Song Book 2003 1 PDF

HE ROSE FROM DEATH
SONGS FOR THE NEOCATECHUMENAL COMMUNITIES
Revised: June, 2002.

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INTRODUCTION
‘if the psalm prays, pray with it;

if it cries, cry you too; if it gives thanks, be glad;
if it hopes, hope; if it fears, fear you too.’
(St Augustine – On the Psalms)
In the Neocatechumenal way the humble and essential ministry of cantor is coming to
light.
In this way of initiation to Faith, the cantor has the mission of helping to create the
liturgical community, or, in a better way, to recreate it; the cantor has the mission of transforming
the assembly of many people into a unity of worshipping: with one voice, one heart, and one soul.
The spiritual worship is expressed in the liturgy of the community. During our historical walking
the spiritual worship is the inexhaustible source of conversion and faith.
The aim of this book is to present the original texts and the musical chords, so that the
cantors may follow better the oral tradition that they received. We present the songs in a
progressive order, according to the different stages of the Way, from the initial catechesis to the
different passages.
The cards of songs are of different colours, in order to give an indication of the progressive
walking, marked by the scrutinizes in which the songs are handed over:
-- Yellow cards for the songs of the Eucharist (Pg. 1 – 30)

-- White cards for the songs of the Precatechumenate (Pg. 31 – 200)
-- Green cards for the songs of the Catechumenate (Pg. 201 – 260)
-- Blue cards for the songs of the Election (Pg. 261 – 300)
-- Grey cards for the Breaking of the Bread (Various pages)
In order to find the songs easily, there is a general index (where we put more
than a title for each song), a biblical index and another one according to the liturgical
periods and the different moments of the celebrations, specially the Eucharist.

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THE POPE PAUL VI TO THE NEOCATECHUMENAL COMMUNITIES (1)
“…. another group, this is the group of priests and lay people who represent the movement, a movement – behold the post
conciliar realities – of the Neocatechumenal Communities. How great is the joy, how great is the hope, which you give us with your
presence and with your activity! Your resolve, which for you, is a conscious, authentic way of living your Christian vocation,
becomes an efficacious witness for others, you make an apostolate just because you are what you are, a stimulus to rediscover
and recover the true, authentic and effective Christian values which otherwise might remain almost hidden and dormant, and are
only too easily diluted in ordinary life. But no! You make them stand out, conspicuous and give them a moral splendour which is
truly exemplary, precisely because, with this Christian spirit, you live your catechumenal communities. To live and foster this re-
awakening is what you call a kind of “After Baptism”, which can renew in our contemporary Christian communities the effects of
maturity and depth which were achieved in the early church during the period of preparation before baptism. You do this
afterwards. “Before” or “After” is secondary, I would say. The fact is that you aim at the authenticity, fullness, coherence, sincerity of
Christian life. And this is a very great merit, I repeat, which consoles us enormously, prompts and inspires our wishes, prayers,
and most abundant blessings on you, on all those who help you, on all those whom you can, with your greeting and message,
greet on your behalf.”
THE POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE NEOCATECHUMENAL COMMUNITIES (2)
“My dearest ones, we are living in a period in we are experiencing a radical confrontation – and I say this, because it is also my
experience over many years – a radical confrontation that is everywhere. There is no one single manifestation of this, it is diverse
in the world; faith and anti-faith, Gospel and anti-Gospel; Church and anti-Church, God and anti-God, if we can put it like that. An
anti-God does not exist, an anti-god cannot exist, but an anti-god can exist in man, the radical denial of God can be created in
man. We are living this experience in our history, and more so than in previous times. In this age of ours, we nee to rediscover a
radical faith, radically understood, radically lived and radically fulfilled. We have need of such a faith. I hope that our experience is
born with such a perspective, and may lead towards a healthy radicalisation of our Christianity, of our faith, towards an authentic
evangelical radicalism. This is why you have need of a great spirit, of great self control, and also, as your first catechist has said, of
great obedience to the Church. This has always been the case. This witness, this proof, has been given by the saints: By St
Francis, by various charismatic people in different ages of the Church. It is true that radicalisation of faith is needed, yes, but it
must always be situated within the life of the Church, and with her guidance, because the Church in her entirety has received the
Holy Spirit from Christ in the persons of the apostles after His resurrection. This joy that is in your surroundings, in your songs, in
your behaviour, may very well be a sign of your southern temperament, but I hope it is a fruit of the Spirit, and I wish that it may be
so. Yes, the Church needs joy, because joy, with its different expressions is a revelation of happiness. So here man finds himself
faced with this fundamental vocation, we can say almost natural: man is created to be happy, for happiness. If he sees this
happiness, if he meets it in the expression of joy, he can start a way. Here I must say to you: the songs are good, your expressions
of joy are good, but it is the Spirit who is the One who initiates the way.”
(1) During the general audience of May 8, 1974

(2) During the visit to the parish of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Canadian Martyrs, Rome,
November 2, 1980

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
A shoot springs 122 Daughters of Jerusalem (Funeral March) 104

A woman clothed with the sun 281 Day of Rest 95
Abba Father 45 Dayenu 70A
Abraham 55 De Profundis (Ps.130) 33
Acclaim the Lord (Ps.100) 81 Death is swallowed up in victory 51
Against the seduction of sin (Ps 140) 123 Do not get angry 261
Akeda 222 Do not put resistance 266
Alleluia (Eastertide) 14
Alleluia (Ps. 150) 43 Eli, Eli Lamma Sabactani (Ps.22) 214
Amen, Amen, Amen 9 Eucharistic Prayer 23
Another four months 114 Eucharistic Prayer (Consecration & 24
As men condemned to death 264 Acclamation)
As the deer yearns 80 Eucharistic Prayer II 6
Eucharistic Prayer II (Long version) 25
Behold I'm coming soon 54 Evenu Shalom Elehem 44
* Behold our mirror (Ode 13) 210 Exult, you just in the Lord (Ps 32) 125
Benedictus (Canticle of Zechariah) 50 Exultet (Paschal Preconium) 12
Beside the rivers of Babylon (Ps.137) 61
Bless Yahweh my soul (Ps.103) 34 For love of my brothers (Ps.122) 76
* Blessed be God 212 From the depth I cry to you 33
Blessed Mary 110
Blessing of the Baptismal Water 10 Gates lift up your heads (Ps.24) 59
Give blessing to the Lord (Ps.134) 103
Caritas Christi 137 Give thanks to the Lord (Ps.136) 39
Carmen ‘63 124 Glory, Glory, Glory (Isa 66:18ff) 126
Christ Jesus is the Lord (Philippians) 64 Glory to God 14
* Come from Lebanon 269 Go and announce to my brothers 139
Come Holy Spirit (Sequence of Pentecost) 15 God rises to the acclamation (Ps.46) 48
Come O creator Spirit (Hymn of Pentecost) 17 Grace before meals 87
Come, Son of Man 54
Come to me all of you 99 Hail Mary 65/110
Console my people 96 Hail Queen of heaven 65
Happiness for the man (Ps.127) 118

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Happy the man (Ps.1) 116 I want to go to Jerusalem 217

Have mercy on me (Ps.51) 62 I want to sing (Ps.57) 78
He rose from death 31 I will bless the Lord 113
He’s coming my God (Advent Song) 73 I’ve stretched out my hands 282
Here comes the kingdom 45 If in the Lord 101
Holy, He’s Holy (Lent) 5 If the Lord does not build the house (Ps.127) 75
Holy, Holy, Holy 6 If today you listen to His voice (Ps.95) 68
Holy, Holy, Holy (Advent) 4 If you feel a breeze Pentecost) 53
Holy, Holy, Holy (Easter) 4 In Him there is no beauty (Servant of 273
Holy, Holy, Holy (Ordinary) 5 Yahweh)
Holy, Holy, Holy (1983) 22 In the presence of the angels (Ps 138) 90
Holy, Holy, Holy (1988 22
Hope in God (Ps.42) 80 * Jacob 204
How beautiful are your tents (Song of 89 * Jesus went round all the towns 265
Balaam)
How good it is (Ps.133) 37 Let God arise (Ps 67) 128
How lovely are your dwelling places (Ps.84) 94 Let us go shepherds 119
How much longer (Ps.13) 35 Litany of sins 2
Hymn for Lauds: Look how it is good (Ps.133) 38
Easter to Ascension 18 Lord do not reprove me (Ps 6) 129
Hymn of Advent 72 Lord, help me 135
O First and Last Day (Sunday) 19 Lord, listen to my prayer (Ps 142) 144
On the eighth day (Sunday) 20 Lord, Lord Jesus (Ps.119) 36
Shadows and darkness 21 * Lord you search me (Ps.139) 213
The good shepherd ascended 16
(Eastertide) Magnificat 47
Hymn of Pentecost (Come O creator Spirit) 17 Maria, house of blessing 112
* Hymn to charity 262 Maria of Jasna Gora 120
Mary little Mary (Hymn to the Virgin Mary) 66
I have admitted to you my sin 105 Mary, mother of the burning way 138
I hoped, I hoped in the Lord (Ps.40) 77 Mary my mother 106
I lift my eyes to the mountains (Ps.121) 67 Mother, mother, city of God 221
I love the Lord (Ps.116) 98 Much have they persecuted me (Ps 128) 130
I love you O Lord (Ps 17) 127 My beloved is for me 268
I see Heaven open (The white horse) 206
I shall not die (Ps.118) 84

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No one can serve two masters 216 Servant of Yahweh(In Him there is no 273
Noli me tangere 133 beauty) (Song No.4)
Shadows and darkness (Hymn for Lauds) 21
O First and last day (Hymn for Lauds, 19 She lamb of God (Sorrows of Mary) 272
(Sunday) * Shema Israel 218
O God, by your Name save me (Ps 53) 141 Shlom lekh Mariam 134
O God, you are my God 87 Shout with joy 81
O Jesus, my love 278 Sit down alone and in silence (Lamentation 201
* O Lord, my heart has no lofty ambitions 217 of Jeremiah)
O Lord, our God (Ps.8) 109 Song of Balaam (How beautiful are your 89
O my people 108 tents)
O my soul, bless the Lord 93 Song of Daniel 40
Oh heavens rain from above 52 Song of Daniel 41
On the eighth day (Hymn for Lauds, Sunday) 20 Song of Deborah 205
Song of Moses (Let us sing to the Lord) 56
Paschal homily of Melito of Sardis 283 Song of Tobit (O my soul bless the Lord) 93
Paschal hymn 143 Stabat Mater 107
Paschal Sequence (To the Paschal Victim) 71
Penitential Anaphora 3 Take me to Heaven 279
Penitential Litany 1 Taste and see 69
Pentecost 53 Te Deum 26
Praise God, Alleluia (Ps.150) 43 Tell me then 267
Praise Him (Ps. 148) 42 * The armour of God 220
Praise the Lord all peoples of the earth 57 The children of Bethlehem 74A
Praise the Lord of the heavens (Ps.148) 42 The dark night of my soul 142
Preface (Eastertide) 8 The dove flew 277
The fool thinks there is no God (Ps 13) 145
Responsorial Psalm (melody) 69 The Glorious Cross 219
The good shepherd ascended(Hymn for 16
Say to all faint hearts 86 Lauds, Eastertide)
Says the Lord to my Lord 115 The kings shall see you (Servant of Yahweh) 203
Sequence of Pentecost (Come Holy Spirit) 15 (Song No.2)
Servant of Yahweh (The kings shall see you) 203 * The Lord announces a good news (Ps.67) 102
(Song No.2) * The Lord has given me (Servant of Yahweh) 202
Servant of Yahweh (The Lord has given me) 202 (Song No.3)
(Song No.3) The Lord is coming 88

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The Lord is my light and my salvation 44 Yahweh, you are my God 35

(Ps.27) You are handsome 117
The Lord is my shepherd (Ps.23) 60 You are my hope, O Lord 280
The march is hard 32 You are the Way 211
The people that walked in the darkness 63 You have seduced me, Lord 136
The Reproaches (O my people) 108 You who dwell in the gardens 271
* The same God 263 You will show me the path of life (Ps 15) 140
* The sower 209
The spirit of the Lord 210
The voice of my beloved 276
The white horse (I see Heaven open) 206
There were two angels 97 NOTE: Songs which are marked thus * are linked with
Thus speaks the Amen 207 particular stages of the Way, and should only be sung
To the Paschal Victim (Paschal Sequence) 71 after receiving catechesis on them.
To you I lift up my eyes (Ps 122) 131
To you O Lord (Ps.64) 100
To you O Lord (Ps.142) 121
To you O Lord I lift up my soul (Ps 24) 132
Towards you holy city 32
Uri, Uri, Ura 92
Virgin of wonder 111
When I awake (Ps.17) 82

When Israel came out of Egypt (Ps.113) 58
When the Lord brought home (Ps.126) 49
While I was asleep 270
Who is she? 275
Who is this who comes from Edom? 208
Who will separate us? 46
Why do the nations conspire? 79
Why is this night? 83
Worthy are you 274

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ANALYTICAL INDEX
1. BIBLICAL SONGS 41(42) As the deer yearns 80

A. Old Testament 45(46) You are handsome 117
46(47) God rises to acclamation 48
Gen 18, 1-5 Abraham 55 50(51) Have mercy on me 62
32, 23-29 Jacob 204 53(54) O God by your Name save 141
Ex 15, 1-17 Song of 56 me
Moses 56(57) I want to sing 78
Nm 23, 7-24 Song of 89 62(63) O God you are my God 87
Balaam 64(65) To You O Lord 100
Dt 6, 4-9 Shema Israel 218 67(68) Let God arise 128
Jgs 5, 1ff Song of Deborah 205 67(68) The Lord announces a good 102
Tob 13, 10-18 Song of Tobit 93 news
83(84) How lovely are your dwelling 94
Psalms: places
1 Happy the man 116 86(87) Mother, mother city of God 221
1 Happiness for the man 118 92(93) The Lord is coming 88
2 Why do the nations conspire? 79 94(95) If today you listen to his voice 68
6 Lord do not reprove me 129 99(100) Acclaim the Lord 81
8 O Lord our God 109 102(103) Bless Yahweh my soul 34
10 If in the Lord I have taken refuge 101 109(110) Says the Lord to my Lord 115
13(14) The fool thinks there is no God 113(114) When Israel came out of 58
12(13) How much longer 35 Egypt
15(16) You will show me the path of life 140 114/5(116) I love the Lord 98
16(17) When I awake 82 116(117) Praise the Lord all peoples of 57
17(18) I love you O Lord 127 the earth
21(22) Eli, Eli, Lamma Sabactani 214 117(118) I shall not die 84
22(23) The Lord is my shepherd 60 118(119) Lord, Lord Jesus 36
23(24) Gates lift up your heads 59 120(121) I lift my eyes to the 67
24(25) To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul 132 mountains
26(27) The Lord is my light 44 121(122) For love of my brothers 76
31(32) I have admitted to you my sin 105 122(123) To you I lift up my eyes 131
32(33) Exult, you just in the Lord 125 125(126) When the Lord brought home 49
33(34) Taste and see 69 126(127) If the Lord does not build the 75
34(35) I will bless the Lord 113 house
36(37) Do not get angry 261 128(129) Much have they 130
39(40) I hoped, I hoped in the Lord 77 persecuted me
Revised: June, 2002

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129(130) From the depth I cry to you 33 Isaiah 63,1-6 Who is this who comes from 208
130(131) O Lord my heart has no lofty 217 Edom
ambitions 66,18ff Glory, Glory, Glory 126
132(133) How good it is 37
132(133) Look how it is good 38 Jer. 20,7-20 You have seduced me, Lord 136
133(134) Give blessing to the Lord 103
Lam 3,1-33 Sit down alone and in silence 201
135(136) Give thanks to the Lord 39
136(137) Beside the rivers of Babylon 61 Dan 3,52-57 Canticle of Daniel 40
137(138) In the presence of the angels 90 3,57-88 Canticle of Daniel 41
138(139) Lord you search me 213
140(141) Against the seduction of sin 123 B. New Testament
142(143) To you O Lord 121/144
148(149) Praise the Lord of the 42 Mt. 1,18ff She lamb of God 272
heavens 5,38ff Don't put resistance to evil 266
150 Praise God, Alleluia 43 6,24-33 No one can serve two 216
masters
Songs 1,2ff Let Him kiss me 267 9,35ff Jesus went around all the 265
1,13 My beloved is for me 268 towns
2,9-17 The voice of my beloved 276 11,28ff Come to me all of you 99
4,8ff Come from Lebanon 269 13,4-9 The sower 209
5,2ff While I was asleep 270 28,16-20 Go and announce to 139
8,5-7 Who is she? 275 my brothers
8,App Flee my beloved 271
Lk. 1,41-45 Blessed are you Mary 110
Isaiah 9,1-5 The people that walked in 63 1,46-55 Magnificat 47
darkness 1,67-80 Benedictus (Canticle of 50
11 A shoot springs 122 Zechariah)
12,1ff Shout with joy 81 4,18-19 The spirit of the Lord 210
25,1-8 Yahweh, you are my God 35 23,28ff Daughters of Jerusalem 104
35,4ff Say to all faint hearts 86
40,1-11 Console my people 96 Jn. 4,31ff Another four months 114
45,8 O Heavens rain from above 52 8,52 Day of Rest 95
49,1-16 The kings shall see you 203 19,26ff Mary my mother 106
50,4-10 The Lord has given me 202
53,2ff In Him there is no beauty 273

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Rom. 8,15ff Abba Father 45 Why is this night? 83

8,33ff Who will separate us? 46
4. SONGS FOR CHILDREN
1Cor. 4,9-13 As men condemned to death 264 Give blessing to the Lord (Ps.133) 103
13,1ff Hymn to charity 262 He's coming my God (Advent) 73
15 He rose from death 31 Let us go shepherds 119
15,1ff Death is swallowed up in 51 The children of Bethlehem 74A
victory There were two angels 97
2Cor. 4,6-10 The same God 263 Uri, Uri, Ura 92
Why is this night? 83
Eph. 1,3-13 Blessed be God 212 5. SONGS TO MARY

6,11ff The armour of God 220 Blessed are you Mary 110
Hail Queen of Heaven 65
Ph. 2,1-11 Christ Jesus is the Lord 64 Maria, house of blessing 112
Maria of Jasna Gora 120
Rev. 3,14-18 Thus speaks the Amen 207 Mary little Mary 66
4,11 Worthy are you 274 Mary, mother of the burning way 138
7,12-14 Amen, Amen, Amen 9 She lamb of God 272
12,1-17 A woman clothed in the Sun 281 Shlom lekh Mariam 134
19,6-9 Here comes the kingdom 45 Stabat Mater 107
19,11ff The white horse 206 Virgin of wonder 111
22,12ff Behold I'm coming soon 54
22,17ff Come, son of Man 54 6. OTHER SONGS AND HYMNS
Akeda 222
2. ODES OF SOLOMON Caritas Christi 137
Ode 7 You are the way 211 Carmen ‘63 124
Ode 13 Behold our mirror 210 Grace before meals 87
Ode 24 The dove flew 277 Hymn to the glorious cross 219
You are my hope, O Lord 280 I’ve stretched out my hands 282
Lord, help me 135
3. SONGS INSPIRED BY HEBREW MELODY Noli me tangere 133
Dayenu 70A O Jesus, my love 278
Evenu Shalom Elehem 44 Paschal homily of Melito of Sardis 283
I want to go to Jerusalem 217 Paschal Hymn 143
There were two angels 97 Pentecost 53

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Take me to heaven 279 Holy, Holy, Holy (Ordinary time) 5

Te Deum 26 Preface (Eastertide) 8
The dark night of my soul 142 Responsorial Psalm (Melody) 69
The march is hard 32
Towards you holy city 32 C. Paschal Vigil
Alleluia (Eastertide) 14
7. LITURGICAL Blessing of the Baptismal Water 10
A. General Doxology 25
Come Holy Spirit (Sequence of 15 Eucharistic Prayer II (Long version) 6
Pentecost) Eucharistic Prayer II (Long version) 25
Come O creator Spirit (Hymn of 17 Exultet (Paschal preconium) 12
Pentecost) Glory to God in the highest 14
Easter to Ascension (Hymn for Lauds) 18 Holy, Holy, Holy (Eastertide) 4
Hymn of Advent 72 Preface (Eastertide) 8
O First and Last Day (Hymn for 19
Lauds; Sunday) D. Penitential Celebration
On the eighth day (Hymn for 20 Anaphora 3
Lauds; Sunday) Penitential Litany 1
Shadows and darkness (Hymn for 21
Lauds)
The good shepherd ascended 16
(Hymn for Lauds; Eastertide)
The reproaches 108
To the Paschal Victim (Paschal 71
Sequence)
B. Eucharist
Eucharistic Prayer and doxology 6
(Consecration and Acclamation)
Holy, He's Holy (Lent) 5
Holy, Holy, Holy 5
Holy, Holy, Holy (1983/88) 22
Holy, Holy, Holy (Advent) 4
Holy, Holy, Holy (Easter) 4

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PENITENTIAL LITANY
Em Am
C You, who gave sight to the blind who cried out to you
B7 Am B7
A Have mercy on us, the sinners that we are
C B7
Lord have mercy
Em Am
C You, who invited yourself bringing salvation to Zaccheus’ house
B7 Am B7
A Have mercy on us, the sinners that we are
C You, who from death did call Lazarus,

A Have mercy …………
C You, who didn’t refuse to eat with prostitutes and sinners,

A Have mercy ……………
C You, who did forgive the adulterous woman,

A Have mercy ……….
C You, who from the Cross did forgive a murderer and a robber
A Have mercy …………
C You, who are the only one who knows our sins and doesn’t get scandalized by us
A Have mercy ………….
C You, who always loved Judas until the end

A Have mercy ………..
C You, who have died and risen for our justification

A Have mercy on me, the sinner that I am
Lord have mercy on me
(*) Capo III

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PENITENTIAL LITANY (Continued)
Em Am
C For the sins we have committed by hardening our hearts
B7 Am B7 C B7
A Have mercy on us, the sinners that we are. Lord, have mercy
Em Am
C For the sins we have committed out of ignorance (*)
For the sins we have committed out of lust
For the sins we have committed in public and in private
For the sins we have committed by deceiving our neighbour
For the sins we have committed by using violence
For the sins we have committed by using insulting words
For the sins we have committed by despising our parents and teachers
For the sins we have committed by letting our bad habits get hold of us
For the sins we have committed by saying falsehoods
For the sins we have committed by lending with profit to our brothers
For the sins we have committed by gossiping
For the sins we have committed in our business relations (**)
For the sins we have committed through bad use of food and drinks (*)
For the sins we have committed through our pride
For the sins we have committed through our grumbling
For the sins we have committed through our greedy desires
For the sins we have committed through our lustful desires
For the sins we have committed through prostitution
For the sins we have committed because we are not sincere
For the sins we have committed because of our envy
For the sins we have committed because we are irresponsible
For the sins we have committed by speaking ill of others
For the sins we have committed by resisting the will of God (**)
(*) After every verse, the Assembly answers: “Have mercy on us, the sinners that we are.”
(**) Assembly answers: “Have mercy on us, the sinners that we are. Lord have mercy”
(*) Capo III

