Communion Verses

 

 

 

 

graphic (c) Netta Ewing

 

 

Advent Communion 3:                        words / score /
As we eat this bread:                            words  / short form:  melody line and optional choir / audio
Behold the Lamb:                                 words / score / voice score / audio
Behold the Lamb: (2nd setting)        words / score / audio

Blessed are the poor in spirit (1)        words / voice score / organ score / audio
Christmas Communion Verse:           The Word became Flesh:   words / voice score / audio

Come to me:                                           words / score / audio
Eat this bread                                         audio
Father, I pray for them:                     words / audio / score

God loved the world so much           words / score / audio
His goodness                                        words / score /
How precious                                        words / voice score / audio /
I acclaim (Feasts of Our Lady)          words  / score / audio

In Paradisum                                        words / audio /

Lord, I am not worthy:                      words / melody / audio
Lourdes Benedictus                           words / score  / audio
Lourdes Benedictus with verses

May the house of the Lord                words / score /
O Taste and See                                   words / score / audio
Seek the Lord                                       words / score / audio

The blessing cup :                               words / score /

This is the Bread come                    words / score / audio
Whatever you do                                words / audio /

While they were at table                  words / audio /

Whoever eats my flesh                     words / audio /
You show your friends                     words /


Advent Communion 3 Say to the faint of heart    Music  Gerry Fitzpatrick

Say to the faint of heart: Be strong and do not fear;
behold our God will come,
our God will come and he will save,
God will come and he will save us,
our God will save.

Com Advent 3 – Full Score

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As we eat this bread and drink this cup       (Communion or short Entry) words:  Noel Donnelly

As we eat this bread and drink this cup, though many, we are one:
one bread, one cup, one faith, one church,
one Lord for evermore.

Com As we Eat satb – Full Score

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Behold the Lamb     words / melody and optional choir /  audio /  Music: Gerry Fitzpatrick (c) Kevin Mayhew

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those, called to the Banquet of the Lamb.
Blessed are those, called to the Banquet of the Lamb.

com behold gf org – Full Score

voice:   com song behold gf vc – Full Score

Behold the Lamb – 2nd  setting

Com behold 2 – Full Score


Blessed are the poor in spirit (1)                       music Gerry Fitzpatrick

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
the Kingdom of heaven is theirs.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son, glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.

Com-Blessed are the poor org – Full Score

Com-Blessed are the poor SATB – Full Score

Audio: recorded by Catriona Glen


Christmas Communion Verse: The Word became flesh    music  Gerry Fitzpatrick

The Word became flesh, and we have seen his glory,
we have seen, we have seen, we have seen his glory.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son, glory to the Holy Spirit now and evermore.
The Word became flesh, and we have seen his glory,
we have seen, we have seen, we have seen his glory.

Chris Com Ant satb org – Full Score

The communion verse can be extended with the addition of a ‘Glory be to the Father’ and a repeat of the verse.
Here is a patched together audio version with a Glory to the Father –

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Come to me, all of you                              words and music Noel Donnelly

Come to me, all of you that labour and are burdened.
I will give you rest, says the Lord.

Com Come to Me All of You fl – Full Score


 

 


Eat this bread (Taize)                                Jacques Berthier (c) Taize

 

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Father, I Pray for them (week 18)                 music (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

Father, I pray for them:
may they be one in us
so that the world may believe it was you who sent me,
it was you who sent me.

Com Song Father, I pray – Full Score

 

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God loved the world so much                   Music: Gerry Fitzpatrick

God loved the world so much,
he gave us his only Son
that all who believe in him may have eternal life.
Glory to the Father . .  .

GV God loved org ed – Full Score


His goodness shall follow me always           music (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

His goodness shall follow me always to the end of my days.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.

Com His goodness w Gloria – Full Score

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How precious is your love: Catherine Walker © Kevin Mayhew

How precious is your love, O Lord; your everlasting love.
How precious is your love, O Lord; your unfailing love.

voice version:   How Precious vc – Full Score

Recorded by The St Mungo Singers


I Acclaim  Taken from the Magnificat     words: ICEL Antiphonal; music (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

I acclaim the greatness of the Lord,
I delight in God, my Saviour,
who regarded my humble state,
truly from this day all nations will call me blessed.
Glory to the Father . . . . . .

Communion Ant I Acclaim – Full Score

 

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I come that you may have life                           music (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

I come that you may have life, life to the full, says the Lord.
I come that you may have life, life to the full, says the Lord.

 

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In Paradisum: Plainsong communion antiphon for Requiem Mass

In paradisum deducant te Angeli;
in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.

May angels lead you into paradise;
upon your arrival, may the martyrs receive you
and lead you to the holy city of Jerusalem.
May the choir of angels receive you,
and with Lazarus, once poor, may you have eternal rest.

Recorded by The St Mungo Singers


Lord, I am not worthy             music (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

Lord, I am not worthy to receive you under my roof.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.Lord,
I am not worthy to receive you under my roof.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you under my roof,

melody and 2 part:  Lord I Am not mel – Full Score

 


May the house of the Lord be at peace  Music of verse Noel Donnelly (c) Kevin Mayhew.

May the house of the Lord be at peace.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.

Com May the House org – Full Score


Lourdes Benedictus (with verses ( (c) Noel Donnelly)

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Hosannah! Hosannah! Hosannah in excelsis.

Lourdes Benedictus vc org – Full Score


O Taste and See                                music Noel Donnelly (c) Kevin Mayhew

O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Come and eat my bread, come and drink my wine.

Com Taste and Ps 33 nd – Full Score

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Seek the Lord, bless the Lord                   music (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

Seek the Lord, bless the Lord,
taste and see the Lord is good.
Seek the Lord, bless the Lord,
taste and see the Lord is good.

Glory to the Father . . . . .

Seek the Lord -Ent or Com – Full Score

 

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The blessing cup that we bless                music  Gerry Fitzpatrick . Music of verse (c) Kevin Mayhew

The blessing cup that we bless is a communion with Christ.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
glory to the Hoy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.
The blessing cup that we bless is a communion with Christ.

Com The Blessing Cup organ_1 – Full Score

melody: Com- The Blessing Cup – Full Score


This is the bread         music  Gerry Fitzpatrick (c) Kevin Mayhew

This is the bread come down from heaven,
whoever eats of it will never die.
This is the cup of eternal life,
whoever drinks it will live for ever.

Com This is the bread – Full Score


Whatever you do                 music  (c) Gerry Fitzpatrick

Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God
as you give thanks through Christ to God the Father.
Glory to the Father, glory t the Son . . . .

 

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While they were at Table               music  Gerry Fitzpatrick (c) Kevin Mayhew

While they were at table Jesus took bread,
said the blessing, broke the bread
and gave it to his disciples saying:

Take this, all of you and eat it:
this is my body,  this is my body,
this is my body.

Music recorded by Magdalen MacInnes

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Whoever eats my flesh                            music  Gerry Fitzpatrick (c) Kevin Mayhew

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood, says the Lord,
will live in me and I in him, says the Lord, says the Lord.

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You show your friends the path of life (31A)

You show your friends the path of life,
give them the fullness of joy.
Glory to the Father, glory to the Son,
glory to the Holy Spirit now and for ever. Amen.

 

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