapped in the chill of mid-winter
Comes now among us
born into poverty’s embrace
new life for the world
Who is this who lives with the lowly
sharing their sorrows
knowing their hunger
This is Christ
revealed to the world in the eys of a child
a child of the poor
Who is the stranger
here in our midst
looking for shelter among us
Who is the outcast
Who do we see amid the poor
the children of God
Who is this who lives with the lowly
sharing their sorrows
knowing their hunger
This is Christ
revealed to the world in the eys of a child
a child of the poor
Bring all the thirsty
all who seek peace
bring those with nothing to offer
Strengthen the feeble
say to the frightened heart, “Fear not
Here is your God”
Who is this who lives with the lowly
sharing their sorrows
knowing their hunger
This is Christ
revealed to the world in the eys of a child
a child of the poor
Offertory #2 | Adore
Humble in Your glory
Mighty King yet lowly
I___bow___before You
More of You and Your grace
less of me in this place
I___want___to know You
O, the mystery
O, the beauty
O, the wonder of it all
O, the mystery
O, the beauty
O, the wonder of Your love
It’s You I ado___re
ado___re
You I adore___Lord___
You I adore___Lord___
All that I can afford
from the poverty of my heart
is___to be___wholly Yours
I wrestle with my darkest sins
Still You take me as I am
and___You call___You call me Yours
O, the mystery
O, the beauty
O, the wonder of it all
O, the mystery
O, the beauty
O, the wonder of Your love
It’s You I ado___re
ado___re
You I adore___Lord___
You I adore___Lord___
Communion | O Holy Night (Traditional)
O Holy Night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth
Long lay the world
in sin and error pining
‘Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth
A thrill of hope
the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks
a new and glorious morn
Fall on your knees
O hear, the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine
Led by the light
of faith serenely beaming
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand
Over the world
a star is sweetly gleaming
Now come the wise men from out of the Orient land
The King of Kings
lay thus in lowly manger
In all our trials
born to be our friend
Fall on your knees
O hear, the angel voices
O night divine
O night when Christ was born
O night divine
O night, o night divine
Reflection | A Strange Way to Save the World (Sung by Dennis)
I’m sure he must have been surprised
At where this road had taken him
Cause never in a million lives
Would he have dreamed of Bethlehem
And standing at the manger
He saw with his own eyes
The message from the angel come to life
And Joseph said
Why me, I’m just a simple man of trade
Why Him with all the rulers in the world
Why here inside this stable filled with hay
Why her, she’s just an ordinary girl
Now I’m not one to second guess
What angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the World
To think of how it could have been
If Jesus had come as He deserved
There would have been no Bethlehem
No lowly shepherds at His birth
But Joseph knew the
Reason love had to reach so far
And as he held the Savior in his arms
He must have thought
Why me, I’m just a simple man of trade
Why Him with all the rulers in the world
Why here inside this stable filled with hay
Why her, she’s just an ordinary girl
Now I’m not one to second guess
What angels have to say
But this is such a strange way to save the World
Recessional | Angels We Have Heard On High
Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echo back their joyous strains
Shepherds, why this jubilee
Why your joyous strains prolong
Say what may the tidings be
Which inspire your Heavenly song
Glo___ria in excelsis Deo
Glo___ria in excelsis De__o
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the newborn King
Glo___ria in excelsis Deo
Glo___ria in excelsis De__o
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