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ANAPHORA FOR THE PENITENTIAL CELEBRATION
G Am to destroy death and sin by his

P The Lord be with you
G Am Am
A And also with you passion and to restore life and
G Am
F E joy by His resurrection.
P Lift up your hearts You sent the Holy Spirit into
F E G
A We lift them up to the Lord our hearts, to make us your
Am
E Am children and heirs of your kingdom;
P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God G
G Am you constantly renew our spirit
A It is right to give him thanks and praise in the sacraments of your
Am
Dm Am redeeming love, freeing us from
P It is indeed right and fitting G
E slavery to sin and transforming
it is our duty and leads to our F E
Am us into the likeness of your beloved Son
salvation, to give you thanks Am G
Dm Am E A Freeing us from slavery to sin
always and everywhere, Almighty F
Am and transforming us into the likeness
and merciful God. E
F Am of your beloved Son.
How wonderful you created man, Am G
F P We thank you and bless you, O Lord
and still more wonderfully Am
E Am for the wonders of your mercy;
remade him; you do not abandon G
G and we join with the whole Church
the sinner, but seek him out Am
Am in a new song of praise:
with a Father’s love. Am G Am
G A Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy …………
You sent your Son into the world
(*) Capo III
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HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (Advent Season)
A E
A Holy, holy, holy, Am
A C Blessed is he who comes
holy is the Lord E7
E in the Name of the Lord
God of the universe Blessed is he who comes
A Am
holy is the Lord in the Name of the Lord
F A Hosanna in the highest
C The heavens and the earth E7
E Blessed is he who comes
are full of your glory. blessed is he who comes
F A
Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the Name of the Lord
E A Holy, holy, holy ………
hosanna in the highest.
A Holy, holy, holy ……..
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (Easter Season )

Dm Dm )
A Holy, holy, holy A Hosanna, hosanna )
Gm A7 ) (x 2)
holy, holy, holy hosanna, hosanna )
A Gm A
holy, holy, holy hosanna in the highest of heaven
Gm A Gm A
C Holy is the Lord hosanna, hosanna
Gm A Dm Gm
Yahweh Sabaoth C Blessed
Gm A Dm
Yahweh Sabaoth is he who comes
Dm Gm Dm Gm
The heaven and the earth is he who comes
Gm A
are full in the Name of the Lord
A
are full of you A Hosanna, hosanna ………..
(*) Capo III

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HOLY HE’S HOLY (Lenten Season) HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (Ordinary Time) (*)
Dm Am )
A Holy, he’s holy – holy, he’s holy A Holy, holy, holy ) (2)
F G Am )
Holy, he’s holy – holy, he’s holy holy, holy, holy )
Gm Dm
holy, he’s holy – Yahweh Sabaoth. G Am G
C Heavens and earth are full
Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm Am
C The heavens and the earth are full of you are full of your glory.
Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm F E
A The heavens and the earth are full of you A Hosanna, hosanna,
F E
Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm hosanna, hosanna,
C Hosanna in the highest, hosanna! F G
hosanna, hosanna
Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm F E
A Hosanna in the highest, hosanna! in the highest of heaven.
F E
Holy, he’s holy …………….. Hosanna, hosanna,
F E
Dm Gm Dm hosanna, hosanna,
C Blessed is he who comes F G
Gm Dm hosanna, hosanna,
in the Name of the Lord Am
Dm Gm Dm in the highest of heaven.
A Blessed is he who comes
Gm Dm G Am
in the Name of the Lord C Blessed is he who comes
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Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm in the Name
C Hosanna in the highest, hosanna! Am
Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm in the Name of the Lord
A Hosanna in the highest, hosanna!
A Hosanna, hosanna, ………….
Holy, he’s holy …………
(*) Capo III
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II (*)
G Am G
P The Lord be with you By the power of the Holy Spirit
G Am He took flesh and was born of the

A And also with you Am
Virgin Mary
F E F E
P Lift up your hearts To fulfil your will
F E
F E and win for you a holy people,
A We lift them up to the Lord Am G
He opened his arms on the Cross
E7 F
P Let us give thanks dying he overcame death and
Am E
to the Lord our God revealed the resurrection.
G ) Am G
A It is right to give Him ) A He opened his arms on the Cross
Am ) (2) F
thanks and praise ) dying He overcame death and
E
Am G revealed the resurrection.
P Father it is our duty and our
Am C Am G
salvation always and everywhere P So for this mystery of salvation
Am G Am
to give thanks through your we join the angels and saints
Am G
beloved Son Jesus Christ in proclaiming your glory as
G Am
He is the Word through whom today joyfully we sing:
Am
You made the universe,
C Am A Holy, holy, holy, ………….
the Saviour you sent to redeem us.
(*) Capo III
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II (Continued)
P Lord, your are Holy indeed the A7 Dm
(spoken) fountain of all holiness. ALL SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN
Let your Spirit come upon these A7 Dm
gifts to make them holy, so that DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
they may become fo us the Body and Gm A7
Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
Dm Dm
P Before He was given up to death A We announce your death, O Lord,
(sung) a death He freely accepted He took bread Gm
and looking up to you Father, Father We proclaim your resurrection,
F A7 Gm A7
He gave you thanks, Maranatha! Maranatha! Maranatha!
Gm Dm
He broke the bread, C Maranatha!
Dm P (goes on reciting, until):
gave it to his disciples and said: C G7
A7 Through Him, with Him, in Him,
TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND EAT IT: C
Dm in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
THIS IS MY BODY Am E
A7 Dm all glory and honour are yours
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. E7 Am F
Dm almighty Father for ever and ever.
When supper was ended, He took the cup A
and looking up to You, Father, Father A Amen, amen, amen,
F F#m
He gave You thanks, Amen, amen, amen
Gm E A
gave the cup to his disciples and said: Amen, amen, amen,
Dm A
TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND DRINK FROM IT blessing and glory
A7 E
THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD, praise and wisdom
Dm E7 A
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND and thanksgiving we raise to God.
EVERLASTING COVENANT. A
IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR Amen, amen, amen (3)
(*) Capo III

8
PREFACE OF EASTERTIDE (*)
G Am Am G
P The Lord be with you He is the true lamb who took
Am
G Am away the sins of the world.
A And also with you G
By dying, He destroyed our death,
F E Am
P Lift up your hearts by rising He restored our life.
F E Am G
A We lift them up to the Lord A By dying He destroyed our death
F E
E by rising He restored our life
P Let us give thanks
Am Am G
to the Lord our God P So for this mystery of salvation,
Am
G ) in the fullness of the paschal joy,
A It is right to give Him ) G Am
Am ) (2) mankind exults all over the earth,
thanks and praise )
and with the assembly of angels
Am Dm G Am F G
P Father, all powerful and and saints sings, sings, sings the hymn
Am Am
ever-living God, it is our to your glory:
E Am
duty and leads to our salvation
Dm Am E Am
to proclaim always your glory, O Lord
F
but more especially to exult
Am
you in this season (night),
F E
when Christ our Passover was sacrificed
(*) Capo III
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AMEN AMEN AMEN (Apoc. 7, 12 – 14)
A D
A Amen, amen, amen C Who are they
F#m whence do they come?
Amen, amen, amen D
E A Who are they
Amen, amen, amen C#m/E
A whence do they come?
Blessing and glory, A
E A They are those who come
praise and wisdom, E A E
and thanksgiving from the great tribulation.
A A
we raise to God They are those who come
A E A
Amen, amen, amen from the great tribulation.
F#m D
Amen, amen, amen they have washed their robes
E A C#m
Amen, amen, amen and made them white
D D C#m
C Honour and power in the blood of the Lamb,
C#m D C#m/E
and all strength, in the blood of the Lamb.
D A
honour and power, They are those who come
C#m E A E
to our God from the great tribulation
A A
A Blessing and glory, They are those who come
E E A
Praise and wisdom, from the great tribulation.
and thanksgiving A
A A Amen, amen, amen
we raise to God F#
Amen, amen, amen (3) Amen, amen, amen
E A
Amen, amen, amen
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BLESSING OF THE WATER
Em
P O God, through the sacramental through the Red Sea, to be an
B7 D
signs you work with unseen power image of the new people born
Em Em
the wonders of salvation. through Baptism.
Am D
In many ways through the ages, Then in the fullness of time,
C Em
you have prepared the water your Son, baptised by John in
D
your creature, the waters of the Jordan, was
B7 Em
to be a sign of Baptism. consecrated by the Holy Spirit
Em D
At the very dawn of creation lifted up on the cross, He shed
Am C B7
your Spirit breathed on the from His side blood and water.
B7
waters, making them the Em D
A Lifted up on the Cross,
wellspring of all holiness. C
Em He shed from His side
In the waters of the great B7
Am B7 blood and water.
flood you prefigured Baptism,
Em D Em D
so that today, as then, the waters P After His resurrection He told
C Em
would make an end of sin and the His disciples:
B7 D
beginning of New Life. go out, announce the Gospel
Em Em
You freed from slavery the sons to all nations,
D
of Abraham making them pass unhurt
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BLESSING OF THE WATER (Continued)
baptising them in the Name C

D C and the Spirit as a new
of the Father and of the Son B7
B7 creature.
and of the Holy Spirit. Em Am
Father, may the power of the
Em
A Baptising them in the Name Holy Spirit descend upon
Dm C B7 Em
of the Father and of the Son this water by the work of your Son,
B7
and of the Holy Spirit so that all who are buried
D
Em with Christ in the death of
P Father, look now with love Em D
D Baptism, dead with him, may rise
upon your Church unseal C
C with him, may rise with him to a
for her the fountain of B7
B7 new and eternal life.
Baptism.
Em Em D
Give to the water of this A Dead with him, may rise with him,
D C
font, by the power of the may rise with him to a new and
C B7 B7
Spirit, the grace of your Son eternal life.
Em
so that with the sacrament
D P Through our Lord,
of Baptism, man, created in Em
Em Jesus Christ!
your own likeness, may be
D Em D Em
cleansed from the stain of sin, A Amen, Amen, Amen
and be born again by water
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EXULTET (Paschal Preconium) (*)
Am G Am G
C Exult choirs of angels C It is truly right and fitting
C Am Am C
exult heavenly assembly, to express singing, the great joy
G Am G
with a hymn of glory greet of the Spirit and to praise the all
Am powerful Father, and, His Son, the
the triumph of our risen Lord, Am
F E Lord Jesus Christ.
Rejoice all the earth G
F E He paid for us to our eternal Father
flooded with the new light. Am
Am ) Adam’s debt;
The splendour of the King ) (Assembly C
G ) repeats) and with his blood that He shed
has conquered darkness, ) Am
F E ) out of love, He wiped away the
the darkness of the world ) Am
Am G Am condemnation of the ancient fault.
C Rejoice, O mother Church made resplendent F E F
C This is the Passover in which
with the glory of our risen Lord E
G the true Lamb is sacrificed.
Let this place resound, F E F
Am This is the night in which you freed
echoing the song of a people in feast. E
G Am our fathers from the slavery of Egypt.
The Lord be with you. F E F
G Am This is the night that saves us
A And also with you E
F E from the darkness of evil.
C Lift up your hearts F E F
F E This is the night in which you have
A We lift them up to the Lord. E
Am conquered the darkness of sin.
C Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
G Am )
A It is right to give Him thanks and praise ) (2)
(*) Capo III
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EXULTET (Continued)
Am ) Am )
A This is the night in which Christ ) A This is the night in which Christ )
G ) (2) G ) (2)
has destroyed death, and from the ) has destroyed death, and from the )
F E ) F E )
dead He rises victorious. ) dead, He rises victorious. )
Am G Am Am
C How wonderful is the mercy of your grace C In this night receive, heavenly
C Am G Am
how boundless the tenderness of your love Father, the sacrifice of praise
G Am C
to ransom a slave you sacrificed your Son that the Church is offering you
F E Am
Without the sin of Adam, by the hand of her ministers,
F E G
Christ would not have redeemed us. in the solemn liturgy of the candle,
Am ) Am
A O happy fault which deserved ) (2) sign of the new Light.
G Am ) F E
so great a Saviour, O happy fault ) We pray you, O Lord,
Am G Am
C O night truly blessed which knew let this candle, offered in honour
Am G Am
the hour in which Christ arose. of your Name, shine with light;
Am G G
O night truly blessed which despoiled Let it ascend to you like fragrant perfume
Am Am
the Egyptians to enrich Israel. let it mingle with the stars of heaven
Am G may the morning star
O night truly blessed which conquers G
Am find this flame still burning,
evil, washing guilt away. F E
Am G the morning star which never sets.
O night truly glorious which Am G
F E Christ, your Son risen from the dead,
reconciles man to his God. F E
make his clear light shine.
Am G Am ) (2)
A Amen, amen, amen )
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EASTER ALLELUIA
D A D
C Christ Jesus is risen
D A D
A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
D A D
C Christ Jesus is risen
D A D
D A D
C Christ Jesus is the Lord
D A D D A D
A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
GLORY TO GOD
D A G
A Glory to God in the highest of heavens C You who take away the sins of the world
G A F#m
and peace on earth to the people that He loves receive our prayer
D A Em
we praise you, we bless you, we worship you you who sit at the right hand of the Father
G A A
we give you thanks for your transcendent glory A Have mercy on us.
G G
C Lord God, king of heaven For you alone are Holy
F#m F#m
almighty God and Father you alone are the Lord
Em Em
Lord only Son of the Father you alone are the most high
A A
A Jesus Christ Jesus Christ
G F#m Glory to God ………..
C Lord God, lamb of God, Son of the Father D A D
Em Amen, amen, amen
You who take away the sins of the world
A
A Have mercy on us
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SEQUENCE OF PENTECOST
C F C Wash what is dirty

A Come, Holy Spirit soak what is dry
E heal what is bleeding,
send us your light. bend what is stiff.
C F A Come, Holy Spirit ………..

C Come, you Father of the poor,
E C Warm what is chilly,
come, light of the heart straighten what goes astray,
C F give to your faithful
come, you giver of gifts your holy gifts.
E
you, the best consoler. A Come, Holy Spirit …………
A Come, Holy Spirit …………… C Give virtue and love

give us a holy death,
C Sweet quest of the soul give us everlasting joy,
sweetest consolation, Amen. Alleluia.
rest in the midst of our weariness
solace in the midst of woe A Come, Holy Spirit ………..
A Come, Holy Spirit ……….
C Light immortal light,

come into our hearts,
without your strength,
there is nothing in man.
A Come, Holy Spirit ……….

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THE GOOD SHEPHERD ASCENDED (Lauds)
Am G
C The Good Shepherd ascended
Am
at the right hand of the Father,
G
the little flock is in vigil,
Am
with Mary in the Cenacle.
Am G
A Come, O Divine Spirit,
Am
with your Holy gifts,
G
and make our hearts,
Am
a temple of your glory.
C From the eternal splendour

comes down the prophetic chrism,
which consecrates the apostles,
heralds of the Good News
A Come, O Divine Spirit …………
C O light of eternal wisdom

reveal to us the great mystery,
of God the Father and the Son,
united in the same love.
G Am
Amen.
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COME O CREATOR SPIRIT
Am G C Be light to the intellect

A Come, O creator Spirit living flame in the heart
Am Heal our wounds
visit our minds, with the balsam of your love.
G
fill with your love
Am A Defend us from the enemy
the hearts you have created. bring peace as a gift
your unconquerable guide,
may save us from all evil.
C O sweet Consoler,
gift of the most high Father
living water, fire, love, C Light of eternal wisdom
holy chrism of the soul. reveal to us the great mystery
of God the Father and the Son
united in only one Love.
A Finger of the hand of God G Am
promised by the Saviour, Amen.
pour out your seven gifts
make the Word arise in us.
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HYMN OF LAUDS FROM EASTER TO ASCENSION
Am G C O Jesus immortal King

C Shines the sun of Easter join to your victory
Am those reborn in baptism
resounds the sky with songs
F E A From the abyss of death ………
rejoices all the earth.
C May shine upon the Church
Am G pledge of love and peace
A From the abyss of death the light of your Easter.
Am
Christ victorious rises up A From the abyss of death ………
F E
together with the ancient fathers. C+A Glory and honour to Christ
to the Father and the Holy Spirit
Am G now and forever.
C Beside the empty tomb Amen. Amen. Amen.
Am
in vain the guardian watches
F E
the Lord is risen.
A From the abyss of death …………

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O FIRST AND LAST DAY (Lauds)
Am G
O first and last day,
Am
day radiant and splendid
E
of Christ’s triumph.
Am G
The risen Lord
Am
proclaims through the ages
E
the edict of peace
Peace between heaven and earth

peace among the peoples,
peace in our hearts.
May the Passover alleluia,

resound in the Church,
pilgrim in the world.
May it be united,
to the joyful and everlasting praise,
of the assembly of the saints.
To you glory, O Christ,

to you power and honour,
for ever and ever. Amen.
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ON THE EIGHTH DAY (Lauds)
Am G
On the eighth day shines
Am
the age of the new world,
G
consecrated by Christ,
Am
first fruit of the risen.
O Jesus, king of glory,

unite your faithful,
to the Paschal triumph,
over evil and death.
Grant that one day we come

to meet you, O Lord,
on the clouds of heaven,
in the kingdom of the blessed.
Transformed into your image,

we will see your face;
and there will be fullness of joy,
forever and ever.
G Am
Amen
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SHADOWS AND DARKNESS (LAUDS)
Am G
Shadows and darkness of night,
Am
flee, enter the light.
E
Christ, the Lord is coming.
The Sun of Justice

transfigures and inflames;
the universe is waiting.
You, Saviour oft the poor,

let the glory of your face
shine on a new world
Praise to you, O Christ

with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
now and forever.
G Am
Amen.
22
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (1983)
Am G Am
A Holy, holy, holy is the Lord. Am
Am G Am C Blessed is he who comes
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, Dm E
G Am in the Name of the Lord,
God of the universe Dm E
F E Dm E in the Name of the Lord.
C Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Am
Am Dm ) A Hosanna …………
A Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, ) (2)
E )
in the highest of heaven. )
HOLY 1988
Am G Am Am G
C&A Holy, Holy, Holy C Blessed is he who comes
Am G Am Am
Holy, Holy, Holy in the Name of the Lord.
Am G Am G
C Heaven and earth C&A Blessed is he who comes
Am Am
are full of your glory in the Name of the Lord.
Am G F E
C&A Heaven and earth C Hosanna in the highest of heaven.
Am F E
are full of your glory C&A Hosanna in the highest of heaven
F E Am G Am
C Hosanna in the highest of heaven C&A Holy, Holy, Holy
F E Am G Am
C&A Hosanna in the highest of heaven Holy, Holy, Holy
Am G Am F E
C&A Holy, Holy, Holy C Holy, Holy, Holy
Am G Am F E
Holy, Holy, Holy C&A Holy, Holy, Holy
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
Am G Am G Am
P The Lord be with you For our sake He opened his arms on the cross
G Am
Am G Am He put an end to death
A And also with you G Am
and revealed the resurrection
G G Am
P Lift up your hearts and revealed the resurrection.
Am G Am
A We lift them up to the Lord A And revealed the resurrection.
G Am P In this He fulfilled your will

P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
and won for you a holy people
G Am G
A It is right to give him thanks and praise and so we join the angels and saints
Am
Am G Am in proclaiming your glory as we sing:
P Father, it is our duty and our salvation
G Am
always and everywhere
to give you thanks

G Am
through your beloved Son, Jesus Christ.
He is the word
G Am
through whom you made the universe
F Am
the Saviour you sent to redeem us.
G
By the power of the Holy Spirit
Am
he took flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary.
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER: CONSECRATION AND ACCLAMATION
P Lord, you are Holy indeed the Gm

(spoken) fountain of all holiness. gave the cup to his disciples and said:
Let your Spirit come upon these
gifts and make them holy, so that TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND
they may become for us the Body and Dm
Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. DRINK FROM IT:
A7
Dm THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD,
P Before He was given up to death Dm
(sung) THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND
a death He freely accepted He
EVERLASTING COVENANT.
took bread and looking up to, to you,
IT WILL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR
Father, Father, A7 Dm
E ALL SO THAT SINS MAY BE FORGIVEN.
He gave you thanks, A7 Dm
Gm DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
He broke the bread, Gm
Dm Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:
gave it to his disciples and said:
A7 Dm
TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU AND EAT IT: A We announce your death, O Lord,
Dm Gm
THIS IS MY BODY we proclaim your resurrection,
A7 Dm A Gm A
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. Maranatha. Maranatha. Maranatha
Dm
When supper was ended, He took Dm
C Maranatha.
the cup, and looking up to You,
Father, Father,
F
He gave you thanks,
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EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II (Long Version)
G Em Bm Em
P In memory of his death and resurrection into the light of your presence.
Am G Em
we offer you, Father, this life-giving bread Have mercy on us all:
Em Am
this saving cup. make us worthy to share eternal life,
Am Em
We thank you for counting us worthy with Mary, the Virgin Mother of God
Em Am
to stand in your presence and serve you. with the Apostles and with all the Saints
G Bm Em
May all of us who share in the body and blood who have done your will throughout the ages
of Christ G
Am May we praise you in union with them
be brought together in unity Bm
Em and give you glory
by the Holy Spirit. A Em
G through your son Jesus Christ.
Lord, remember your Church throughout
Em
the world; DOXOLOGY
Am
make us grow in love G
Em Through Him, with Him, in Him
together with ………, our Pope Bm
Am in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
…….. our Bishop Am
Em all glory and honour is yours
and all the clergy. Em
G Almighty Father,
Remember our brothers and sisters G
Bm forever and ever
who have gone to their rest
Am Em Bm A Em
in the hope of rising again; A Amen. Amen. Amen.
G
bring them and all the departed
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TE DEUM
C You, Christ are the King of Glory,

C We praise you, O God; Son of the eternal Father,
G You were born of the Virgin Mother
We acclaim you as the Lord to save mankind.
Am
Everlasting Father, You overcame the power of death
E Opening the Father's Kingdom to all who
all the world bows down before you. believe in you
Enthroned at God's right hand in the glory of
C the Father.
C&A To You sing all the angels, You will come to judge the world at the end of time
G
and all the hosts of heaven. Come to our aid, O Lord,
Am You have redeemed Your people
Holy, Holy, Holy by Your Precious Blood.
E Grant us in Your Glory
Holy, Holy, Holy a place in the assembly of Saints.
E7 Am
is the Lord God of the Universe. Save Your people Lord,
guide and protect Your children.
Every day we praise You,
The heavens and the earth We acclaim Your name to all eternity.
are filled with Your glory.
The glorious band of apostles In Your goodness, Lord, keep us free from sin.
and the noble company of martyrs May Your mercy always be with us
sing Your praise. In You we put our trust.
The voice of the prophets is united in Your Have pity on us, Lord
praise, have pity.
The holy church proclaims Your glory, You are our hope,
and adores Your only Son, we shall not be put to shame forever.
and the Holy Spirit Paraclete.
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HE ROSE FROM DEATH (1 Cor 15)
Am G Am
A He rose from death, he rose from death, C Thanks
F E G
He rose from death, alleluia! Be given to the Father
Am G F F
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Who brings us to his kingdom,
E E
He rose from death! Where we live through his love.
Am
C Death, A He rose from death …….
G
Where is death? Am
F C If with him we die,
Where is my death? G
E With him we live
Where is its victory? F
With him we sing:
E
A He rose from death ……….. Alleluia!
Am
C Rejoice, A He rose from death …………
G
Oh brothers, rejoice,
F
For if today we love each other,
E
It is because he rose from death.
A He rose from death …………

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TOWARDS YOU HOLY CITY
Am E F
A Towards you holy city We shall drink your blood
Am E
Towards you our saviour’s land Your faith will save us.
G F A Towards you ………….
Like pilgrims we are walking Am
E C We are your holy people
Coming unto you. G
Today we walk together
Am F
C We are coming to your table You come among us
G E
We shall seal your covenant Your love shall guide us
F Am
We shall eat your body You are our way
E G
We’ll be washed by your blood You are our hope
Am F
We shall reign with you You, brother of the poor
G E
In your holy city Amen alleluia
A Towards you …………
THE MARCH IS HARD
Em B7 Em
C The march is hard, the sun is strong C Em
B7 Em Listen, Father
Slow the people go B7 Em
B7 Em B7 Em Send us our saviour
Moses chief of Israel goes to free them Em B7 Em
Em Am C The people yearn for life and peace,
A Listen, Father B7 Em
B7 Em They want to rise again
To the cry of your people Em B7 Em B7 Em
Moses chief of Israel goes to free them
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PSALM 129 (130) - DE PROFUNDIS
Am E E Am G
C From the depth I cry to you, O Lord: C My soul is waiting for the Lord
F E F Am
Lord, listen to my voice I count on his Word.
Am F E Am G
Let your ears be attentive My soul is longing for the Lord
F E F Am
To the voice of my pleading! more than watchmen for daybreak.
Am
Am F E Am Israel is longing for the Lord
A From the depth I cry to you, O Lord F E
F E more than watchmen for daybreak.
Lord, listen to my voice! F E
Am F E Am For with the Lord there is mercy
Let your ears be attentive F Am
F E Am only with him there is forgiveness.
To the voice of my pleading!
F E
G F Am A For with the Lord there is mercy
C If you O Lord should mark our guilt F Am
Who would survive? only with him there is forgiveness
F E
Who would survive? Am
F E C The Lord redeems Israel
But with you is found forgiveness E Am
F Am A The Lord redeems Israel from all her sins
Only with you is found mercy.
Am
F E C The Lord redeems Israel
A But with you is found forgiveness
F Am E Am
only with you is found mercy A The Lord redeems Israel from all her sins
F Am
Ay Yah Yah Yah
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PSALM 102 (103) - BLESS YAHWEH MY SOUL
Am E
A Bless Yahweh my soul
Am
bless his holy Name
E
Bless Yahweh my soul
Am
don’t forget his love
Dm
C He who forgives all your faults
Am
who cures all your diseases,
E
saves your life from death
Am
fills you with grace and love.
Dm
He who is just towards you
Am
who defends all the poor
E
He revealed his way to Moses
Am
He showed his might to Israel.
A Bless Yahweh ………….

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PSALM 12 (13) - HOW MUCH LONGER
Am
C How much longer A I will sing ……..
E
will you forget me, oh my Lord Am
E7 C Lest my foes say:
How much longer E
Am I have prevailed over him,
will you hide your face from me? lest my oppressors rejoice
Am
E Am because I’ve stumbled.
A I will sing to Yahweh,
E Am A I will sing …….
I will sing to Him who is my Saviour
Am E
Am C But I, I rely upon your love
C Look at me, answer me, and my heart shall rejoice
E Am
Yahweh, oh my love; in your salvation.
give light to my eyes
Am A I will sing …….
lest I fall asleep in death.
YAHWEH YOU ARE MY GOD (Is., 25)
Am E
A Yahweh, you are my God ) F E
Am ) Repeat from al our faces, from all our faces
I will exalt you ) A Yahweh ………….
F Am F
C I will bless your Name (Repeat) C Now we hear the footsteps of the poor
E G
I will bless your Name the footsteps of the lowly,
A Yahweh …….. F
Am F the footsteps of the lowly
C You will destroy death for ever, E
G the remnant of Jacob
You will wipe away the tears A Yahweh ………..
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PSALM 118 (119) - LORD, LORD JESUS
Am F E
C Lord, Lord Jesus
Am
May my plea reach your presence
F
may your song spring from my lips
G
may my tongue sing your Words,
F E
Jesus, my life!
Am
May your hand be with me to help me
F
I await salvation from you
G
may my soul live to praise you
F E
look at me I am lost
Am G
A Come in search of your servant,
F E
come Lord Jesus!
Am G
Come for without you I am lost,
F E
come Lord Jesus
37
PSALM 132 (133) - HOW GOOD IT IS
Em Am Em B7 Em
How good it is to be with the brothers (2)
Em C D G Bm Em
Fine as oil on the head, running down the beard (2)
Fine as oil, running down the beard (2)
Like dew from Hermon, falling on Zion’s heights (2)
Like dew from Hermon, falling on Zion’s heights (2)
There Yahweh sends forever his blessing (2)
There Yahweh sends forever his blessing (2)
There Yahweh gives everlasting life (2)
There Yahweh gives everlasting life (2)

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PSALM 132 (133) - LOOK HOW IT IS GOOD
Em Am B7
A Look how it is good C Because there the Lord gives us
taste how it is sweet Am B7
C B7 the Lord gives us his blessings
the love among the brothers.
Em C B7
Look how it is good A Because there the Lord gives us
taste how it is sweet the Lord gives us his love.
C B7
when brothers are together. Look how it is good ………..
Am B7 Am B7
C It is like fragrant oil running down C Because there the Lord gives us
Am B7 Am B7
running down on Aaron’s beard life eternally
C B7 C B7
A It is like fragrant oil running down A Because there the Lord gives us
on Aaron’s beard. his everlasting life
Look how it is good ………. Look how it is good …………
Am B7
C It is like dew coming down from Hermon
Am B7
coming down on the mounts of Zion
C B7
A It is like dew coming down from Hermon
B7
on the heights of Zion
Look how it is good ………

39
PSALM 135 (136) - GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
Em D Em D Em C He gave us according to his promise

A Give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia A For his love is everlasting
Em D Em D Em C A land flowing with milk and honey
Give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia
Am Em Am Em C He remembers us when we are down
Give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia A For his love is everlasting
Am Em B7 Em C And snatches us from our oppressors
Give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia
C He provides for all living creatures
Em C D G A For his love is everlasting
C Give thanks to the God of Gods C Give thanks to the Lord of Heavens
Em C D G
A For his love is everlasting
G Bm Em
C He alone does great marvels
A Give thanks to the Lord, Alleluia (4)
C He made the heavens with wisdom

C The stars, the sun and the moon
C He struck down the first born of Egypt

C And brought out Israel from among them
C He opened the way through the sea

C He overthrew the enemy army
C He led his people through the desert

C He struck down mighty kings
40
SONG OF DANIEL (Dn 3, 52-57)
G F#m E C All things the Lord has made

C Blessed are you, O Lord
G A B7 A Bless the Lord
God of our fathers
C Give glory and eternal praise to him.
Em D Em
A To you glory and praise A Give glory and eternal praise to him.
D C B7 Em
glory and praise for ever!
C Blessed be your Name

Your glorious and holy Name
A To you glory ……..
C Blessed are you O lord

in your glorious and holy temple
A To you glory ………..
C Blessed are you O Lord

on the throne of your Kingdom
A To you glory ……….
C Blessed are you, enthroned on the cherubs

who gaze into the depths
A To you glory ………..
C Blessed are you O Lord

in the firmament of heaven
A To you glory ……….

41
SONG OF DANIEL (Dn 3, 57-88)
Am Springs of water
C All things the Lord has made Seas and rivers
E7 Am Sea beasts and everything that lives in water
A Bless the Lord Birds of heaven
E7 Wild and tame animals
C Give glory Give glory
Am
A And eternal praise to him A and eternal praise to Him!
Am C Sons of men
C Angles of the Lord (n) Israel
Heavens Priests of the Lord
Waters above the heavens Servants of the Lord
Powers of the Lord Spirits and souls of the virtuous
Sun and moon Devout and humble hearted men
Stars of heaven Ananiah, Azariah, Mishael
Showers and dews Give glory
All winds
Fire and heat A and eternal praise to Him!
Cold and heat
Dews and rains C Let us praise the Father, )
Frost and cold the Son and the Holy Spirit )
Ice and snow )
Give glory A Give glory and eternal praise to ) (#)
Him )
A and eternal praise to Him )
C May you be blessed O Lord in )
C Nights and days the heaven )
Light and darkness )
Lightning and clouds A Give glory and eternal praise to )
All the earth Him! )
Mountains and hills
Everything that grows on earth
n)
(n After every verse the assembly answers “Bless the Lord”
(#) Spoken, not sung
42
PSALM 148 - PRAISE HIM
C Beasts, wild and tame

C Praise the Lord from the heavens: reptiles and flying birds
A Praise Him! Kings of the earth and all peoples

Am princes and rulers of the earth
C Praise Him in the heights
Young men and maidens together,
A Praise Him old men and children
C Praise Him all his angels Let them praise the Name of the Lord
and Him all his hosts for his Name alone is exalted
Praise Him sun and moon His glory is above earth and heaven
praise Him all you shining stars He has raised up His people
Praise Him you highest heavens Let all his faithful praise the Lord
and you waters above the heaven Israel his chosen people
Let them praise the Name of the Lord

for He commanded and they were created
And he established them for ever

He set a law that will never pass
Praise the Lord from the earth

you sea monsters and all deeps
Fire and hail, snow and frost

stormy wind that follows His Word
Mountains and every hill

fruit trees and ever cedar
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PSALM 150 - ALLELUIA PRAISE THE LORD
E A D A D A E
A Aleluia, alleluia, alleluia
A D A E D E
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
E A D A
C Praise God in His holy temple
D A E
praise Him in the heights of heaven
A D A E
praise Him for His powerful deeds
D E
praise Him for His surpassing greatness
A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ………..
C Praise Him with blasts of the trumpet

praise Him with harps and guitars
praise Him with drums and dancing
praise Him with flutes and strings.
A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, ………..
C Praise Him with clashing cymbals

praise Him with clanging cymbals
let everything that lives and breathes
Praise, praise the Lord

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
44
PSALM 26 (27) - THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION
Am D Am E
C The Lord is my light and my salvation wait for the Lord, take courage
F G Am Am
whom need I fear? wait for the Lord
D Am
the Lord is the fortress of my life C One thing I ask of the Lord
F G Am one thing I only seek:
of whom should I be afraid? to live in the house of Yahweh
all the days of my life.
A I am sure I shall see A I am sure I shall see ………

Dm
your goodness O Lord C For He hides me under His shelter
E in times of trouble
Wait for the Lord, take courage He hides me deep in his tent
Am sets me safe on a rock.
wait for the Lord, take courage
EVENU SHALOM ALEHEM (Hebrew Song)
Dm A Dm
C Evenu Shalom alehem and may peace be with us
Gm A Dm
A Evenu Shalom alehem Evenu Shalom, Shalom, Shalom alehem
A Dm
Evenu Shalom alehem C E sia la pace con noi
A Dm
Evenu Shalom, Shalom, Shalom alehem A E sia la pace con noi
e sia la pace con noi
Dm Evenu Shalom, Shalom, Shalom alehem
C And may peace be with us C Et la paix soit avec nous
Y sea ja paz con nosotros
Gm Und sei der Friede mit uns
A And may peace be with us Ping an yu ni men tong chai
45
ALLELUIA, HERE COMES THE KINGDOM (Apoc. 19, 6-9)
D7 G B7 Em D7
A Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia Let’s give him glory
G B7 Em for the wedding with the Lord
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia
A Alleluia ……………
Em B7
C Here comes the kingdom C Happy are those
Em invited to the wedding
of the Lord and his Christ. to the wedding
B7 of the lamb.
Here comes the kingdom
Em A Alleluia ………
of the Lord our God
C Happy are those
A Alleluia ……….. invited to the wedding
to the wedding
C Let’s give him glory with the Lord
it is time for the wedding.
A Alleluia ………
ABBA FATHER (Romans 8, 15-17)
C G F C
A Abba Father, Father! F E
with our spirit,
Am E7 Am
C We have not received, that we are children of God
Dm Am G7
the spirit of slavery, And if we are children, )
F E C )
to fall back into fear we are also heirs )
F E E7 ) (2)
to fall back into fear co-heirs with Christ )
Am )
Am heirs with God )
A This same spirit C G F C
Dm Am Abba Father, Father!
bears united witness
46
WHO WILL SEPARATE US (Rom 8, 33-39)
Am
C Who will separate us, A Who will separate us ………
G
who will separate us, Am
F E C If we are sure
from the love of God? that neither death, nor life
nor the present, nor the future,
Am G
A Who will separate us, nor the height, nor the depth,
G F
who will separate us, nor any other creature
F E E
from the love of God? can separate us from God:
Am Am
C Could Jesus Christ, A Can separate us
He who died G
G can separate us
He who rose again, F
F from the love of God
He who sits on the right of the Father E
E shown to us in Jesus Christ?
interceding for us?
A Who will separate us ……..
A Who will separate us ………
Am
C Tribulation
G
worry, persecution,
F
hunger, nakedness,
if all these things we conquer
E
in Him who loved us?
47
MAGNIFICAT (Lk 1, 46-55)
D E
C My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord
n
D
and my spirit exults in God my Saviour
AEA E
C From this day all generations
n
A
will call me blessed.
D A
C For the Almighty has done great things for me
n
E A
and His Name is holy.
AEA
C He shows the power of His arm n
He routs the proud of heart
C The mighty he casts down from their thrones

and exalts the lowly.
A The hungry He fills with good things

and the rich He sends empty away.
C He helps His servant Israel,

n
remembering His mercy.
C According to the promise He made to Abraham

n
and to all his seed for ever
n Assembly repeats
48
PSALM 46 (47) - GOD RISES TO ACCLAMATION
Dm Gm C For God is the king

A God rises to acclamation The King of all the earth
Dm Sing praises to God
to the blast of the trumpet sing praises with psalms.
Dm Gm
God rises to acclamation A God rises to acclamation ………..
Dm
to the blast of the trumpet. C The princes of the nations
rally to the people,
Dm Gm to the people of God,
C All people clap your hands, to the God of Abraham
Dm A God rises to acclamation …..

A All people clap your hands
Dm Gm C God reigns over the nations
All people clap your hands, God sits on His throne.
Dm God reigns over the nations
All people clap your hands. God sits on His throne.
C He brings the people A God rises to acclamation ……..

under our dominion.
He puts the nations C Every shield belongs to God
under our feet. He reigns supreme
Every shield belongs to God
A God rises to acclamation ……. He reigns supreme
C For us He chose A God rises to acclamation ………..

our heritage
the pride of Jacob
whom He loves.
A God rises to acclamation …….

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PSALM 125 (126) - WHEN THE LORD BROUGHT HOME
D C What marvels,
C When the Lord Em
Em what great things
brought home D
D has the Lord done for us
the captives Em
Em for this
of Zion D D7
D we are full of joy
it seemed like a dream.
Em A For those who are going
Our mouths in tears are going
D carrying
were full of laughter the seed.
Em But coming back
on our tongues they come back singing
D D7 carrying
were songs. the sheaves.
G D
A For those who are going C Those who go sowing
A G D Em D
in tears are going they are in sadness
Em Em
carrying But when they’re reaping
D D D7
the seed. they shout for joy.
G
But coming back G
A G D A For those who are going ………
they come back singing
Em
carrying
D
the sheaves.
50
BENEDICTUS (Lk 1, 67 - 80)
Em B7
C Blessed be the Lord to serve Him in holiness and virtue
Am Em Em
A The God of Israel in His presence all our days.
C For He has visited A Blessed be the Lord …….
and redeemed his people Am
Am C And you little child
A raising up, for us, you shall be called
Em Em
a power of salvation prophet of the Most High
B7 Em Am
in the house of His servant David for you will go before the Lord
Am Em
C According to the promise to prepare the way before Him,
Em B7
made from ancient times announcing to His people salvation
Am Em Em
by the mouth of his holy prophets, and forgiveness of their sins.
B7 Am
that He would save us from our enemies Because of the tender mercy
and from the hands Em
Em of our God
of all those who hate us. Am
Am a sun rising from on high
Fulfilling in this way the mercy Em
Em will visit us
he had with our fathers, B7
Am to give light to those
remembering his holy covenant who live in darkness
and the oath he swore Em
Em and in the shadow of death,
to our father Abraham: B7
B7 and to guide our feet
that He would grant us free from fear Em
to be delivered from the hands into the way of peace.
Em A Blessed be the Lord …….
of our enemies
51
DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY (1 Cor 15)
Am F#m
C Just in a moment O death where is your sting?
in the twinkling of an eye, alleluia, alleluia
Em A E D C#
when the last trumpet sounds, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
for the trumpet will sound:
D A
and the dead C Brothers I want to remind you
F#m E
will be raised imperishable the good news
G C# D
and we shall be changed as well. that I preached to you,
C#
A the same that I received:
A That is why we sing: A
death is swallowed up in victory that Christ died for our sins
alleluia, alleluia.
C# A In accordance with the Scriptures
O death where is your victory?
alleluia, alleluia. C#
F#m C He was raised to life,
O death where is your sting?
alleluia, alleluia. A In accordance with the Scriptures
E F#m
C The sting of death is sin C then He appeared to Peter,
D E
and sin gets its power from the law; then to the twelve
but we overcome all this D
C# next to more than five hundred brothers at once
through our Lord Jesus Christ. C#
A and last of all He appeared to me.
A That is why we sing:
death is swallowed up in victory A
alleluia, alleluia. A That is why we sing ……..
C#
O death where is your victory?
alleluia, alleluia.
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OH HEAVENS RAIN FROM ABOVE US (Is 45, 8)
Am
A Oh heavens, C We are the chains,
F nobody loosens us:
rain from above;
G A Maranatha! Maranatha!
oh clouds oh heavens ………..
Am
send us the Holy One. C We are the cold,
E nobody covers us:
Oh earth,
Am A Maranatha! Maranatha!
open up, earth
E7 Am C We are the hunger
and sprout forth the Saviour. nobody feeds us:
C We are the desert A Maranatha! Maranatha!

G oh heavens ………
we are the drought:
C We are the tears,
E G E nobody dries us:
A Maranatha! Maranatha!
Am
C We are the wind, C We are the pain,
G nobody loos at us:
nobody hears us:
E G E oh heavens ……….
Am
oh heavens ……..
C We are the darkness

nobody guides us:
53
PENTECOST
Dm
C They were poor men, C They had a heart in their breasts
F like you, like me,
like you, like me, they had eyes full of tears
Bb and faces pale with fever and fear,
they’d been casting they surely were thinking
their nets in the lake about their lost friend
F about the women left in their homes
or collecting taxes about the Cross
A7 at the top of the hill.
at the gates of the city.
Dm A If you feel a breeze ……..
I remember that out of them all
F C And the wind shook
there was not even a learned man the door of the house,
Bb it entered wildly into the room
and the one whom they called Master and they had eyes
F A7 and voices of fire
was dead and buried in a tomb. they rushed out to sing
their joy in the street.
Dm C Man you who listen hidden in shadow
A If you feel a breeze from heaven the voice that is calling,
Dm A is calling you;
a wind shaking the doors it brings you joy,
Dm C it brings you good news:
listen: it’s a voice that is calling you, the Kingdom of God has already come.
Dm A
inviting you to travel afar. A If you feel a breeze ………..
Dm G
There is a fire arising
A Dm
in him who is awaiting
F A7 Dm
in him who cherishes hopes of love.
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BEHOLD I’M COMING SOON (Apoc 22, 12 - 16)
A
C Behold I’m coming soon A )
E A Happy are those )
bringing with me the reward E )
B7 those who wash their robes ) (2)
to be given to each one B7 )
E that they may have the right )
according to his work. E )
E7 A to the tree of life. )
I am the Alpha and the Omega
E C#
I am the First and the Last C I am
B7 F#m
I am the First and the Last the root and the offspring of David,
E C#
the Beginning and the End the star
F#m
shining in the morning
A Happy are …………

COME, SON OF MAN (Apoc 22, 17ff)
Em Am C Em
C Come, son of man The Spirit says: Come
B7 Em C B7
Come, Lord Jesus let him who listen say: Come
Em Am
Come, iServant of the Poori Ven, ihijo del hombrei
B7 Em Ven, iSenor Jesusi
Come, iLord Jesusi Viens, ifills de l’hommei
Em Am Viens, iSeigneur Jesusi
Come, imy lovei Vieni, ifiglio dell’ uomoi
B7 Em Vieni, iSignor Gesui
Come, iLord Jesusi Come, son of man
C Em come……. come
The Bride says: Come Lord Jesus
C B7
let him who listen say: Come
i Assembly repeats
55
ABRAHAM (Gen 18, 1 - 5)
Am E
C It was a very hot day without stopping!
Dm E
when Abraham Am E
E7 Am C I’ll bring you a little water
was sitting by the entrance of his tent. E7
Am You’ll wash your feet
It was a very hot day Am
Dm E and lie down under the tree.
when Abraham Am E
E7 Am I’ll bring you a little bread
was sitting by the Oak of Mamre. E7
G F you’ll refresh yourselves
He looked up and there he saw Am
E before going further.
three men standing near him. G F
E7 Am Not by chance have you passed today
They stood in front of him E
E7 near me.
As soon as he saw them
he bowed to the ground Am
Am A O my Lord
and said: G
G don’t pass by I beg you
O my Lord F
F without stopping
don’t pass by I beg you E
E without stopping!
without stopping! Am
Without stopping
Am G
A Without stopping don’t pass by I beg you
G F
don’t pass by I beg you without stopping
F E
without stopping without stopping!
56
SONG OF MOSES (Ex 15, 1-17)
C7 F
C Let us sing to the Lord C Your right hand O Lord
A7 glorious in power
let us sing to the Lord your right hand O Lord
D7 shattered the enemy
who covered himself in glory, shattered the enemy.
in glory, in glory.
G7 A He has thrown into the sea …….
He has thrown into the sea
C7 C The enemy said:
horse and rider. I shall pursue and overtake
F I shall draw my sword
A My strength and my song my hand will get possession
A7 my hand will despoil them.
is the Lord
D7 A He has thrown into the sea ……..
He is my salvation
is my God C You blew with your breath
G7 the sea covered them.
I will extol him. They sank like lead
C7 in deep waters,
He has thrown into the sea in the waters of death.
horse and rider. (2)
A He has thrown into the sea ………
F
C The Lord is a warrior C Who is like you, among the gods
A7 who is like you O Lord
Yahweh is his Name magnificent in holiness
D7 terrible in deeds
Pharaoh’s chariots worker of wonders
and the enemy’s army
G7 A He has thrown into the sea ……..
He has cast into the sea.
C7
A He has thrown into the sea
horse and rider (2)
My strength and my song ………
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SONG OF MOSES (CONTINUED)
C You led this people

that you have redeemed C You brought them in and planted them
in your strength you guided them on the mountain of your promise
in your strength and love where O Lord you reign
to your holy dwelling. you reign for all eternity
you reign for ever and ever.
A He has thrown into the sea ……….
A He has thrown into the sea ……..
PSALM 116 (117) PRAISE THE LORD
G Am G Am
A Praise the Lord C For his love for us is great
C C
all peoples of the earth and his mercy endures for ever
B7 B7
all nations give him glory all nations extol him
G Am G
C For his love for us is strong A Praise the Lord ……….
C
and his faithfulness endures for ever
B7
all nations praise the Lord
A Praise the Lord ………

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PSALM 113A (114) - WHEN ISRAEL CAME OUT OF EGYPT
Em F F# Bm
C When Israel before God who is passing
Em D A
came out of Egypt before the God of Jacob,
Em F G F#
the house of Jacob who draws out water from the rock.
Em
from a foreign nation, F#m G F#
E F C When Israel
Judah became his sanctuary, F#m
E came out of Egypt
Israel his dominion F#m G
the house of Jacob
E F F#m
A Judah became his sanctuary, from a foreign nation,
E F#m G
Israel his dominion. Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
Am
C The sea saw him and fled G
G F# F A Judah became his sanctuary
and the Jordan turned back F#
the mountains skipped like rams Israel his dominion.
E
the hills like lambs. Bm
C The sea saw him and fled …….
Am
A Why sea, do you flee,
G F# F
and you, Jordan, turn back?
and you mountains skip like rams,
E
and you hills like lambs?
A
tremble, earth, tremble
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PSALM 23 (24) - GATES LIFT UP YOUR HEADS
E Em Bm
C To the Lord belongs the earth i C And we are His Church i
Em Bm
G that today is coming to your presence i
C And everything that is in it i G
that is seeking your face
A B A
C The world and all its peoples. O God of Jacob
E B
A Gates lift up your heads A O God of Jacob
G F
raise your arches Gates lift up your heads ……….
A
raise them higher Em Am Em
E C Who is this king of glory? i
let the king of glory enter Bm
the king of glory, the king of glory The Lord )i
the strong the mighty )
Em Am G
C Who shall climb The Lord
Em A
the mountain of the Lord? mighty in battle
Em Am
Who shall climb B
Em A Mighty in battle
the mountain of the Lord?
Bm Em Bm
He who has clean hands ) i C He is the Lord Sabaoth i
and whose heart is pure ) G A
G He is the king of glory
who does not turn B
A A The king of glory
his soul to vanity E
C&A Gates lift up your heads ……….
B
A To vanity
i Assembly repeats
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PSALM 22 (23) - THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD i)
(i
Am F E7
C The Lord is my shepherd because you, because you,
E Am
I lack nothing because you are with me.
in the meadows of green grass G
Am Your rod and your staff
he lets me lie F E
console me, they console me.
Am F
A The Lord is my shepherd A The Lord is my shepherd ……
E
I lack nothing G
to the waters of life C You prepare a banquet
Am F
he leads me. before me
E
G under the eyes of my enemies
C He revives my strength G F
F You anoint my head with oil,
and guides me E
E my cup brims over
in the way of love
G A The Lord is my shepherd ……..
He revives my strength
F G F
and guides me C Yes, the joy of your love
E E
through the love of his Name will accompany me
Am F G F
A The Lord is my shepherd ……. A Yes, I will live
in your house
G E
C Though I pass for ever.
F
through the dark valley The Lord is my shepherd ………..
E
I fear no harm
(i) Capo III

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PSALM 136 (137) - BESIDE THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
Am Dm Am Am
A Beside the rivers of Babylon as my greatest joy.
E7
remembering you Dm Am
Am A Lord, ask account of our enemies;
we sat down to weep Dm Am
Dm Lord, ask account of our oppressors
on the willows we hung up E7
Am when they say to each other:
our guitars Am
E7 “Raze it down to its foundations”
remembering you
Am G Am
we sat down to weep. C Capital of criminal,. Babylon
Dm Am G
“Sing” our enemies told us; who could repay you the evil
Dm Am Am
“Sing” our oppressors told us. you have done to us?
E7 E7
They wanted us to sing Who could crush
Am Am
songs of joy your little ones against the rocks?
G Dm Am
C How could we sing A Beside the rivers of Babylon
the Lord’s songs E7
Am remembering you
in a foreign land? Am
E7 we sat down to weep;
if I forget you Dm Am
Am on the willows we hung up our guitars
may my right hand wither, E7
may my tongue remembering you
Dm Am Am
cling to my palate we sat down to weep.
E7
if I don’t remember you Jerusalem
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PSALM 50 (51) - HAVE MERCY ON ME
Em Am Give me again the joy of your help

C Have mercy on me God, in your kindness with a spirit of fervour sustain me
Em that I may teach transgressors your ways
in your compassion blot out my offence and sinners may return to you.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin. O rescue me God my helper
and my tongue shall ring out your goodness
Em D Em O Lord open my lips
A Have mercy on me God, have mercy (2) and my mouth shall declare your praise
My offences truly I know them For in sacrifice you take no delight

my sin is always before me burnt offering from me you would refuse
Against you, you alone have I sinned my sacrifice, a contrite spirit
what is evil in your sight I have done a humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn
That you may be justified when you give sentence In your goodness show favour to Zion
and be without reproach when you judge rebuild the walls of Jerusalem
O see in guilt I was born then you will be pleased with lawful sacrifice
a sinner was I conceived holocausts offered on your altar.
Indeed you love truth in the heart

then in the secret of my heart teach me wisdom
O purify me, then I shall be clean
O wash me, I shall be whiter than snow
Make me hear rejoicing and gladness

that the bones you have crushed may revive
from my sins take away your face
and blot out all my guilt.
A pure heart create for me O God

put a steadfast spirit within me
do not cast me away from your presence
nor deprive me of your Holy Spirit
63
THE PEOPLE THAT WALKED IN DARKNESS (Is. 9, 1-5)
C
C The people C
Am C For the yoke
that walked in darkness Am
F Am that was weighing on the people
has seen a great light F
G the yoke
On those who walked Am
Am that was on their shoulders
in a land of darkness G Am
G Am the rod of their oppressors
a great light has shone these you have taken away
C Am Am
You have made their gladness greater as on the day of Midian
F Am C Am
you have made their joy increase So that all the trampling boots
G F Am
they rejoice in your presence every garment rolled in blood,
as they rejoiced G
Am will be burnt
at harvest time Am
G and consumed by fire.
as they are happy G Am
Am for there is a child born for us
when they divide the spoils G Am
a son given to us
Am C Am
A And dominion will be on his shoulders
G# G
and his name will be, and his Name will be
C Am
wonderful counsellor,
F Am
mighty God, eternal Father
G Am
Prince of Peace. (Repeat)
64
CHRIST JESUS IS THE LORD (Ph. 2, 6-11)
Em B7 D
C With the same love, with the same spirit C Christ Jesus is the Lord
Em
with the same feeling A Alleluia!
Em B7
Nothing out of rivalry, nor of boasting C
Em C Christ Jesus is the Lord!
but everything with humility
G B7
Keeping in mind that the desire of others A Alleluia! Alleuia!
B7
considering others superior to oneself Em
Em C,A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
having the same feelings as Jesus. D
G Alleluia, alleluia, alleuia
Who being God C B7
B7 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Alleluia
did not cling to his dignity
Em Em
but emptied himself and became man C Christ Jesus is the Lord
G
and once made man he took the condition A Alleluia
B7
of a servant D
Em C Christ Jesus is the Lord
obeying until death.
G Am Em A Alleluia
And what kind of death, death of a criminal C
Am Em B7 Em C Christ Jesus is the Lord!
death of a sinner, death on a cross! B7
G Am A Alleluia alleluia
Because of this, God exalted him, raised Him up Em
B7 C,A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
and gave him the highest Name existing. D
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Em C B7
C Christ Jesus is the Lord! Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
A Alleluia!
65
HAIL MARY
C E7/Am
C Hail Mary C E7/Am
C E7/Am A Holy Mary
full of grace C E7/Am
F E Mother of God
The Lord is with you F E
and blessed are you pray for us,
Am Am
among all women pray for us sinners
Dm Dm
and blessed is the fruit pray now
of your womb and in the hour
E E
Jesus of our death
Am F E Am
C,A Amen, amen (amen)
HAIL QUEEN OF HEAVEN
Am E7 Am
C Hail queen of heaven pray to Christ for us
G Am Dm Am
Lady, lady of the angels Hail eternal handmaid
Hail, root E7 Am
E7 pray to Christ for us
Hail, door
You….You……You C Ee Ee Ee
E7 Hail, root:
You opened the door E7
Am Hail door
to our light You you you
E7
E7 You opened the door
A Rejoice, Virgin Mary Am
Am to our light
of all the most beautiful
Dm Am A Rejoice, Virgin Mary
Hail, eternal handmaid
66
MARY, LITTLE MARY (Hymn to the Virgin Mary)
D F#m D F#m
C O Mary, little Mary, C O Mary, little Mary,
G Em Em6 G Em A7
you are the gentle breeze of Elijah child of Jerusalem
A7 D D F#m
the breath of the Spirit of God Mother of all nations
D F#m G A7
You are the burning bush of Moses Virgin of Nazareth
G D
which bears the Lord You are the cloud
A7 F#m
without being consumed which protects Israel
D F#m G D
You are ‘that place near me’ the tent where we meet
G D G D
which the Lord showed to Moses the Ark of the Covenant
G D A
You are the cleft in the rock the place where the Lord dwells,
A G A D
which God covers with his hand, the Sanctuary of his Shekinah.
G D
while his glory passes by. A Let the Lord ………
D F#m C, A You are ‘that place ………

A Let the Lord come with us
G
if we have found favour
D
in his eyes
G D
it’s true that we are sinners
A
but pray for us
G A D
and we shall be his heritage
67
PSALM 120 (121) - I LIFT MY EYES TO THE MOUNTAINS
C Em
A I lift my eyes to the mountains C The Lord is your guardian
F G C He’s like shade which covers you
from where will come my help? by day the sun can’t strike you down
F C nor the moon at night
My help comes from the Lord
G F C A I lift my eyes ………..
who made heaven and earth.
C The Lord guards you from every evil
C Em He guards your life
C He won’t let you stumble The Lord is the One who guards you
F G C when you go out and when you come back
your guardian won’t go to sleep.
C,A The Lord is the One who guards you
F C now and for ever.
C,A The guardian of Israel
G F C A I lift my eyes ………
doesn’t sleep nor does he slumber.
C,A My help comes from the Lord
who made heaven and earth
A I lift my eyes …………..
68
PSALM 94 (95) - IF TODAY YOU LISTEN TO HIS VOICE
E F#m C#m G#
A If today you listen to his voice the flock that He guides
B7 E C#m E
do not harden your hearts the people that He pastures.
C#m F#m A If today ……..

C Come, let us praise Yahweh joyfully
B7 E C#m G#
acclaiming the rock who saves us. C If only, if only
C#m G# you would listen to me today
Let us come to his presence with thanksgiving C#m
C#m E and not harden your hearts,
acclaiming him with psalms and songs F#m
as at Meribah
A If today …….. B7 E
as on the day of Massah in the desert
C#m F#m C#m
C For Yahweh is a great god, when your fathers challenged me
B7 E G#
a greater king than all other gods. tested me
C#m C#m
From depths of earth to mountain top although they had seen my deeds.
G# F#m B7 E
everything comes under his rule, For forty years that generation repelled me
C#m E C#m
the sea belongs to him, so does the land until I said: they are a people with a
G#
A If today …… crooked heart,
C#m G# they don’t know my ways
C Come, let us bow down before Him and kneel so I swore in my anger,
C#m C#m E
in front of Yahweh our maker they shall never enter my rest.
F#m B7 E
For He is our God and we are His people A If today ………….
69
PSALM 33 (34) - TASTE AND SEE
Em Am B7 )
A Taste and see )
C7 B7 ) (2)
how good is the Lord )
Am B7
C I will bless the Lord at all time
Am B7
his praise always on my lips
C B7
I make my boast in the Lord
C B7
let the humble hear and rejoice.
A Taste and see ………..
C Glorify with me the Lord

together let us praise His Name
I sought the Lord and He answered me,
from all my terrors He set me free
A Taste and see ……
C Look towards Him and you will be radiant

your faces will not be ashamed
This poor man calls, the Lord hears him;
he rescues him from all his distress.
A Taste and see ……..

70A
DAYENU
Em Am Em
C How many good things has the Almighty showered un us
Em Am Em
A How many good things has the Almighty showered on us
D C Em
How many good things has the Almighty showered on us
Am B7
C If Christ had taken us out of Egypt
Em
but without bringing judgement on Pharaoh
D C Em
A This would have been good enough, good enough
D C Em
dayenu, dayenu, dayenu
D C
C If He had brought judgment on Pharaoh,
B7 Em
but without liberating us from all idols:
A This would have been good enough, good enough

dayenu, dayenu, dayenu
C If He liberated us from all idols If He had given us a way across the desert
but without giving us their riches but without feeding us with the bread of life
If He had given us their riches, If He had fed us with the bread of life
but without dividing the Red Sea for us but without granting us the day of the Lord
If He had opened the Red Sea for us If He had given us the day of the Lord
but without drowning our oppressors but without giving us the New Covenant
If He had drowned our oppressors,

but without giving us a way across the desert
70B
DAYENU (CONTINUED)
If He had given us the New Covenant,

but without bringing us into His Church C Who has given us all their riches
Who has opened the sea for us
If He had brought us to His Church Who has drowned our oppressors
but without building in us His own Temple
Who has given us a way across the desert
If He had built in us His own Temple Who has nourished us with the bread of life
but without filling us with His Holy Spirit Who has given us the day of the Lord
A This would have been good enough, good Who has given us the New Covenant
enough Who has brought us to His Church
dayenu, dayenu, dayenu Who has built in us His Temple
Em Am Em D C
C So much more must we give thanks to the Lord and has filled us with His Holy Spirit
B7 Em
Em Am Em through forgiveness of sin
A So much more must we give thanks to the Lord
D C Em D C Em
So much more must we give thanks to the Lord A Christ our Passover is risen for us (3)
D C Em
Am Em Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia (3)
C Who has brought us out of Egypt
A Who has brought us out of Egypt
Am Em
C Who has brought judgment on Pharaoh
A Who has brought judgment on Pharaoh
D C Em
C Who has freed us from our enemies
A Who has freed us from our enemies

70C
71
TO THE PASCHAL VICTIM (*)
Am A7 Dm E
C To the paschal victim A Yes we are sure:
Dm F E
we offer today the sacrifice of praise Christ is truly risen!
F E
the flock is ransomed by the lamb F E
Dm F E C He goes before us into Galilee
The innocent has reconciled us sinners to His Father
Am A7 F E
Death with life contended A He goes before us into Galilee
Dm
in mighty battle You Victorious king, give us your salvation
F E (repeat)
the Lord of life was slain
Dm F E
yet he lives to reign At the end, the assembly may repeat the first four verses.
A7
Tell us Mary what did you see upon the way:
Dm E
I saw the tomb of the Lord empty
Dm E
The Lord’s glory and Christ alive
F E
the angels, the shroud, the grave clothes
Dm E
For Christ my hope is risen
F E
He goes before us into Galilee
F E
A He goes before us into Galilee
Dm E
C Yes, we are sure:
F E
Christ is truly risen!
(*) Capo V
72
HYMN OF ADVENT
Am
C Clear a voice Dm
So that
dispels with its echoes darkness;
when he appears in glory
away with anguish Am
E in his second coming,
Jesus already shines! E
Am and fills the world with fear
Let the numb soul wake up Am
E may he protect us with mercy.
and stop crawling on the ground:
Am Dm
a new star is dawning! A For this )
Dm Am )
Behold we sing this praise )
E )
a lamb is sent to us, to the Father, the Son and the Spirit ) (2)
Am )
to satisfy gratis our faults, let them live for ever, )
E Am )
let us hasten to him with tears Amen! )
Am
and let us all ask him for forgiveness.
73
HE’S COMING MY GOD
Em B7
A He’s coming my God, He’s coming my King A He’s coming my God ………
Em
He’s coming my God, He’s coming my King C He entered death, He entered my God
B7
He’s coming, He’s coming my Saviour then ascended, came out, He is coming the Lord
Em
He’s coming, He’s coming my King Let us shout, let us sing: ‘He rose from death’
Em B7 My God has conquered, He came out through love

C He is a poor worker born in Bethlehem
Em A He’s coming my God ……….
his mother Mary, his father Joseph
B7
He’s coming, He’s coming my Saviour
Em
He’s coming, He’s coming my King
A He’s coming my God ……..
C He has eyes speaking of love
speaking of the Father, speaking of God
He’s coming. He’s coming my King
A He’s coming ………
C He died on a tree, full of pain
He died for men, full of love

He’s coming, He’s coming my King
74A
THE CHILDREN OF BETHLEHEM
C G C
A The children of Bethlehem are playing in the square
G C
here come the Wise Men, they are One, Two, Three
Am G C
But from where do they come, with horses and with camels
G C
But who are you, who are you, to come right here
C
st
1 I come from the very far east, from the country of
wise G F C
man gold and silver, but at night I cannot sleep,
G C
I have seen a star, a star in the sky
F C G
A But at night you cannot sleep, you have seen a star,
C
a star in the sky
The children of Bethlehem …….
C
nd
2 I come from the very far east, from the country of flowers and
wise G F C
man perfumes, but at night I cannot sleep
G C
I have seen a star, a star in the sky,
F C G
A But at night you cannot sleep, you have seen a star
C
a star in the sky
The children of Bethlehem …….
74B
C
rd
3 I come from the very far east, from the country of the
wise G F C
man poor and the sick, but at night I cannot sleep
G C
I have seen a star, a star in the sky.
A But at night you cannot sleep ……..

A G C
The children of Bethlehem are playing in the square
G C
Here come the wise men they are One, and Three.
Am G C
But from where do you come with incense, gold and myrrh
G C
But who are you, who are you to come right here
C
st,
1 We come from the very far east, we have seen his star
nd
2 , G F C
rd
3 . as it rose, we have come to adore and to worship
G C
the king of the Jews who has been born here
F C G
A They have come to adore and to worship the king of the Jews
C
who was born here
C G C
A All the children of Bethlehem look up to the sky
G C
here rises the star on the houses of Jesus
Am G C
Let us hurry all together with horses and with camels
G C
with the wise men we have found where the saviour was born
74C
75
PSALM 126 (127) - IF THE LORD DOES NOT BUILD THE HOUSE
C Am F Am E
A If the Lord does not build the house C Sons are gifts from the Lord
G C
in vain do the builders toil like arrows in the hands of a warrior
Am
Am E are the sons of one’s youth.
C If the Lord does not watch over the city F E
Am Happy the man who has his quiver full of them
in vain does the watchman keep vigil F E
F E he will not be afraid when enemies arrive
if the Lord does not watch over the city
A If the Lord does not build the house ………

A If the Lord does not build the house ……..
Am F
C In vain is your early rising
your going late to rest

Am
to earn your daily bread
F E
God gives to his friends while they sleep
F E
A God gives to his friends while they sleep
If the Lord does not build the house ………

76
PSALM 121 (122) FOR LOVE OF MY BROTHERS
Em Am
A For love of my brothers and friends A For the love of my brothers ………
Em
for love of my brothers and friends, C Ask for peace, ask for peace
B7
I will say, I will sing: for Jerusalem
Em
peace be with you A May peace, may peace
Em be on those who love you.

C How I rejoiced when they said to me
Am Em A Jerusalem, Jerusalem rebuilt again ……
let us go to the house of the Lord
A And now our feet are standing

B7 Em
at your gateways, Jerusalem.
Em Am Em )
A Jerusalem, Jerusalem rebuilt again ) (2)
B7 Em )
Jerusalem, Jerusalem rebuilt again )
A For the love of my brothers ………..
C Here the tribes come up,
the tribes of the Lord.
A They come to praise the Lord
according to the use of Israel.
A Jerusalem, Jerusalem, rebuilt again ……

77
PSALM 39 (40) - I HOPED, I HOPED IN THE LORD
Am Em
A I hoped, I hoped in the Lord C Happy the man who trusts in the Lord
Am Em who does not side with the proud
and He has stooped down to me nor join those who follow false gods
F E7 happy the man who trusts in the Lord.
He heard my cry for help
F A I hoped, I hoped in the Lord …….
He has pulled me out
E C How many wonders have you done my Lord
of the pit of death. how many [plans have you made for us:
too many to be counted
Am nobody can be compared to you.
C He has pulled me out
Em A I hoped, I hoped in the Lord ……
of the mire of the marsh
Am Em C Sacrifice and offering you do not want
my feet he has set on a rock for this you opened my ear
F E7 you did not want sacrifice for sin
He has steadied my steps then I said: “Here I am,
F E I am coming to do your will.”
on a way, on a way of salvation
A I hoped, I hoped in the Lord ……
A I hoped, I hoped in the Lord ……
C In the scroll of the book is written of me
C He has put a new song that I should do O Lord your will
in my mouth My God this is what I want
a song of praise to our God Your Word, your Word within me.
many will come and see,
and they will trust in the Lord.
A I hoped, I hoped in the Lord………..

78
PSALM 56 (57) - I WANT TO SING
C Em A I want to sing …………

A I want to sing
to you I want to sing, C Have mercy on me
F have mercy on me O God
awake, awake my heart, they laid a net fro my steps
G C they dug a pit for me
awake harp and zither. but fell in it themselves
C A I want to sing …………

C Have mercy on me
Em C My heart is ready,
have mercy on me, O God my heart is ready O God
F I mean to sing and play for you
in you, my soul takes refuge; awake, awake my soul
Dm I will awake the dawn.
I take refuge in the shadow of your wings
G C A I want to sing ……..
until the danger is over.
C I will praise you Lord
A I want to sing …….. among the peoples
to you I will sing hymns among the nations
C I call on God for your love is higher than the heavens
I call on God the most high your faithfulness than the clouds
to God, who has done great things for me
who sends to me from heaven salvation A I want to sing ……….
from the hands of my enemies.
A I want to sing ………
C Have mercy on me God

have mercy on me, O God
I lie, in the midst of lions
lions greedy to devour men
their teeth are spears and arrows
79
PSALM 2 - WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE
Em Am ) Em Am
C Why do the nations conspire? ) C I will announce the decree of the Lord
Em ) B7
why in vain are peoples plotting ) He said to me: ‘You are my son
Am ) Em
They arise, the kings of the earth ) (i) today I have begotten you.
B7 ) Am
and the princes are plotting together ) Ask me, I will give you as possession the peoples
Em ) B7
against the Lord and against his Messiah ) as domain the ends of the earth
you shall break them with rod of iron
C Let us break their fetters asunder Em
Am as clay vessels you will crush them’
let us cast their cords away
B7 Am
He laughs at them who sits in the heavens A I have constituted Him my king ……
from on high the Lord derides them
to them He speaks with wrath, Am B7
Em C And now kings be wise
He scares them in his anger Am B7
learn wisdom, judges of the earth
Am Em serve God with fear
A I have constituted Him my king Em
B7 and with trembling exult
on Zion my holy mountain Am
Em lest he be angry and you lose the way
on Zion my holy mountain B7
Am Em for all of a sudden his wrath flares up
I have constituted Him my king Em
B7 blessed is he who takes refuge in Him
on Zion my holy mountain
Em Am Em
on Zion my holy mountain A I have constituted Him my king …..
(i) Assembly repeats

80
PSALM 41 -42 (42 - 43) - AS THE DEER YEARNS
E C#m C#7 F#m

C As the deer yearns C Because He, He is my salvation:
for running streams B7 C#m A G#
so my soul is yearning He is my God, He is my God
C#m
for you my God A G#
My soul is thirsting for God A Hope in God, hope in God
B7 A B
the living God hope in God, hope in God
when shall I come B/Bb/A G#
E and you will praise Him again
to see the face of God?
Tears are my bread day and night E
while my enemies C How many times I say: ‘My rock,
say to me all day long: why have you forsaken me?’
F#m why do I walk so sadly
‘Where is your God?’ F#m
‘Where is your God?’ oppressed by my enemy?
‘Where is your God?’ B7
B7 My bones are crushed
And this I remember by listening all day long:
and my soul is filled with sadness ‘Where is your God?’
how I used to walk E
E G# ‘where is your God?’
in the midst of rejoicing. Lord, send your light and your truth
Why are you cast down my soul? F#m
C#m Let them lead me to your holy mountain
Why are you sighing within me? B7
then I will be able to sing to you
F#m B7 a song of joy, a song of happiness
A Hope in God, hope in God E G#
E with my guitar.
and you’ll praise Him again
Why are you cast down my soul ………
81
PSALM 99 (100) - ACCL;AIM THE LORD
Em
A Acclaim the Lord C We are His people,
Am Em the flock that He pastures
all peoples of the earth
G A B7 A Acclaim the Lord …..
serve the Lord with gladness
C Enter through His gates
Em B7 with songs of joy
C Come before Him
Em A Acclaim the Lord ……
with songs of joy
C Give thanks to Him
A Acclaim the Lord ……. bless His holy Name.
A Acclaim the Lord ……
C The Lord is our God C For the Lord is good
we are His people eternal His love for us
A Acclaim the Lord …… A Acclaim the Lord …..
SHOUT WITH JOY (Is 12, 1ff)

Am )
A Shout with joy ) G
G ) (2) give thanks to the Lord
for great in your midst ) F
F E ) call upon His name
is the Holy One of Israel ) E
E manifest his marvels to the people
C Truly God is my salvation
Am A Shout with joy ……
I will trust, I will not be afraid
F G E
for the Lord is my strength, my song C Sing psalms to the Lord
F E Am
He is my salvation for He has done great things with us
A Shout with joy ….. G
E Am shout for joy
C With joy you shall draw water F
E Am all you people of Zion
from the wells of salvation E
because God loves you
82
PSALM 16 (17) - WHEN I AWAKE
Am F E
A When I awake show me the wonders of your love
Am F
I’ll be satisfied with your face, O Lord because you save the one
Dm F
when I awake who entrusts himself to you
Am F
I’ll be satisfied with your face, O Lord. because you help the one
Dm Am E
C Listen Lord to my prayer who leans on your right hand
Dm Am Dm E
and be attentive Lord to my clamour like the apple of your eye guard me,
E Dm E
Give ear to my plea in the shadow of your wings hide me,
F E F E
my lips do not betray you O Lord look they want to kill me.
F E A When I awake …….
from you let the sentence come, Dm Am
Dm C Look at them, they’re closed in their pride
let your eyes see, Dm Am
E they speak through the arrogance of their mouths
let your eyes see righteousness. Am
A When I awake ………. they come towards me
Dm Am E
C God search my heart, they come towards me!
Dm Am F E
search me at night O Lord Help me O Lord,
Am F E
test me with a crucible, free me from the men of this w orld
E Dm E
test me with a crucible from the men whose worry is only this life
F E F E
because you know there is no malice in me fill them with your goods, O Lord
F E F E
my mouth does not speak as men do let even their children be filled with them
Dm F E
because I have followed your Word let the overflow be for their babies
E Dm
I’ve avoided the way of the violent one; because when I awake, because when I awake
F E E
To your way I’ve held fast my steps I will be satisfied with your face, O Lord
Dm E
and I will not stumble, and I will not stumble A When I awake ……..
A When I awake …….
D Am
C To you I cry, Lord, answer me
Dm Am
turn your ear, listen to my voice
(i) Children repeat

83
WHY IS THIS NIGHT (Children’s Song)
Em C But this night, but this night ) (i)

C Why is this night we are in expectation )
so different
Am Em ) Em
from all the other nights? ) (i) C Why is this night
so different
C All the other nights Am Em )
we go to bed early from all the other nights ) (i)
Am Em )
and we don’t stay awake ) (i) Am )
C To stay awake )
Am Em ) Em ) (i)
C But this night, but this night, ) (i) to keep fasting )
B7 Em ) B7 Em )
we stay awake ) to be in expectation. )
Em
C Why is this night
so different
Am Em )
from all the other nights ) (i)
C All the other nights

we go to bed early
after having supper (i)
C But this night, but this night ) (i)

we have been fasting )
C Why is this night

so different
from all the other nights (i)
C All the other nights
we go to bed early
and we are expecting nothing (i)
(i) Children repeat

84
PSALM 117 (118) - I SHALL NOT DIE
Cantor Assembly
Am
I shall not die But I shall live
I shall not die But I shall live
F E
To proclaim The deeds of the Lord
Am
He has punished me He has punished me
He has punished me He has punished me
F E
But He has not abandoned me to death
Am F E
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good His love is everlasting
Am F E
Let the house of Israel say: His love is everlasting
Am F E
Let the house of Aaron say: His love is everlasting
Am F E
Let those who fear the Lord say: His love is everlasting
C F E
It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in men
C F E
It is better to take refuge in the Lord Than to trust in clever men
Am
They surrounded me They surrounded me
They surrounded me They surrounded me
F E
In the name of the Lord I cut them down
Am
I was pressed I was pressed (twice)
F E
But the Lord Came to my help
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Cantor Assembly
C F E
Listen, there are shouts of joy and victory In the tents of the just
C F E
The Lord’s right hand is powerful The right hand of the Lord is exalted
C F E
The Lord’s right hand is powerful The Lord’s right hand raised me
Am
A I shall not die ……
Am F E
Open to me the gates of victory I will come and give thanks to the Lord
Am F E
This is the gateway of the Lord Through which the victors will enter
Am F E
I called to the Lord in my distress He answered and freed me
Am F E
The Lord is at my side, I do not fear What can men do against me?
Am F E
The Lord is at my side as my helper I shall look down on my foes
Am F E
The stone which the builders rejected Has become the corner stone
Am F E
This is the work of the Lord A marvel in our eyes
Am F E
This day was made by the Lord What immense joy for us!
Am
A I shall not die ………….
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SAY TO ALL FAINT HEARTS (Is 35,4 ff)
Am Dm
C Say to all faint hearts
Am
say, say it to the poor
F E
courage, do not be afraid,
F E
your God is coming to save you
Am Dm
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened
Am
the ears of the deaf unsealed,
F E
then the lame shall leap like a deer
F E
and the tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy.
C Em C
A Because there will be a road
Em Am
a way of salvation
C Em Am
a way, a path for the poor,
Em Am
C By this way they shall return all those rescued by the Lord (Assembly repeats)
Em Am
C All the poor, the blind, the lame, the far away from the Lord (Assembly repeats)
Em
C The sinners
F E
A And they shall sing happiness!
F E
and they shall sing happiness
F E F E
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia
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PSALM 62 (63) - O GOD YOU ARE MY GOD
Am Dm
A O God, you are my God, My soul clings to you,
Am your right hand holds me fast
I am seeking you from dawn when I remember you
F E Am when through the night I muse on you.
for you my soul is thirsting.
F E Am My soul is filled as with a banquet,

C For you my soul is thirsting my mouth praises you with joy,
Dm E for you are my help
my flesh is longing for you: and in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
Am
a land parched and weary,
F E Am
a land parched, weary without water.
Your love is better than life

my lips speak your praise
so I bless you
in your Name I lift up my hands.
GRACE BEFORE MEALS
D D
You are the bread of the poor You give food to the birds
A G D
You are happiness for everyone You send the rain to make the grass grow
D D G D
we give you thanks O Lord We give you thanks O Lord
D
We give you thanks O Lord
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PSALM 92 (93) - THE LORD IS COMING WITH MAJESTY ENROBED
Dm Gm )
A The Lord is coming with majesty enrobed ) (2)
Dm )
girded with power, He robes himself with might. )
Gm
C The world He makes firm, not to be moved
Dm
your throne stands firm, from eternity you are
Gm
holiness is fitting to your house
Dm
A Holiness is fitting to your house.
A The Lord is coming …….
C To him who loves us, who frees us from sin

who made of us a kingdom, kingdom of priests
Gm Dm
to him glory and might for ever and ever
Gm Dm
A To him glory and might for ever and ever.
A The Lord is coming ………
C Behold He’s coming, He’s coming on the clouds

behold He’s coming and all will see Him
also those, those who pierced Him
all the nations of the earth.
A The Lord is coming ……..

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SONG OF BALAAM (Nm 23, 7 - 24)
Em D G D
C From Aram Balak made me come C Let my death
the king of Moab G Bm Em
Em be like the death of your Just one
from the eastern mountains D Em
D Em Let my life be where He is
‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
D Em D Em
come prophesy against Israel’ A Let my life be where He is.
G D How beautiful are your tents ……….
How shall I curse,
G Bm Em Em D
if God does not let me? C But what are you doing?
G D Em
how shall I prophesy you are blessing them.
G Bm Em D
if God does not want? Come to another place,
D Em Em
From the top of this crag I see him maybe from there God will curse them.
D Em G D G Bm Em
from the top of this peak I observe him Listen, son of Zipor, give ear king Balak
D D Em
This is a people different God is not a man who says and then repents
Em D Em
from all nations. a star is rising from Jacob,
D Em
Em D ) I hear acclamation for a king,
A How beautiful are your tents ) (2) D Em
Em ) God is his father.
how beautiful O Israel. ) D Em
He crouches like a lion,
G D G Bm Em D Em
C Who shall count your multitudes, He wakes up like a lioness
D Em
D Em D Em no one will make Him rise
A Jacob O Jacob. Jacob O Jacob. A How beautiful are your tents ……….
How beautiful are your tents …….
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PSALM 137 (138) - IN THE PRESENCE OF THE ANGELS
C E Dm9
A In the presence of the angels to you I want to sing
G E
In the presence of the angels I want to sing psalms
Dm9
I give thanks to your Name
F E
for your faithfulness and your love.
C I give you thanks O Lord with all my heart

because your promise has surpassed your fame
on the day I cried to you, you answered me,
you gave strength and vigour to my soul
A In the presence of the angels to you I want to sing …….
C All the kings of the earth shall praise you O Lord,

when they hear the words of your mouth,
and singing on the way of the Lord,
they will say: how great is your love.
A In the presence of the angels to you I want to sing ……..
C The Lord is sublime and looks upon the humble,

He knows the haughty man, looks on him from afar,
when I walk in affliction
he stretches out his hand, his right hand saves me.
A In the presence of the angels to you I want to sing …….
C The Lord will complete in me what he has started

because his love is great and everlasting;
He doesn’t abandon the work of his hands.
O lord, do not abandon us.
A In the presence of the angels to you I want to sing ………

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92
URI, URI, URA
Em B7 )
A Uri, Uri, Uri, Ura ) (2)
Em )
Uri, Uri, Uri, Ura )
B7
Uri, Uri, Uri, Ura
Em
Pampam, pampam, pam, parampampam
B7
Pampam, pampam, pam, parampampam
Em
Laralalaralala
B7 )
C A little baby will be born ) (Assembly
Em ) repeats)
a tiny little baby )
B7
C What will His name be? Emmanuel.
Em
A What will His name Be? Emmanuel.
B7
What will His name Be? Emmanuel.
Em
Come little baby, come.
A Uri, Uri …….
C His mother Mary is in Bethlehem ) (Assembly

His father is a carpenter ) repeats)
C What will His name be? Emmanuel.
93
SONG OF TOBIT (Tb 13)
Am G Am
C O my soul bless the Lord The generations
Am G
O my soul bless the great king shall proclaim their joy
G Am
because it shall be rebuilt the nations s hall sing
Am G
Jerusalem, Jerusalem. and there the Name of your Elected One
Am G Am
A Jerusalem, Jerusalem, shall endure forever.
Am A Jerusalem, Jerusalem ……..
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Am G
G C Cursed be those who treat you badly
Jerusalem rebuilt Am
Am cursed be those who will destroy you
Jerusalem forever. G
Am G those who break down your walls
C Your gates shall be rebuilt Am
Am and raze your towers to the ground
with sapphires and with emeralds G Am
G But blessed be, blessed be forever
all your walls with precious stones G
Am all those who built you
your towers with pure gold. Am
G all those who rebuilt you
Your squares are of rubies G
Am happy are those who love you
Your streets of gold of Ofir, Am
G those who rejoice in your peace.
at your gates they will exult For at your gates
Am G
in your houses they will sing there will be exultation
A Jerusalem, Jerusalem ………. Am
Am in your house there will be singing
C Your light will arrive A Jerusalem, Jerusalem ………
G Am G Am
to the ends of the earth Alleluia, allelluia. Alleluia, alleluia.
Am Am G Am
many nations will come to you Alleluia, allelluia. Alleluia, alleluia
G
the inhabitants of the whole world
Am
to the house which bears your Name
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PSALM 83 (84) - HOW LOVELY ARE YOUR DWELLING PLACES
C Em C Em
C How lovely are your dwelling places Passing through the valley
Am C Em Am
O Lord, Lord of hosts! of weeping,
F C C Em
My soul longs and yearns He turns it into a spring:
G F C
for the courts of the Lord. his strength grows along the way
C Em Am G
Even the sparrow finds a home, till he arrives in Zion,
C Em C
the swallow its nest till he arrives in Zion.
F C
near your altars O Lord F C
G C For me a day in your courts
my King and my God, G
C is worth more
my King and my God. C
than a thousand elsewhere.
F F C
A Happy he who lives To dwell at the gate of your house
C G
in your house, is better than to live
G C
ever singing your praise, in the palaces of the mighty.
C
ever singing your praise. A Passing through the valley ……..
Happy he who finds
C C For me a day in your courts ……..
in you the strength
G
and decides in his heart
C
the holy journey.
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DAY OF REST
Em Am Em
C If anyone keeps my word,
he will never taste death,
Am Em
A You are the only one, the only one with joy,
Who is like the Lord?
Am Em
C Crown of salvation
Am Em
A Memorial of joy.
Am )
A Day of rest and holiness ) (2)
Em )
you have given to your people, )
Am Em
C Abraham saw this day
Am Em
A And he rejoiced in Isaac.
Am )
C Jacob and his sons ) Assembly
Em ) repeats
rested in this day )
A Day of rest and holiness ………..

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CONSOLE MY PEOPLE (Is 40, 1-11)
Em )
C Console my people )
Am B7 ) Assembly
and speak to the heart of Jerusalem ) repeats
and shout that her slavery )
Em )
is ended. )
G A B
C Oyez, a voice in the desert shouts:
Am B7 Em
prepare the way, the path to the Lord
Am Em
A Because the Lord is coming with power
B7
He brings with Him the reward.
Am Em
Like a shepherd gathers the flock,
B7 Em
carrying the lambs on his breast.
Am Em
C Like a shepherd he leads slowly, slowly
B7
the mother ewes.
Am
Like a shepherd carries on his shoulders
B7
the lost sheep
A Console my people ………..

97
THERE WERE TWO ANGELS
Am Dm Am
C There were two angels
Am Dm Am
and one asks the other:
Dm Am E Am
“Where is, where is the glory of God?”
Dm Am E Am
A “Where is, where is the glory of God?
Am Dm
C In the blessing,
Am
in the blessing,
Dm
in the blessing
E Am
is the glory of God
Am Dm
A In the blessing,
Am
in the blessing,
Dm
in the blessing
E Am
is the glory of God.
repeat the song each time raising half tone

98
PSALM 114-115 (116) - I LOVE THE LORD
G Bm G Bm
C I love the Lord for He listens C I have faith even when I say:
C
to the cry of my appeal “I am sorely afflicted”
Am D7 C Am D7
For He turned His ear to me and when I said in my alarm:
G G
on the day when I called Him. “No man can be trusted”.
G
They surrounded me the snares of death How can I repay the Lord
Bm Bm
with the anguish of the tomb for all this goodness to me?
C Am C Am
they caught me sorrow and distress. The cup of blessing I will raise
D7 D7 D
I called on the Lord’s Name: invoking the Name of the Lord.
G
“Lord, my God, deliver me”.
G Bm
A Return my soul to your rest
C Am D7
for the Lord has been good to you;
C G )
He has saved you from death ) (2)
D G )
prevented your feet from falling )
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COME TO ME ALL OF YOU (Mat. 11, 28-30)
C
C Come to me all of you,
E Am
who are weary and overburdened,
F E
and I shall give you rest,
F E
and I shall give you rest.
C
Take my yoke upon you
E
and learn from me,
Am
for I am meek and humble of heart,
F E
and you shall find rest for yourselves;
F E
and you shall find rest for your souls.
C E
A Because my yoke is gentle,
F
because my yoke is gentle,
E
and my burden light,
F
Because my yoke is gentle,
E
and my burden light.
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PSALM 64 (65) - TO YOU O LORD
Dm A7 Dm A7
C To you O Lord praise is due in Zion C You speak to us with the wonders of your love
Dm Dm
to you the vow is performed in Jerusalem you answer us with the wonders of your justice
Gm Dm A7
To you who hear our prayer We shall fill ourselves with the goods of your house
A7 Dm Dm
every mortal comes, every mortal comes. with the holiness of your temple.
Bb A7 Gm
A To you who hear our prayer A To you who hear our prayer …….
Bb A7
every mortal comes, every mortal comes.
Dm A7
C Our faults burden us
Dm
but you forgive our sins.
A7
Blessed is the one you’ve chosen and called near
Dm
he will dwell in your courts
Gm Dm
A To you who hear our prayer
A7 Dm
Bb A7
To you who hear our prayer
Bb A7
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PSALM 10 - IF IN THE LORD I HAVE TAKEN REFUGE
G B7 C7 B7
A If in the Lord I have taken refuge The Lord does not love violence
Em
how can you say to me, how can you say to me? G B7
C7 B7 A If in the Lord ………
Flee like a bird to its mountain
C7 B7
flee like a bird to its mountain
C B7
C See the wicked bracing their bow
C B7
They are fixing their arrows on a string
C7 B7
To shoot upright men in the dark
Am B7
But when foundations fall to ruin
Am B7
what can the just men do?
Am B7
What can the just men do?
G B7 Em
C Yet the Lord, the Lord is in His holy temple
C B7
The Lord has his throne in heaven
C7 B7
His eyes look down on the world
C7 B7
His gaze searches every man.
G B7 Em
The Lord searches the just
C7 B7
But the Lord searches the wicked too
C7 B7
The Lord does not love violence
102
PSALM 67 (68) - THE LORD ANNOUNCES A GOOD NEWS
G ) G
C The Lord announces ) C Sing to the Lord, kings of the earth
Em ) Bm
a good news ) sing hymns to Him, sing hymns
Am ) Am
the messengers are an ) Assembly The Lord rides the heavens
Em ) repeats Em
immense army ) He rides the eternal heavens
Am Em ) Am Em
the enemy kings flee, flee ) His power is above the clouds
G ) G
The woman of the house ) Behold! His voice thunders,
Bm Em ) Bm A Em
divides the spoils ) His voice, His mighty voice, thunders
G G
And while you are sleeping A The Lord announces a good news ……..
Bm
among the sheepfolds
Am
the wings of the dove
Em
are covered with silver
Am Em
its feathers with gleaming gold
G Bm
And with her the snow fades
on the mountain
Am Em
on the shady mountain
G Em
A The Lord announces a good news ……..
103
PSALM 133 (134) - GIVE BLESSING TO THE LORD
Dm Bb A
C&A Allelu, Allelu, Alleluia,
Dm Bb A
Allelu, Allelu, Alleluia
Dm
C Give blessing to the Lord,
give blessing to the Lord

A
all you servants of the Lord.
Give blessing to the Lord,
give blessing to the Lord,

Dm
all you who stay in the house of the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him,
lift up your hands to him,

A
and give blessing to the Lord,
you who stay in the house of the Lord

Dm
throughout the night.
A Bb A
C&A Alleluja, Alleluja, Alleluja
Dm A Bb A
Alleluja, Alleluja, Alleluja
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb A
104
DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM DO NOT WEEP (Lk 23, 28-46)
(Funeral March)
Am
A Daughters of Jerusalem
F Am
do not weep, do not weep for me.
F
C For if they do this with the green wood
G Am
with the dry what will happen,
F E Am
with the dry what will happen? Ay, ay, ay, ay!
A Daughters of Jerusalem …….
Am
C Father, forgive them,
F Am
for they don’t know what they do;
F E Am
forgive them, forgive them. Ay, ay, ay, ay!
A Daughters of Jerusalem ……..
F E
C I assure you:
F E
today you will be with me in paradise!
A Daughters of Jerusalem ……..
Am F
C Father, Father
G Am F E Am
into your hands I commit my spirit. Ay, ah, ah, ay!
A Daughters of Jerusalem …………

105
PSALM 31 (32) - I HAVE ADMITTED TO YOU MY SIN
Am Dm Am Dm
A I have admitted to you my sin C I kept silent and my bones were wasting away
Am Am
I have no longer concealed my guilt while I groaned all the day long
G Am G Am
I said: “I will confess to the Lord my faults, Day and night your hand weighed upon me
G Am G
and you have pardoned the malice of my sin and like a summer drought, my strength
Am Dm Am
C That’s why each man prays to you was drying up
Am Dm
in time of anguish, But I have admitted to you my sin,
G Am Am
when great waters come rushing down I have no longer concealed my guilt.
G Am G Am
they will never be able to reach him. I said: “I’ll confess to the Lord my faults,
G Am
Am Dm and you have pardoned the malice of my sin (*)
C Happy is the man whose guilt is forgiven
Am
and when sin is pardoned.
G Am
Happy is the man to whom God imputes no evil
G Am
and in whose spirit there is no deceit. (*)
106
MARY, MY MOTHER (Jn 19, 26-34)
E E
C Woman, behold your son, C Then the soldiers came
woman, behold your son, behold your son, and seeing that he was already dead
behold your son! they broke not his leg,

Am Dm E
Behold your mother, behold your mother. but one of the soldiers pierced His side
Am G7 Am with a lance,
C&A Mary my mother, Mary our mother,
G E and at once there flowed out
come to live with me,
G E blood and water, blood and water.
come to my house )
E7 F ) Am G7 Am
and teach us to love your son ) (2) C&A Mary my mother, Mary our Mother
E ) G E )
as you have loved Him. ) you are the mother of the Church, )
E7 F ) (2)
E who springs from the side of Christ: )
C I thirst, I thirst E )
his bride, the new Eve. )
all is accomplished,
Am
all is accomplished, Mary my mother ………
all is accomplished.
Am
C&A Mary my mother …….
107
STABAT MATER
Dm Dm
C&A Stabat mater dolorosa C&A For the sins of his people
C7 Bb7 C7 Bb7
juxta crucem lacrimosa she sees Jesus in torment
A7 A7
dum pendebat filius. and subject to scourges
Dm C&Q Stabat mater …….

C Her grief-stricken soul,
C7 Bb7 Dm
suffering and anguished C She sees her sweet offspring
A7 C7 Bb7
was pierced by a sword dying alone,
A7
C&A Stabat mater ……. offering up his spirit!
Dm C&A Stabat mater …..

C Oh, how sad and afflicted
C7 Bb7 Dm
was the blessed C Oh Christ when I die,
A7 C7 Bb7
mother of the Only-begotten! through your mother, bring me
A7
C&A Stabat mater ……. to the palm of victory!
Dm Dm Bb7 A7
C Who can but help cry C Amen, amen, amen!
C7 Bb7
when looking at Christ’s mother C&A Amen, amen, amen!
A7
in such anguish!
C&A Stabat mater ……..

108
THE REPROACHES (O MY PEOPLE)
Em Am
A O my people, o my people C What could I have done for you that I haven’t done
what harm have I done you? To you I sang, ‘My beloved vineyard’ yet
Am B7
What harm have I done you? you, you became bitter!
How have I hurt you? B7

B7 C Aghios Teos A Sanctus Deus
Give me an answer: How have I hurt you?
C Aghios Iskiros A Sanctus fortis
B7 Am
C I led you out of Egypt, I led you out of Egypt Am B7
B7 C Aghios Atanatos A Eleison imas
Yet you, you have prepared the cross for me
C Sanctus immortalis A Miserere nobis
Em
A O my people ……. Em
A O my people ……….
Am
C I led you for forty years in the desert, I fed
you with manna
And I made you enter the Promised Land

B7
Yet you, you have prepared a cross for me
Em
A O my people …….
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PSALM 8 - O LORD OUR GOD
Em G
C&A Oh Lord our God how great is your name
B7
Throughout the earth, is your name;
Am B7
above the heavens rises your love!
Am B7
C From the mouth of babes and infants
Am B7
You affirm your glory, O Lord,
C B7
to reduce to silence enemies and rebels;
C&A O Lord, our God ……..
Am B7 B7
C If I look at the heavens, the works of your hands,
Am B7
the moon and the stars that you have set in place
C B7
what is man that you care for him?
C B7
the son of man that you keep him in mind?
G B7 C
Yet, yet you have made him little less than the angels
B7
with glory and honour you have crowned him
C B7
everything you have put under his feet
C&A O Lord, our God ……..

110
HAIL MARY
CE F E CEFE
C Ave Maria C-A Holy Mary
CEF E CEF E
full of grace mother of God
F E F E
the Lord is with you pray for us
F E F E
blessed are you among women sinners
F E F E F
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus pray now and at the hour of our death
E
Amen
(*) BLESSED MARY (LK 1, 41-45)
Am G Am Am E
C Blessed are you, Mary, C Because as soon as I heard your voice
G Am Dm E
among all women, Mary something moved within me
G Am Dm E
Blessed is the fruit, Mary my child leapt for joy!
G Am
the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Am F
F E A Mary, blessed Mary,
Mary, you have believed! E
you have believed in the word of the Lord
Am Am F
A How is it that the mother of the Lord Mary, blessed Mary,
G Am E
is coming to me, how is this? you have believed in the word of the Lord
Am
How is it that the mother of the Lord A How is it ………..
G Am
is coming to me, how is this?
(*) Capo II
111
VIRGIN OF WONDER
Bm Em Bm Bm Em Bm
A Maria, daughter of your Son C Maria, you the smallest
Em Bm Em Bm
Mother of Jesus and our Mother are the greatest woman
G F G
Virgin of Wonder. The daughter of God
F
Bm Em Bm You are His Mother
C Maria, You the creature Em
Em Bm the daughter of God
who brought to light the Creator F
G F You are His Mother
You are servant who conceived the Lord G F
Virgin of Wonder
Bm Em Bm
A Maria, daughter of your Son Bm Em Bm
Em Bm A Maria, daughter of your Son
Mother of Jesus and our Mother Em Bm
G F Mother of Jesus and our Mother
Virgin of Wonder G F
Virgin of Wonder
Bm Em Bm
C Maria, made of earth
Em Bm
You are the glorious one
G F
glorious image of heaven
Bm Em Bm
A Maria, daughter of your Son
Em Bm
Mother of Jesus and our Mother
G F
Virgin of Wonder
(*) Capo IV
112
MARIA, HOUSE OF BLESSING (*)
Am Dm Am Dm E
A Maria, house of blessing, C You have brought us to your Son
Dm Am Dm
salvation of our age and taught us to obey Him
E E
dwelling on earth of the humble and to do everything He may say to us
F E
Dm E so that He would change our water into new wine
C As in Cana of Galilee
Dm E Am G
You have seen we were lacking wine, A Victory, victory
F F E
that our feast was no feast eternal life in the risen Christ
Am G Am
that our life was no life Alleluia, allelu, alleluia
E Am G Am
because death was reigning within us. alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Am Dm Am
A Maria, house of blessing
Dm Am
salvation of our age
E
dwelling on earth of the humble
(*) Capo IV
113
I WILL BLESS THE LORD (PSALM 34)
Dm A I will bless ……..

A I will bless the Lord at all times
C A7 Dm
his praise always in my mouth C Many trials lie in wait for the just man
Bb7 A7 C A7
I glory in the Lord but from them all the Lord frees him
Bb7 A7 Bb7 A7
let the humble hear and rejoice this poor man calls out; the Lord hears him
Bb7 A7
Dm and frees him from all his anguish.
C Sing with me to the Lord
C A7 A I will bless ………
together let us sing to his name
Bb7 A7
for I sought the Lord and he answered me
Bb7 A7
and He freed me from all my fears
A I will bless ………..
Dm
C The angel of the Lord encamps
C A7
around those who fear him and he rescues them
Bb7 A7
this poor man calls out; and the Lord hears him
Bb7 A7
and frees him from all his anguish
A I will bless ………
Dm
C O taste and see
C A7
how good is the Lord
Bb7 A7
happy is the man who takes refuge in Him
114
(*) ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE HARVEST
(JN 4, 31-38)
Bm G F
C The disciples arrived and told him: A For eternal life!
Em F Em F
“Rabbi, eat, Rabbi, eat” C-A Do you not say ………..
G
But he answered: “I have food to eat Em A7
F C I have sent you to reap that for which you
which you don’t know about. F
G F have not laboured
My food is to do the will of him who sent me G
Em F others have laboured and you have
and to complete his work.” F
entered into their labour
Bm F ) Em F
C-A Do you not say: ) so that sower and reaper may rejoice together
Bm )x2
another four months and then you ) C-A Do you not say ………….
)
have the harvest )
Em
C So I say to you:
A7 G
“Lift up your eyes and look at the fields
F
already white, waiting for the harvest!”
G F
A Waiting for the harvest!
C-A Do you not say …………
G F
C The reapers come together,
G F
receive their wages and gather fruit for eternal life
(*) Capo IV
115
PSALM 110 (109) - SAYS THE LORD TO MY LORD
E C#m G#
C Says the Lord to my Lord: C The Lord has sworn and does not repent:
G# A E
“Sit at my right hand, “You are a priest forever
A B7 E
till I make your enemies of the order of Melchizedek
E B7 E
a stool for your feet, of the order of Melchizedek.”
B7 E C#m G#
a stool for your feet, The Lord is at your right hand
B7 E B7 G#
a stool for your feet.” he will shatter your enemies
A E
C-A Says the Lord to my Lord …… he will judge the peoples
B7 E
C#m G# he will judge the peoples
C The sceptre of your power C#m G#
B G# For along the way he drinks from the torrent
the Lord holds out from Zion B G#
A E and lifts up his head
rule in the midst of your enemies A E
B7 E and lifts up his head
rule in the midst of your enemies. B7 E
C#m G# and lifts up his head.
From the womb of dawn
B7 G# C-A Says the Lord to my Lord …….
like dew I have begotten you
A E
From the womb of dawn
B7 E
like dew I have begotten you.
C-A Says the Lord to my Lord ……

116
PSALM 1 - HAPPY THE MAN
Am G F E
A Happy the man For the Lord watches over the way of His faithful
F Am F E
who follows not the counsel of the impious but the way of the impious leads to doom,
F Am F E
nor lingers in the way of sinners leads to doom
F Am
nor sits in the company of scorners Am
A Happy the man …….
G E
C But whose delight is the Word of the Lord G
G F E C But whose delight ………..
whose word he murmurs day and night.
Am F )
C He will be like a tree planted ) Ass.
Am ) rpts
beside flowing waters )
F E
that bears fruit in due season,
F E
and its leaves shall never fall:
G F E
everything he undertakes will succeed
G F E
all his works will flourish.
Am )Ass.
Not so the impious, not so. ) rpts.
F )
who are like chaff blown )Ass.
Am ) rpts
away by the wind. )
F E
At the judgement the impious will not stand
F E
nor sinners in the community of saints.
117
PSALM 45 - YOU ARE HANDSOME
E C#- G# A G#
A You are handsome, the most handsome C From the palaces of ivory the cithars sing for you
F#- G#
of the sons of Adam, of the sons of Adam Daughters of kings are your favoured ones
Grace is on your lips, You are blessed B )

At your right hand stands ) (Assembly
The blessed one forever. A G# ) repeats)
E the Queen in gold of Ophir )
Tu eres hermoso
El mas hermoso A You are handsome ……..
de los hijos de Adan ( x 2)
La gracia esta en tus labios C#- G# A G#
eres benedito, el benedito C Listen daughter and see, give ear to me
para siempre. F#- G#
Forget your own people and your father’s house
C#- G#- B A G#
C Gird your sword at your side, Valiant One and the king will be conquered by your beauty
A G# E#- G# A G#
and march on full of glory and full of splendour He is your Lord, give yourself to Him,
F#- G# B A G#
Ride on in the cause of truth, meekness and justice And instead of fathers you will have sons
A F# G#
Stretch your bow, lending terror to Whom you will make princes over the earth
G#
your right hand, A You are handsome ……
F#- G# B
Your arrows are sharp, the nations have
A G#
been subjected to you.
A You are handsome ……..

118
PSALM 1 - HAPPINESS FOR THE MAN
Am Em Am
Happiness for the man who fears the Lord
Dm9 F E
Happiness for the man who walks in his way
Dm E
He shall live by the works of his hands
Dm E
he shall be happy and enjoy every good
F
his bride like a fertile vine
E
in the centre of his house
F
his children like shoots of the olive
E
around his table
Happiness ……….
Dm E
Thus shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord
Dm E
may the Lord bless you from Sion
F E
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
F E
May you see the children of your children
Happiness …………
119
LET US GO SHEPHERDS
Em B7
ALL Let us go shepherds, let’s go to Bethlehem
Em
today a child is born, his name is Emmanuel
B7
His name is Emmanuel, His name is Emmanuel
Em
Let us go shepherds, let’s go to Bethlehem
Em B7 Em
C The poor are singing the little ones are laughing
Em B7 Em
ALL Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, rejoice
B7 Em
Rejoice, today the savi our is born
Let us go shepherds …………

Em B7
LA LA LA LA
Em B7 Em
C His mother Mary; His father Joseph
B7
today a child is born
Em
His name is Emmanuel
ALL Rejoice, rejoice, ………
Let us go shepherds …….
LA, LA, LA, LA

120
MARIA OF JASNA GORA
B Em
Maria di Jasna Gora Woman of heaven
Am
Mater abscondita, Teach us to follow the footsteps of Christ
et semper solicita, The footsteps of the Holy Servant

Am
Tu Redemptoris Mater Of the humble Son,
B
ora pro nobis Of the humble Mother,
B
B of the ever Virgin Mary
Mary of Jasna Gora
Mary of Jasna Gora ……….
Hidden Mother
Yet always caring

Am
You, Mother of the Redeemer
B
pray for us
Em
Rise up like Deborah
Am
Save us like Judith
Sing for us like Anna,

B
Intercede or us like Esther
Mary of Jasna Gora …….

121
PSALM 142 - TO YOU, O LORD, WITH MY VOICE I CRY FOR HELP
Am Dm F G
To you, O Lord, with my voice I cry for help To you I cry O Lord,
Am G E7
Lord, in my pleading I entreat you To you I say: you alone are my refuge
E7 F
To you, O Lord, I pour out my lament, You are my lot on this earth
F E E
To you my anguish I unfold. My only happiness
Dm Dm E7
I feel that my spirit faints Listen Lord to my clamour
E7 Dm E7
But you know my path, Because I am so depressed
Am Dm F
Look Lord, that on the road Free me from my enemies
Am Am E
Look, they have laid a snare for me, that are stronger than me.
E F (G)
Look, at my right hand there is no one, Snatch my soul from this prison
F E (F)G E
no one who knows me And I will give thanks to your name
Dm F
And every comfort escapes me Then the just will gather around me
E7 E7
Because there is no one who cares for my soul Then I will rejoice for your love towards me
122
A SHOOT SPRINGS FROM THE STOCK OF JESSE (IS. 11)
G Em C G
A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse The cow and the bear will be together
G C G
A scion from his roots. The lion will eat straw like the ox
C G D G
Upon him rests the Spirit of the Lord; The infant will play over the hole of the asp,
D G C
Spirit of Wisdom and of Intelligence, The child will put his hand into the den of the
D G G
Spirit of Counsel and of Strength, venomous snake,
C G D G
Spirit of Knowledge and of Piety Because no evil will be done,
D G D G
Spirit of the Fear of the Lord. For the knowledge of the Lord will fill the earth.
B
C G Because on that day the root of Jesse will be raised
He will not judge by hearsay Em
D G as a standard for the people.
But will help all the oppressed. Am B
C G And the peoples will follow him with eagerness.
His word will be a rod for the violent C B7
D G On that day the Lord will stretch out his hand.
And with the breath of his mouth he will kill the wicked C B
C G Because a road will be opened,
The wolf will dwell with the lamb, C B
C G A way for the nations
The panther will lie down with the kid, Am B7
D G That the Virgin will show
The lion and the calf will graze together
C G A shoot springs ………..
A little child will guide them,
D G
A little child will guide them.
A shoot springs ………..

123
PSALM 140 (141) - AGAINST THE SEDUCTION OF SIN
Em B7 D G B7
A I am calling you, I am calling you, O Lord C To you, O Lord I turn my eyes,
Am B7 D C B7
come, hurry to me, in you I take refuge, do not leave alone my soul
Em Am B7
Listen to my voice for I cry to you, keep me from the snares they have laid for me
Em B7 Am B7
let my prayer rise like incense, from the traps of many enemies.
G Em B7
and the lifting up of my hands Get them fall each into his own net
Em C B7
like the evening sacrifice. for I, united to you, pass unharmed
Am B7
D G B7 for I, united to you, pass unharmed.
C Set O Lord, a sentinel at my mouth,
D C B7 A I am calling you .........
a guard at the door of my lips,
Am B7
lest my heart turn towards sin,
Am B7
and commit wicked actions.
G Em B7
Let the just man strike me out of love
Em
and correct me,
C B7
lest the oil of the wicked man anoint my head
Am B7
for I would fall into his sins,
C B7
for I would fall into his sins
A I am calling you ….
124
CARMEN ’63
A- E F A- E-
C-A Broken are my bonds A But already my sword is forged
D- E A- E-
Paid are my debts Already I’ve put on my armour
F G B
My doors wide open My horse is ready to run
E D A F#
I go everywhere And I shall gain my kingdom
B-G F#
D- E And I shall gain my kingdom
C They, crouched in their corners
D- E D A )
continue to weave the pale web of their hours A I shall gain my kingdom ) T
F D A ) W
or go back to sit in the dust I shall gain my kingdom ) I
E E A ) C
to count their coins. I’ll go everywhere. ) E
F E
And they call me, and they call me A- E F
F E A Broken are my bonds …….
to make me go back.
125
PSALM 32 (33) - EXULT, YOU JUST IN THE LORD
A- B7
G E- C The Word of the Lord made the heavens,
C-A Exult, you just in the Lord, A- B7
C G the breath of his mouth, all his hosts.
Praise is fitting for the saints, C
G E- The Lord brings to nothing
Praise the Lord with the zither,
C the designs of the nations,
With the ten-stringed harp, D B7
G and defeats the plans of the peoples.
Sing to Him. C
But the plan of the Lord,
A- B7 D B7
C Sing a new song to the Lord, The plan of the Lord, stands for ever.
A- B7
play the zither with art and acclaim him G E-
C A Exult you just in the Lord ……
for the Word of the Lord is right
D B7
truth are all his works.
C
In him are justice and right,
D B7
of his love the earth is full
G E-
A Exult you just in the Lord …..
126
GLORY, GLORY, GLORY (Is. 66:18ff)(*)
E C#- A
C I come to gather (Assembly repeats) C They shall bring your brothers
A E E
all the nations: (Assembly repeats) from all the nations
F# B B E
They’ll come and see my glory as an offering to the Lord
B E
A E as an offering to the Lord
A They’ll come and see my glory. C#- G#
And from among them I will take
A E A E B7 E B G#
A Glory, Glory, Glory priests for me
A E A E B7 E A E
Glory, Glory, Glory priests to announce my glory
B E
C#- priests to announce my glory.
C I will set a sign upon them
A A Glory ……..
and I will send them
E C#-
to the distant nations; C For as the new heavens
B E G#
to announce my glory and the new earth that I am making
B E B G#
to announce my glory will endure forever,
A E
A Glory ……… so they will endure forever,
B E
says the Lord.
A Glory ……..
(*) CAPO II
127
PSALM 17 (18) - I LOVE YOU O LORD (*)
C E
C I love you O Lord, E
Am C I called to the Lord in my anguish,
you are my rock Am
F to my God, to my God I cried out.
you are my liberator G F
E From his temple he heard my voice,
you are my God, E
F E my cry came to his ear.
I love you, I love you O Lord. F E
And the earth quaked and shook,
C Am F E
A The waves of death were surrounding me the foundations of the mountains trembled.
F C F E
I was frightened by the roarings of Belial for he lowered the heavens and came down,
G F G E
I was entangled in the bonds of Sheol and the bed of the sea appeared,
C G E
I was caught in the fetters of death the foundations of the world were laid bare
F
** VIOLIN ** He stretched out his hand and caught me
E
A The waves of death ..... He raised me from the depths of the waters.
A I love you ....The waves of death ....

** VIOLIN **
A The waves of death ....
128
PSALM 67 (68) - LET GOD ARISE
E
A Sing to God
Sing hymns to his name
Sing to God
Make straight the path
For Him who rides upon the clouds
C The Lord is His name

Dm9
rejoice before Him, Father of the orphan,
E
Defender of the widow is God
Dm9 E
The poorest he makes live in His house
Dm9 E
The prisoners He frees with joy
E
A Let God arise, let His enemies scatter, ) (Twice)
)
Let the Just One rejoice and sing for Joy )
129
PSALM 6 - LORD DO NOT REPROVE ME
F# E- F# A F#
A Lord, do not reprove me in your anger, C In sheol, no one can sing your praises.
G F#
do not punish me in your rage. A (Assembly repeats)
B- A A Lord, do not.....
C Have pity on me, have pity on me Lord:
F# B-
I am fading away; C I am worn out with groaning
B- A F# A B-
Heal me, Lord, for my bones tremble. every night I drench my bed with tears.
G F# G F#
My soul is shaken to its very depths My eyes waste away with anguish
A F# E-/G F#
but you, O Lord, how long? I grow old surrounded by many oppressors
A F# A
A (Assembly repeats) away from me the wicked for the Lord hears
F#
A Lord, do not.... my weeping,
A F#
B- A F# for the Lord accepts my prayer.
C Return, O Lord, rescue my soul.
B- A F# A Lord, do not .......
Save me, Lord, in your mercy
A F#
for in death no one remembers you
A (Assembly repeats)
130
PSALM 128 (129) - MUCH HAVE THEY PERSECUTED ME
D- D-
C Much have they persecuted me A Let them fall back,
A7 A7
since my youth, all those who hate zion.
much have they persecuted me Let them fall back,

D- D-
let Israel say. all those who hate zion.
D-
Much have they persecuted me A7
A7 C Let them be like the grass on the roofs
since my youth D-
which dries up before it is plucked.
much have they persecuted me A7
D- Never the reaper fills his hand with it,
but have not prevailed. D-
nor the gatherer of sheaves fills his lap.
A Much have they persecuted ......
D-
D- A7 A Let them fall back.
C Upon my back, the ploughmen ploughed. A7
D- all those who hate zion.
Upon my back, they drew long furrows.
A7 Let them fall back,
Upon my back, the ploughmen ploughed. D-
D- all those who hate zion.
Upon my back, they drew long furrows.
A7
But the Lord, who is just.
D-
Has broken the yoke of the wicked.
131
PSALM 122 (123) - TO YOU I LIFT UP MY EYES
Dm A7 )
C To You I lift up my eyes ) (All
Gm A7 ) repeat)
To You Who dwell in heaven )
Dm
C Like the eyes of slaves
A7
Are fixed on the hand of their master,
Gm
Like the eyes of a slave girl,
A7
on the hand of her mistress,
Bb A Gm
So our eyes are on the Lord, for Him
A
to take pity on us
Dm A
Women Have pity on us, Lord
Bb A
Men Have pity on us, Lord
Dm A
Women We are filled with contempt
Bb A
Men All too full is our soul with scorn
Dm A
Women With the disdain from the proud
Bb A
Men With the scorn from the complacent
Dm A
All Have pity on us, Lord
Bb A
Have pity on us, Lord
132
PSALM 24 (25) - TO YOU, O LORD, I LIFT UP MY SOUL
A- E
A To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul A- E
D- F E C Remember, O Lord, your tenderness
To you O my God D- F E
and your compassion, that are eternal
A- E A- E
C In you I trust, O Lord Do not remember, O Lord, my sins.
D- F E
Do not let my enemies triumph over me. A To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul .....
A To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul ........ D- F E

C Remember, O Lord, that you are mercy.
A- E F E
C Show me O Lord, your way. Give me, O Lord, your mercy;
D- F E F E
Teach me, O Lord, your path. immerse us in your mercy.
A To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul ....... A To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul ...........
133
NOLI ME TANGERE
C Fm )
C Woman, tell me why you’re weeping that I ascend to my Father ) (Assembly
F Cm ) (repeats)
Woman, tell me why you’re weeping and your Father )
C G
Whom do you seek? Whom do you seek? Fm Cm
C my God and your God (Ass repeats)
Whom do you seek? G# G
that I ascend to my Father and your Father
C (Ass repeats)
A Sir, if it’s you who took him away G# G
F my God and your God (Ass repeats)
Sir, if it’s you who took him away
C C
Tell me where you placed Him A Sir, if it’s you who took him away…
G C
and I will go and take him. (Twice)
Fm )
C Maria ) (Twice)
)
Cm )
A Rabbuni! )
Bb C Bb C
C Noli me tangere – do not cling to me,
Bb C
I have not yet ascended to the Father
Fm Cm
But go and announce to my brothers
(Ass repeats)
G# G
that I ascend to my Father and your Father
(Ass repeats)
G# G
my God and your God (Ass repeats)
134
SHLOM LEKH MARIAM
Em B7 Em Am B7
C-A Shlom Lekh Mariam (Plucking) C Mary, don’t weep… (Vibrato)
Em B7 Em Am B7
Malyat Thai Butha Mary, Mary, Mary rejoice!
C B7
Maran, Maran amekh Em
C B7 A Santa, Santa Maria …..
Maran, Maran amekh
G B7 Am B7
Em C Mary, help us; Mary help us (Vibrato)
C Ave Maria, full of grace, Am
C B7 Virgin Mary, Virgin Mary
The Lord, the Lord is with you; B7
C B7 may his Word be fulfilled in us!
blessed are you among women
C B7 A Shlom lech Mariam
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus
Em
A Santa, Santa Maria (Strumming)
Mother, mother of God, )(Assembly

C B7 ) repeats
Pray, pray for us, ) in octave)
C B7
we are, we are sinners.
135
LORD, HELP ME
Am G Am C G
O Lord, help me, O Lord! (Twice) And in this flame of your love, this dark flame,
E C
never to doubt you in this veil that enwraps my soul and stifles it,
Am G Am F E
O Lord, help me, O Lord I feel my heart dislocated
F E F E
never to doubt your love. opening, pouring out.
F E
G7 C like water flooding through your garden.
The gift of your grace
Am F E Am G Am
has left my heart in blossom O Lord, help me, O Lord! (2)
Dm E E
with desires to love (Twice) never to doubt you
G F Am G Am
I can do no more O Lord, help me, O Lord
E F E
than suffer never to doubt your love.
F E
and spend my life in sighs
136
YOU HAVE SEDUCED ME, LORD (Jeremiah 20, 7-20)
Am E7 C G
You’ve seduced me, Lord But the Lord is at my side
Am C
and I let myself be seduced like a brave and mighty warrior.
E7
you wrestled with me, and you Am E7 Am
Am Sing hymns to the Lord, praise the Lord
defeated me F
F E for he has freed the life of this poor man.
you’ve taken me by force and have prevailed
Am E7 Am
When I speak I have to shout: violence, oppression
E7 Am
and so your word has brought me insult and derision
E7
I said to myself: I will think of him no more
Am
I will not speak any more in his name
E7
But in my heart there was a burning fire
F E
that was running within my bones
You’ve seduced me, Lord……
Am E7
Cursed be the day I was born
cursed be the man who brought the news to my

father
Am
a son is born to you
E7
Why did I come out of my mother’s womb
only to see torment and sorrow
137
CARITAS CHRISTI
Em G B7 D B7
Caritas Christi urget nos so that we may become the righteousness of God in
C B7 Him
Caritas Christi urget nos
Em G B7
The love of Christ urges us at the thought, Caritas Christi..........
C B7
the love of Christ urges us at the thought
Em G Em E7 Am
that if one has died for all Woe to me, if I do not announce the Gospel,
B7 B7 Em
then all have died; woe to me, woe to me!
C
that if Christ has died for all
B7 Caritas Christi..........
then all have died.
Am B7
And he died for all so that those who live
Am B7
may live no longer for themselves,
C Adim D B7
but for Him who died and is risen for them.
Caritas Christi.........
Am B7
If someone is in Christ he is a new creation,
Am B7
the old things have passed away, new ones are born
C Adim
The one who did not know sin
God has treated as sin

138
MARY, MOTHER OF THE BURNING WAY
D Bm G E
C Mary, mother of the burning way,
G D
you free us from the fire of the passions
A D ) (twice)
with the dew of your intercession. )
Bm G E A
A Meek Mary all immaculate,
G D
guardian angel of the third millennium,
A D
place of all graces,
G D
image of every virtue,
A D
the heavenly Jerusalem sings your beauty.
Bm C E
C You have shown us the way,
G D
under the cross you have received us,
D D
Mother of the burning way;
G D
under the cross you have received us,
A D
how could you refuse your dying Son.
Meek Mary.........
139
GO AND ANNOUNCE TO MY BROTHERS (Mt 28, 16 - 20)
Am Am
Go and announce to my brothers Go and announce…………………
G Am
that they must go into Galilee! Am
E Am And behold …………
there they will see me, there they will see me E
even to the end of the world
Am Dm Am Am
The disciples went to Galilee even to the end of the world.
Dm Am
to the mountain that Jesus had shown them Am
E Am Go and announce…………….
When they saw him they adored him.
F E Am
And Jesus said to them: And behold …………
C G
All power has been given to me
C
in heaven and on earth.
G C
Go therefore and make disciples of all peoples
Am E
baptising them in the name of the Father
Am
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
F
and teaching them to observe
E
All that I have commanded you.
Am
And behold, I am with you
G Am
And behold, I am with you all the days
(Assembly repeats)
140
PSALM 15 (16) - YOU WILL SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE
Am F Dm Am F
You will show me the path of life You will show me the path of life ……….
Am
You will show me the path of life Am F
E Therefore my heart rejoices,
Fullness of joy in your presence Dm Am E
Dm E My soul exults; even my body will rest in safety
Sweetness without end at your right hand Dm E
For you will not leave my soul among the dead
Am F Dm Am Dm
Protect me O God: in you I take refuge nor allow your Holy one to see
F Dm Am E Dm E
I said to God: “You are my Lord, corruption, to see corruption.
E
Without you I have no good at all.” Am F
You will show me the path of life …………
Am F
You will show me the path of life ………
Am F
The Lord is my portion of inheritance and my cup
Dm Am
In your hands is my life
Am F
My lot has fallen in delightful places
Dm E
My heritage is wonderful.
Am F
I bless the Lord who gave me counsel;
Dm
Even at night he instructs my heart
E
I keep the Lord always before me,
Dm E
He is at my right hand, I will not waver
141
PSALM 53 (54) - OH GOD BY YOUR NAME SAVE ME
E C
Oh God, by your name save me,
Am B
by your great power see justice done to me.
E C
Oh God, pay heed to my prayer,
Am B
give ear to the words of my mouth
E Am
for arrogant men have risen against me
F E
and ruthless men seek my life.
F E
They do not set God before them,
F E
they do not set God before them.
Am E
Behold, God is my help,
Am E
the Lord, the Lord upholds me.
Dm E
With all my heart I will offer you a sacrifice
Dm E
I will praise your name, for it is good.
F E
From all anguish you have delivered me.
G E
G B
142
THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL
Am Am Dm
Upon a dark night, And this was guiding me
Dm E Am
ablaze with love, with urgent longings, more surely than the noonday light,
F E
oh, happy chance, to where he was awaiting me,
Dm Am
I left without being noticed, he whom I knew so well,
E Dm E
my house at last completely quiet. there where no other presence might appear.
Am Am Dm
In darkness and secure, Oh night, that was my guide!
Dm E Am
by the secret ladder, in disguise, Oh night, more lovely than the morning’s pride!
F E
oh, happy chance, Oh night, that united
Dm F
in darkness and concealed, the Lover to his beloved,
E Dm E
my house at last completely quiet. the beloved in her Lover transformed.
Dm E
On the night of blessings,
Dm E
in secret and not seen by anyone,
and nothing I beheld,

Dm
with no other light or guide,
E
except for that which in my heart was burning.
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PSALM 142 (143) - LORD, LISTEN TO MY PRAYER
C D Cm D Gm D7
C: Lord, listen to my prayer C: Let me know the way,
Cm D Gm
give ear to my supplication. the path to walk.
D7
Gm Cm Save me from my enemies,
A: You who are faithful, Cm D7
Gm Cm D7 I entrust myself to you, O Lord.
you who are faithful, answer me.
Cm D7 Gm Cm
In your justice, answer me A: You who are faithful ……
Gm D7 Gm D7
C: Do not call your servant to judgment, C: Teach me to do your will,
Gm Gm D7
no one is just in your sight. For you are my God.
D7 Cm D7
The enemy pursues me, Let your good spirit guide me,
Cm D7 Cm D7
crushes my life to the ground. on level ground.
Gm Cm Gm Cm
A: You who are faithful …….. A: You who are faithful,
Gm Cm D7
Gm D7 you who are faithful, answer me.
C: To you I stretch out my hands, Cm D7
Gm D7 In your justice, answer me.
Like a parched land I stand before you.
Cm D7
Answer me soon, O Lord,
Cm D7
My spirit faints within me.
Gm Cm
A: You who are faithful ……..
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PSALM 13 (14) – THE FOOL THINKS: THERE IS NO GOD
Dm A7
A: The fool thinks: there is no God Gm A7
Dm C: Evil-doers understand nothing,
they are corrupt and commit abomination, Gm A7
Gm A7 Evil-doers who devour my people like bread.
no one is left who does good, Bb
Bb A7 They do not call upon God,
no one is left who does good. A7
but they will tremble with terror.
Dm A7 F A
C: From heaven the Lord looks down on men For God is with the just man,
Dm Bb A7
to see if there is a man who is wise; the Lord is his refuge.
Gm A7
a man who seeks God Dm C A
Bb A7 A: For God is with the just man,
a man who seeks God. Bb A7
F Am the Lord is his refuge.
They have all gone astray, they are all corrupt,
Bb A7 Dm A7
no one does good, not even one. A: The fool thinks: there is no God ……
Dm A7 Dm C A
A: The fool thinks: there is no God …… A: For God is with the just man …..
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SIT DOWN ALONE AND IN SILENCE (Lam. 3, 1 - 33)
D D F#m
C God, God A Sit down alone and in silence
F#m Bm Bm D
has driven me and forced me because God has laid it upon you.
D F#m
to walk in darkness. Put your mouth in the dust,
F#m Bm D
He has built for me a yoke there may yet be hope.
Bm Em
and He has pressed, has pressed Offer your cheek to him
D A7
my head. who strikes you;
F#m G )
He has bent his bow, For the Lord )
Bm A )
making me the target does not cast off forever ) (Twice)
D G )
for his arrows. even if He afflicts you )
F#m A )
Though I call and cry He will then be merciful )
Bm A7 D
He shuts out, He shuts out According to the abundance of His love
D
my prayers.
Em
To see where He has brought me
A
in my wandering life:
D
is wormwood and gall
F#
What will I
Bm
do if hope fails within me
A G
the hope that comes from the Lord,
F# A G F#
that comes from the Lord.
202
THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME (Is. 50, 4 - 10)
Bm C Bm D G
C The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue C I did not cover my face
C F#
So that I may bring to the wearied against insult and spittle.
Bm Bm C
a word of relief. Because I already knew
C Bm Bm
Morning after morning you open my ear that you would come to my help
C Bm C Bm
so that I can listen as a disciple. for this I’ve set my face hard as a flint
C
D F#m G ) I was sure
A The Lord, the Lord, the Lord ) (Twice) Bm
F# ) that you would come to my help.
has opened my ear. )
D F#m G
D F#m A If you are, if you are near, if you save me
C For this I made no resistance, F#
who will fight against me?
I made no resistance. D F#m G
D G F# If you help, if you help me, if you save me
I offered my back to those who struck me F#
who will dare to condemn me?
D F#m
A For this I made no resistance Bm C
C All of you who fear the Lord,
I made no resistance. Bm
listen to the voice of his servant
D G C
C I offered my cheek if you find yourself in darkness
F# Bm C Bm
to those who tore my beard. trust in the Lord, trust in His Name.
D F#m A If you are, if you are near ………

A For this I made no resistance
I made no resistance
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THE KINGS SHALL SEE YOU : II SONG OF THE SERVANT (Is 49, 1 - 16)
A7 D
C Listen to me, remotest islands, C You will say to the prisoners: ‘Come out’
F#m G
all the nations, to those who are blind : “Look”
thus speaks the Lord you will guide the people

F#
the Holy One of Israel: to the waters of life
D
To ‘him whose life is despised, A The kings shall see you ……..
F#m G
whom the nations loathe Bm
F# C But Zion says:
to the slave of all the oppressors’. Em Bm
‘The Lord has abandoned me,
D ) Em F#
A The kings shall see you, ) the Lord has forgotten me’.
) G F#
they will stand up ) Can a woman forget her baby at the breast
F#m ) G F#
the princes of the earth ) (2) Or fail to cherish the son of her womb?
G )
they will bow down, ) D F# G
F# ) A Even if a mother forgets her baby
I’ve chosen you, I’ve chosen you. ) F#
yet, I will never forget you
D G )
C On the day of salvation I shall listen to you Look at me, I have branded you ) (2)
F# G F# )
on the favourable day I shall help you on the palms of my hands )
for I have appointed you A The kings shall see you ………
F#
as a covenant to the nations
A The kings shall see you ………

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JACOB (Gen. 32, 23 - 29)
Am C D )
C It was night when Jacob arose, C I will not let you go ) (Assembly repeats)
F E F E )
took his wives with him and all his sons. unless you bless me. )
Am
and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. E7 Am
C Then God asked: “What is your name?”
After taking them
“What is your name?”
he sent them across the stream, F E
F E ‘Jacob’ he replied, Jacob he replied.
and sent also with them all his possessions E7 Am
Am ‘You shall no more be called Jacob.’
and Jacob remained alone.
G Am G Am G Am
And someone fought with him. A Israel, Israel, Israel shall be your name.
G Am
G Am Israel, you have discovered your weakness.
A And someone fought with him. G Am
Israel, you shall lean on God.
G Am G Am
C And someone fought with him until the dawn Israel: strong with God,
G Am
And seeing that he couldn’t overcome Jacob, Israel: you shall win.
F G Am
struck the hollow of his hip Israel, you have discovered your weakness.
E G Am
and Jacob’s hip was dislocated Israel, you shall lean on God.
Am
as he fought with him. G Am
G Am C Israel, Israel,
Let me go for dawn is coming. (Assembly repeats) G Am
Israel, Israel shall be your name.
G Am
C Let me go for dawn is coming
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SONG OF DEBORAH (Jud. 5, 1ff)
D7 D7
C When Israel gathers the assembly C When you came out of Seir
Em Yahweh, my God.
when the people offer themselves as volunteers When you advanced over the
fields of Edom
Em F E trembled the earth, heaven shook
A Bless Yahweh, Bless Yahweh, the clouds melted into water
Em F before you the mountains leaped,
bless Yahweh, before you, O God of Israel.
E From heaven above
to Yahweh I want to sing. the stars came out to fight
Am F A From heaven above

A Awake Deborah, awake Deborah, the stars came out to fight.
E
strike up the song. C From heaven above
Am F they fought against Sisera
Awake Deborah, awake Deborah,
E A From heaven above
stand up, Barak. they fought against Sisera.
D7 C The Chison torrent

C On the day of Samgar, son of Anak the sacred torrent swept them away.
on the day of Jael,
there were no caravans, A Bless Yahweh, Bless Yahweh ……….
no one could walk around the streets
Since Israel had gone after other gods A Awake Deborah, awake Deborah ……..
and the war was at the gates.
No saviour could be found in Israel,
not one lance could be found
among ten thousand men.
A Bless Yahweh, Bless Yahweh, ……

206
THE WHITE HORSE (Rev 19, 11 - 20)
E F Am
C I see heaven open and a white horse He alone treads the winepress
G F E Am
He who rides it is clad in a robe of the furious wrath of God
E
dipped in blood, dipped in blood Am
E F A He alone treads the winepress
His eyes, flames of fire E Am
G F of the furious wrath of God
in his mouth there is a sword,
E C E
to smite, to smite. C Behold the beast is captured,
Am
C ) and with it also its prophet
C What is his name? ) E
) by him who rides the horse
What is his name? ) (Twice) Am
) and wears a robe dipped in blood
E )
A His name is, His name is ) E
Am ) A Alleluia, Alleluia;
Word of God. ) Am
Alleluia, Alleluia
E F E Am
C I see a beast and a prophet Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
G
gather together C What is his name …………
F E
for a battle, for a battle
against Him who rides

F G
the horse and wears a robe
F E
dipped in blood, dipped in blood.
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THUS SPEAKS THE AMEN (Rev 3, 14 - 18)
Em B7
A Thus speaks the Amen white garments and eye-slave
C D7 Em
the faithful and truthful witness so that you may see.
the beginning A Thus speaks the Amen …….

Em
of the creatures of God. Em
C Those that I love I correct
Em G D
C I know your behaviour: be then zealous and repent
G B7 Em
you are neither hot nor cold listen to my voice, listen to my voice
D
I wish you were cold or hot G
B7 C Behold: I stand at the door and knock
and not lukewarm
Em if anyone hears my voice
because I am going to vomit you from my mouth D7
and opens to me the door
A Thus speaks the Amen ……….. B7
I will enter in his house
Em Em
C You say: I am rich, I lack nothing and I will dine with him and he with me
G
And you are not aware A Thus speaks the Amen …….
D7
that you are wretched,
B7
worthy of compassion
Em
poor, blind and naked.
G
I counsel you to buy from me
D7
gold refined by fire
208
WHO IS THIS WHO COMES FROM EDOM (Is. 63, 1 - 6)
(The Winepresser)
Em Am Em
C Who is this who comes from Edom? Then my own arm saved me,
Am Em B7
who is this who advances dyed in red, my wrath, my wrath supported me:
B7 Em
magnificent in his garment the day of vengeance had arrived
Em Am Em
he walks full of strength? I trod, I trod upon the peoples
(Assembly repeats) B7
and made their blood run on the earth
D Em Em
C It is I, it is I who speaks with justice: and all my garments were stained.
B7 Em
It is I, a great liberator. Em
A Who is this who comes from Edom?
A And why, why is your garment red? Am Em
Am Em who is this who advances dyed in red?
why, like that of a presser in the winepress? B7
B7 Em magnificent in his garment
Why? Why? Em
he walks full of strength
D
C In the winepress, in the winepress
Em
I have trodden alone;
B7 Em
of my people nobody was with me.
D
I looked, I looked, there was
Em
no one to help me;
B7
I was appalled:
Em
there was no one to support me.
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THE SOWER (Mt. 13, 4 - 9)
Dm C ) A Some one hundredfold.

C A sower went out to sow )
Dm ) (*) Gm Dm Gm A
and some seed fell on the road ) C He who has ears and wants to hear
Dm
F G A listen, listen.
C The birds came down, they ate it up, they ate it up
Gm Dm
Dm C Don’t be the road. ) (*)
A They ate it up.
Gm Dm
C A sower went out to sow ) (*) C Don’t be the rock. ) (*)
and some seed fell on the rock. )
Gm Dm
The sun came out, C Don’t be the thorns. ) (*)
and dried it up.
It had no soil. Gm A
C But be the soil.
A It had no soil.
Gm A Dm A Dm
C A sower went out to sow ) (*) A The good soil, where Jesus may grow.
and some seed fell among thorns) A Dm
Where Jesus may grow.
The seed grew up,
the thorns grew up,
they choked it.
A They choked it
C A sower went out to sow ) (*)
and some seed fell on the soil. )
It bore fruit:
some thirtyfold
some sixtyfold.
(*) Assembly repeats

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THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD (Lk. 4, 18 - 19)
Am E Am
C The Spirit of the Lord is upon me F E
(Assembly repeats) He has sent me to announce salvation
G
C For He has anointed me Am G
F E C That the blind may see the lame may walk
He has sent me to announce salvation F
the lepers may be cleansed
Am E
A To announce salvation to announce salvation.
G
to announce salvation Am E
F E C The Spirit of the Lord ………
to the poor whose hearts are broken G
Am E For He has anointed me
The Spirit of the Lord …….. F E
G He has sent me to announce salvation
For He has anointed me
th
BEHOLD OUR MIRROR (13 Ode of Solomon)
Dm Dm
C Behold our mirror is the Lord C Wipe away the dirt from your faces
Am Am
Open your eyes and look at yourselves in Him love his holiness and clothe yourselves in him
Gm A7 Gm A
and you will see what your face is like then you will be spotless forever before him
Dm Dm
A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia A Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
Gm Gm
C Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ) (Twice) C Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia
A A Dm
A Glorify his spirit ) (Twice) A Glorify his spirit, glorify his spirit, glorify his spirit
Glorify his spirit )
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YOU ARE THE WAY (7th Ode of Solomon)
C Am Dm C You have given yourself to me )

C As the impulse of anger towards the enemy without any reserve. ) (1a)
G You made your greatness small )
as the impulse of love full of tenderness )
C
towards the loved one You became sin for me )
Am A7 Dm full of mercy and compassion ) (2b)
so I feel an impulse towards you so that my sin )
G could not separate me from You. )
You are the immortal one,
C A You are the Way........
the fullness of time.
C God who thought about me )
Am E when I did not exist )
A You are the way, how wonderful it is, from the beginning He knew ) (3)
Am everything I would do )
You are the way, You are the love, that's why He took pity on me )
G Am full of mercy and compassion )
You are the way, You are the life, and He made it possible for me )
G Am to ask for His same nature. )
You are the way, You are the truth,
G F A You are the Way .............
You are the way, you are the truth,
E
You are the life.
C You became like me )

So I could welcome You ) (2a)
in Your looks like me )
so I could clothe myself with You )
so that I wouldn't be afraid )

when I meet You, ) (1b)
You the immortal One, )
the fullness of time. )
A You are the Way ...........

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BLESSED BE GOD (Eph 1, 3 - 13)
D Em A7 D F#
C Blessed be God In Him all of us
Em
the Father who have heard
A7 D Bm
of Jesus Christ the Word of Truth
F# F#
For He has chosen us before the creation the Good News
Bm Bm
of the world. of salvation,
F# A
For He has blessed us have been sealed
Bm G
with every kind of love, with the Holy Spirit
A G F# F#
to be holy and blameless in His love thus making us His people.
Bm Bm
A To be the praise if His glory, A To be the praise of His glory
A A
the glory of His grace, the glory of His grace,
G G
the grace of His love the grace of His love
with which He loves us with which He loves us

F# F#
in Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ.
D Em
C Blessed
A7 D
be God
Em
the Father
A7 D
of Jesus Christ
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PSALM 138 (139) - LORD YOU SEARCH ME
Dm Gm Bb A
C Lord, you search me and you know me A If I descend to death, there I find you
F
you know when I sit down You press me from behind
Dm Am
and when I get up. You attack me from the front,
Gm
From afar you know my thoughts C And at the same time,
A Dm Bb
you are familiar with all my ways. you keep your hand on me:
C7 F
Before a word is on my tongue A
A Dm A Such knowledge is mysterious to me
you, O Lord, already know everything.
C7 Bb A
You press me from behind, C Knowledge I cannot grasp,
F
you attack me from the front Bb
A A Knowledge so high
and at the same time A
Dm that I do not understand
you keep your hand on me:
Gm A Dm Gm
such knowledge is mysterious to me C Lord, you search me and you know me,
Gm A Dm
knowledge I cannot grasp you put to the test my heart,
Gm A Gm
knowledge so high that I do not understand so that I may not walk in a way of duplicity,
F D Am so that I may never

A But where shall I go far from your Spirit? A Dm
Bb abandon your way.
Where from your face shall I flee?
C Before a word is on my tongue ……….
A
C If I climb the heavens you are there,
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PSALM 21 (22) - ELI, WLI, LAMMA SABACTANI?
Em Am Em Em
A Eli, Eli, lamma sabactani? He loves him so much.’
Am
My God, my God Yes, you love me, yes you cherish me!
Am Em Em
why have you forsaken me? You drew me out of my mother’s womb.
B7
B7 At my birth you picked me up,
C How far I feel you from saving me, from my mother’s womb you have
been my God.
I call on you by day and you do not answer When I was being born she entrusted
Em Em
I call by night and there is no rest for me. me to you.
A Eli, Eli, lamma sabactani …….. A Eli, Eli, lamma sabactani ……….
B7 B7
C Yet you are the Holy One, C Many bullocks surround me
you dwell in the praises of your people bulls of Bashan besiege me
In you my fathers have hoped, against me they open their mouth,
and you have freed them; like a lion raging and roaring,
they cried to you and they were saved Em
they hoped in you and did not like rabid dogs.
Em Am
remain confused. I am dirty water which is thrown away.
Am Em
But me? Why don’t you help me? All my bones are wrecked.
Em B7
Perhaps I am not a man? My heart is like wax,
B7 melting away within my bosom.
Look I am a worm; disgraced among men! As clay, dry potsherd is my palate
Rejection of my people! my tongue is stuck to my throat,
All those who see me laugh at me, Em
twist their lips, shake their heads to ashes of death you have reduced me.
and they say:
‘Let him turn to God, let God A Eli, Eli, lamma sabactani …….
rescue him if it is true that
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B7 Am
C A pack of dogs surrounds me You are object of my praise in the great assembly,
a gang of evildoers besiege me, Em
they have pierced my hands and feet, I will perform my vows in the presence of the faithful
I can count all my bones. B7
They stare at me, they observe me: Now I know that the poor will eat
they divide my garments among them, and be satisfied, that everyone who
Em looks for you will praise you,
and for my tunic they cast lots Em
Am heart of the wretched of the poor will live eternally
But you, Lord, do not stay far away, Am
Em All the ends of the earth will
my strength, run, run to my help. Em
B7 return to the Lord, all the family
Save me from the sword, from the of nations shall bow down before him.
claws of the dogs save my life, B7
save me, save me from the mouth Because the kingdom, the kingdom belongs to the
of the lion and from the horns Lord, He rules over all nations.
Em Before him whoever sleeps under the
of the wild bulls. Save my life, save my life. earth will bow down.
Em
A Eli, Eli, lamma sabactani ……… Only before him will bow all who go down to the dust
Am Am Em
C I will announce your Name to my brothers, And I will live, I will live for him
B7 B7
I will praise you in the midst of the assembly there my descendants will serve him
Em Men will proclaim the Lord to
praise the Lord you who fear him, Em
sing to the Lord, descendant of Jacob generations still to come.
Em Am
Let the house of Israel fear him, all the race of Israel they will announce this pact and the
Am Em
Because he was not disgusted with nations that will be born, the
this poor man, he did not despise B7
Em B7 nations that will be born, will say:
this wretched man, but at his cry Em
for help he answered him; he did ‘behold the work of the Lord’
Em
not hide his face from him and help him.
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NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS (Mt. 6, 24 - 33)
Am G F E
C No one can serve two masters Solomon was not dressed like them
G F Am
because loving the one, he despises the other C Em
Dm F E A Look at the lilies of the field
you cannot serve God and money! E7 F7 E
Am they don’t toil, they don’t spin
That’s why I tell you: E
G F Solomon was not dressed like them!
do not be anxious about your life
G C Em
what you shall eat C Seek first the kingdom of God
F Am E7
or what you shall drink; what you shall wear and all other things
Dm F E F7
is not life worth more than food? will be given to you as well.
Dm F E F E
and the body more than clothing? You cannot serve God and money!
C Em )
Look at the birds of the air )(Assembly C Em
E7 F7 E ) repeats) A Seek the kingdom of God
they don’t sow, they don’t reap ) E7 F7 E
E ) and all other things will be given you as well
yet your father feeds them! ) E
You cannot serve two masters
Am G
C And which of you by being anxious, C No one can serve two masters
F Am because loving the one,
can add one hour to his life? he despises the other,
Dm F E you cannot serve God and money!
and about clothing, why do you worry?
C Em A (repeat the three refrains)
Look at the lillies of the field:
E7 F7 E
they don’t toil, they don’t spin,
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PSALM 130 (131) - O LORD MY HEART HAS NO LOFTY AMBITIONS
Em Am Em
c O Lord, my heart has no lofty ambitions, Em Am
Am B7 C But I have calmed and quieted my soul
nor are my eyes raised with pride. Em
like a child in its mother’s arms
I am not looking for great things B7
Em like a child that has suckle is my spirit,
which are above my strength. Em
like a child within me.
Em Am Em
A O Lord, my heart has no lofty ambitions, A O Lord, my heart has no lofty ambitions ….
Am B7
nor are my eyes raised with pride. Em Am Em
C O Israel hope in the Lord now and forever,
I am not looking for great things Am Em
Em O Israel hope in the Lord now and forever.
which are above my strength.
I WANT TO GO TO JERUSALEM
E Am E Am
C I want to go, mother C Let me eat of them
Dm E Dm E
to Jerusalem, Jerusalem so I can fulfil my longings
Am Dm E which are longings for friendship
To eat the herbs, to fill myself with them, which are longings for meekness
Dm E
To fill myself with them which are longings, which are longings
for obedience
F Am
C-A In the path I find myself A In the path I find myself …….
F Am
in the path I am walking.
Dm E
in the path of all the world, of all the world
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SHEMA ISRAEL (Deut 6, 4 - 9)
Am G A Shema Israel …….

C Shema Israel, shema Israel
F Listen Israel ……….
Adonai elohenu
Am Am
Adonai ehad. C Instill them into your children Israel
F Am F Am
Am G resting in your house, walking abroad,
A Shema Israel, shema Israel F E
F when you go to bed and when you rise.
Adonai elohenu Am Dm
Am This is the first commandment of life.
Adonai ehad G Am
Am The second is like the first:
Listen Israel Shema Israel Dm
G love your neighbour as yourself
Listen Israel Shema Israel G E
F do this and you will live forever.
the Lord is our God Adonai elohenu
Am A Shema Israel …….
the Lord is one Adonai ehad.
Listen Israel ………
Am
C You shall love the Lord your God Am G
F Am F Am C Shema Israel, shema Israel
with all your heart, with all your mind F
F E Adonai elohenu
with all your strength. Am
Am Dm Adonai ehad.
You shall fasten these my words
G Am
on your hand as a sign
Dm
as a band round your forehead
G E
on the door of your house and on your gates
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THE GLORIOUS CROSS
E G# C#m G# A
A The glorious cross of the risen Lord C In fear, defence
F#m G# G#
is the tree of my salvation, in stumbling, support
E G# C#m A
on it I feed, in it I delight, in victory, crown
F#m B7 G#
in its roots I grow, in struggle, you are reward
E F#m G#
in its branches I lie down. Tree of eternal life,
F#m G#
G# A pillar of the universe,
C Its dew makes me glad A
G# skeleton of the earth,
its breeze fertilises me,
F#m G# your peak reaches heaven
in its shadow I have put my tent.
A and in your open arms
In hunger, my nourishment G#
shines the love of God.
in thirst, the fountain
G# A The glorious cross …………
in nakedness, my clothing
F#m G#
Hard path, narrow road,
F#m
Jacob’s ladder, bed of love
G#
where the Lord espoused us.
A The glorious cross …..

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THE ARMOUR OF GOD (Eph 6, 11ff)
Dm Gm Bb A
C Clothe yourselves in the armour of God, C That Christ really loves you,
A Dm Bb A
carrying the weapons of light that He died on the Cross for you
Bb Bb A
because our struggle is not against when you were wicked and a sinner.
A
the creatures of flesh and blood, Dm
Bb C-A Carry the sword of the spirit,
but against the spirits of evil which live in A
A which is the Word of God
this world of darkness. Dm
and the helmet of salvation
Dm A
C-A Having girded your loins with the truth Bb A
Dm C That Christ rose from death,
clothe yourselves with the justice of the Cross Bb A
that He is the Lord
Bb A Gm
C Which doesn’t resist evil, that He will come again, will come again
Bb A A
but takes on itself the sins of others. and take us with Him.
Dm Dm A
C-A Having shod your feet with zeal to C-A Alleluia, allelu, allelu, Alleluia (Twice)
A
announce the Gospel
Dm
above all carrying the shield of faith
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PSALM 86 (87) - MOTHER, MOTHER, CITY OF GOD
Am F Am Dm
C Her foundation is on the holy mountain C-A And while dancing, while dancing )
Am ) (Twice)
the Lord loves the gates of Zion they will sing )
E B7 Dm F E
more than all Jacob’s dwellings all my fountains are in you (Twice)
Am G F E
Of you are told glorious things Mother, mother, city of God! (Twice)
E
City of God
Am F
I remember Rahab and Babylon
Palestine, Tyre and Ethiopia,
when someone is born in them

E B7
men say: “Here this one was born”
E
But of Zion all say “Mother”!
Am Dm E Am
C-A For all were born in her (Twice)
Dm F E
The Lord himself has founded her (Twice)
Am G F E
Mother, mother, city of God (Twice)
Am F
C The Lord writes in his book of the peoples
E B7
this one was born in her,
and while dancing they will sing

E
in you are all my foundations
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AKEDA
Am Dm9 Am
C The night was not yet over when Abraham C Come and see faith upon the earth
Am Dm9
was getting ready to sacrifice his son: come and see faith upon the earth
Dm9
The two kept looking at each others’ eyes the father that sacrifices his only son
E E
when Isaac said: and the beloved son who offers him his throat
Am Dm9 Am
A Akeda, akeda, akeda, akeda A Akeda, akeda, akeda, akeda …….
Am Dm9
Bind me, bind me fast
Am
father of mine, lest I resist you!
Dm9
C Bind me, bind me fast father of mine
Am
lest I resist you out of fear
Dm9
and your sacrifice will not be valid
E
and both of us shall be rejected!
A Akeda, akeda, akeda, akeda …….

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PSALM 36 (37) - DO NOT GET ANGRY
Am F A Do not get angry ………….

A Do not get angry because of the wicked
E7 Am F
do not envy those who do evil C Refrain from anger, forsake your rage,
Dm E7 E7
for they shall wither like grass fret not, lest you do evil,
F7 E7 Dm E7
and dry up like the green of the fields. for those who do evil will be excluded
F E7
Am F but he who hopes in the Lord shall inherit the land
C Trust in the Lord and do good
E7 Am F
live in your land and be loyal C Wait a little longer, the wicked shall be no more
Dm E7 E7
let the Lord be your delight, look at this place, he is not there.
F E7 Dm E7
and He will grant you your heart’s desire. Instead the meek possess the land,
F E7
Am F and delight in peace, great peace.
C Entrust yourself to the Lord and hope in Him,
E7 A Do not get angry ………..
hope in Him and He will act
Dm E
He’ll make your justice shine forth
F E7
and your faithfulness like the noonday sun.
A Do not get angry ……
Am F
C Keep silent before the Lord and hope in Him,
E7
do not get angry about a man who prospers
Dm E7
who makes his fortune by telling lies
F E7
you trust in the Lord and hope in Him.
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HYMN TO CHARITY (1 Cor 13, 1-13)
C F
C Even if I speak does not seek its own interest,
Am G
with the eloquence of angels does not get angry.
F G C
if I have no love, nothing! does not take offence,
C Am
Even if I have the gift of prophesy is not resentful,
Am F
and understand all the mysteries; takes no pleasure in injustice,
F G
even if I have faith in its fullness but rejoices in the truth.
Am (G) C )
and I am able to move mountains, Love believes everything )
F G Am )
if I have no love, nothing! excuses everything, )
C C ) (Twice)
Even if I give away is always hoping: )
Am C )
everything to the poor endures everything, )
Am Am C )
and hand over my body to be burned: endures everything. )
F G Am C
if I have no love, nothing! Because Love, Love,
Am C Am C
C Am C is God, is God, is God!
A Because Love, Love, Love:
is patient, is kind
Am C
is not envious, is not boastful,
is not conceited,
Am
is never rude;
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THE SAME GOD (2 Cor 4, 6 - 10)
D F# F#
C The same God who said: C Insulted on every side,
Bm but not distressed,
‘From darkness let the light shine’ persecuted but not forsaken
F# cast down but not destroyed.
it is He who shone into our hearts
Bm Bm )
to make the knowledge of his glory shine C-A Carrying always in our bodies )
A Bm A ) (2)
which is on the face of Christ. the death of Jesus )
Bm G )
A Bm so that in us may be shown )
A Which is on the face of Christ. F# )
his resurrection. )
F#
C But we carry this treasure F#
C And so while we die
in earthen vessels. you are receiving life
F# F#
A But we carry this treasure A And so while we die
you are receiving life
in earthen vessels.
Bm )
Bm C-A Carrying always in our bodies )
C So that it may be shown A ) (2)
A the death of Jesus, )
that the sublimity of his love Bm G )
Bm so that in us may be shown )
comes from God F# )
G F# his resurrection. )
comes from God and not from us.
A Assembly repeats
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AS MEN CONDEMNED TO DEATH (1 Cor 4, 9 - 13)
Am G G Am
C Up to the present we suffer hunger The refuse of the people
Am
we suffer thirst and nakedness. Am
Am G C For I think,
A Up to the present we suffer hunger G
Am that to us,
we suffer thirst and nakedness. Am
the apostles
G Am G
C We are persecuted and wander homeless God has assigned
Am
G Am the last place.
A We are persecuted and wander homeless
G
G Am A As men condemned to death
C We are cursed, yet we bless Am
G Am as men condemned to death
we are insulted yet we bear it G
G as men condemned to death
we are despised Am
Am as men condemned to death.
yet we answer with love.
Am G
G C We are set up as a show
A We are despised Am G
Am for the world, for the angels
yet we answer with love F E
for all men, for all men
G
C We have become, A As men condemned to death ……….
We have become ……………….
Am G
A We have become, we have become
Am
the rubbish of the earth.
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JESUS WENT AROUND ALL THE TOWNS (Mt 9, 35, 10, 42)
Am F Am Am G
A Jesus went round all the towns Jesus is risen, He comes with us,
F Am
passing from village to village A He comes with us.
Am C
He proclaimed the Kingdom. C Whoever loves his father
Dm E7 or his mother more than me,
When He saw the crowds following Him G Am
Am A Is not worthy of me, is not worthy of me
He took compassion: C
Em ) C Whoever loves his sons
A Because they were tired, ) or his daughters more than me
F ) (2) A Is not worthy of me ……..
because they were dejected ) C
E ) C Whoever does not take his cross
like sheep without a shepherd. ) and come after me,
Am F E7 A Is not worthy of me ………
C Then Jesus said to His disciples: C
Am G C And whoever seeks in this world his life
The harvest is large indeed, G Am
Am G A Will lose it, will lose it
but the workers are few. C
C G ) C But whoever loses his life for the Gospel
Pray then to the Lord of the harvest,) (Assembly G Am
Am G ) repeats) A He will find it, he will find it
to send workers to His harvest ) G
C G C Who listens to you
C And now I am sending you out Am
Am G A Listens to me
like sheep among wolves: G
C G Am G C Who welcomes you
so be cunning as serpents and simple as doves Am
Am A Welcomes me
A As doves G F E
C G Am G Who welcomes me, welcomes God welcomes
C Do not carry purse or money knapsack or sandals God
C G
and proclaim: the Kingdom is at hand
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DON’T PUT RESISTANCE TO EVIL (Mt 5, 38ff)
D A Bm
C You have heard how it was said to you But I say to you, but I say to you
Bm D
‘Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth’ ‘Love your enemies,
A Bm Bm
But I say to you, but I say to you: do good to those who hate you,
A
D Bm pray for those who persecute you,
A Do not resist evil, do not resist evil, Bm
A Bm bless those who slander you.
Do not resist evil, do not resist evil G
Be perfect
Bm D Bm
C If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, as your heavenly Father is perfect
A Bm G A
offer him the other as well. for He is good to the wicked,
D G A7
If anyone sues you to take your tunic for He is good to the sinners
A Bm
let him have your cloak as well. A Do not resist evil …………
A
And if anyone forces you to go one mile Bm
Bm C And you will be sons
go two miles with him. D
A of your heavenly Father
And do not ask back your property A
Bm who makes the sun rise
from the man who robs you. Bm
on the good and the bad
A Do not resist evil ………. A Bm
and sends his rain also on the wicked
D
C You have heard how it was said to you: A Do not resist evil ………
Bm
‘You shall love your neighbour
and hate your enemy’.
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TELL ME THEN (Song 1, 2ff)
Dm C If you don’t know this

C Let Him kiss me,
O loveliest of women
with the kisses of His mouth Bb A
Bb follow the tracks of my flock
your love
A and take your kids to graze
is sweeter than wine Dm
close by the shepherd’s tent.
your Name
A Take me with you ………
is the fragrance of your perfume:
Dm A Tell me then beloved of my heart ……
that’s why the maidens love you
Dm
A Take me with you let us go out
Bb A
draw me towards you let us run
A7
we shall praise your love more than wine
Dm
How wonderful it is to love you!
Tell me then beloved )

of my heart, )
where do you lead ) (Twice)
A )
your flock to pasture )
so that I may not wander )
as a vagabond )
Dm )
behind other shepherds. )
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MY BELOVED IS FOR ME (Songs 1, 13ff)
Bm Em F Em F
C My beloved is for me, a rose of Sharon A More than this our bed is all green
G F
a lily of the valleys. Bm
C As an apple tree among the trees
Bm Em F Em F
A My beloved is for me, perfume of myrrh of the orchards, so is my beloved
G F G F
resting on my breast my beloved among the youth
Bm Em
Bm Em in his longed-for shade I am seated
C My beloved is for me F
F and sweet is his fruit
as a lily among the thistles G F
G F how sweet it is to my taste
so is my beloved among the maidens G
He has taken me into the chamber of wine
Bm Em Em F
A My beloved is for me and his banner upon me is love:
F G F
a cluster of Henna flowers he has taken me into the banquet hall
G F Em F
among the vines of Engedi and his banner upon me is love:
Em F
G F his left arm under my head
C How beautiful are you my love Em F
G F and his right arm embraces me.
how beautiful, how beautiful Bm )
Em F Em F I implore you )
Your eyes are doves, your eyes are doves A ) (Assembly
daughters of Jerusalem ) repeats)
G F G )
A How beautiful are you my beloved do not rouse )
G F F# )
how delightful, how delightful nor awake my love )
Em F
C More than this our bed is all green
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COME FROM LEBANON (Songs 4, 8ff)
Em D A I have searched ……
C Come from Lebanon, my bride
C D Em C Get up quickly, get up my dove
Come from Lebanon, come come away my dove,
Em D winter time has already passed
You will have for your crown the mountains the voice of the turtle dove is heard
C D Em The flowers appear again on the earth
the highest crests of Hermon the rain is over and gone
Em D get up quickly, get up my dove
You have ravished, ravished my heart come away, my dove.
C D Em
O my sister, my bride. A I have searched ………….
Em D
Come from Lebanon, my bride C Set me as a seal upon your heart
C D Em as a seal upon your arm
Come from Lebanon, come for love is strong as death
love no flood can drown
G A To give for it all the wealth of the house
A I have searched for the love of my heart would be to despise it
Am Em As a seal upon your heart
I searched but I didn’t find it as a seal upon your arm
G A
I have found the love of my heart A I have searched ………..
C D Em
I’ve embraced him and I’ll not let him go
C I belong to my beloved
and his whole desire is for me;
come let us go out in the fields
let us lodge in the villages.
Let us go out
at dawn to the vineyards
Let us pick the grapes
I belong to my beloved
and his whole desire is for me.
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WHILE I WAS ASLEEP (Song 5, 2ff)
C C
While I was asleep C I opened to my beloved
E E Am
but my heart was awake he was not there, he had already gone
Am Dm E
the voice of my beloved I heard My soul fainted at his flight
Dm E I sought him but I did not find him
‘Open to me, my sister I called him, I called him
Dm E Am
open to me, my dove but he did not answer me
for my head is wet with dew The watchmen met me
Am G
my locks with the drops of the night going the rounds of the city
C F
He puts his hand they undressed me, they beat me
E E
through the latch of the door the watchmen of the walls.
Am
my bowels stirred within me. A I implore you ……..
Dm E
I arose running Am G
and my hand dripped with myrrh C Ah! If you were my brother
the purest myrrh from my fingers F
Am I could kiss you without
on the bolt of the door E
anyone being scandalised
Am G )
A I implore you daughters of Jerusalem )
F ) (2)
if you find my beloved )
E )
tell him I’m dying of love )
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YOU WHO DWELL IN THE GARDENS (Song 8, Appendix)
Am Dm
C You who dwell in the gardens Am Dm
F E C I am in his eyes
where the companions are listening, Am
F as the one who has found peace.
let me hear your voice, E Am
E My vineyard is here before me,
let me hear your voice. E Am
my vineyard is here before me.
A
A Flee my beloved A Flee my beloved,
E like a gazelle,
like a gazelle, like a young stag
F#m on the mountains of aromas.
like a young stag
E A C You who dwell in the gardens …….
on the mountains of aromas
The Church through Baptism has been introduced into the gardens of the Kingdom “where the companions are
listening.” There (made mother and teacher of all peoples through the experience of love that she has had and through
the sufferings, the joys, the falls, the findings and - we could say - through the History of salvation expressed by the
Song of Songs) she is invited by the Bridegroom to make her voice heard in a final wish.
She answers with a paschal eschatological shout: what she has known, and experienced of the Bridegroom, makes her
long to flee with Him in a final exodus “on the mountains of the spices,” that is in Heaven, free forever.
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SHE-LAMB OF GOD (Mt 1, 18ff)
Em A She-lamb of God …….

C The virgin Mary
Am C And when Joseph woke up
was betrothed to Joseph he took with him the child and his mother
C and in the night fled to Egypt
when before they came to live together because Herod
she was found to be with child was looking for the child to kill him.
B7 How bitter are the waters, Mary!
through the Holy Spirit
Em A She-lamb of God ………
and Joseph who was just
Am C A cry is heard in Rama
did not want to repudiate her. a cry and great lamentation:
C B7 it is Rachel weeping for her children
He decided to send her away in secret and refusing to be consoled
Em because they are no more.
How bitter are the waters, Mary! How bitter are the waters, Mary!
C A She-lamb of God ………

A She-lamb of God, humble lamb
Em Em
you who don’t resist evil: C And the angel of the Lord
Am said to Joseph in Egypt
mother of Jesus and our mother, Am
B7 Em ‘Get up and take with you
pray for us, pray for us. the child and his mother,
C B7
Em and go back to the Land of Israel:
C Mary gave birth to her son, Em
Am because from Egypt I have called my son’
she swaddled him
and put him in a manger A She-lamb of God ……..
C B7
because there was no room for them at any inn
Em
How bitter are the waters, Mary!
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TH
IN HIM THERE IS NO BEAUTY: SERVANT OF YAHWEH, 4 SONG (Is 53, 2ff)
C C
C In Him there is no beauty, C But it was He
Am Am
in Him there is no majesty, who took on Himself all our sins
G7 C
no looks to attract our eyes But it was He
C Am
He seemed no longer human. who took on Himself all our pains
A broken man,
Am F
considered as nothing A We had all gone astray
C G
despised each on his own way.
Am C Am
rejected by all men. Ill treated, yet he submitted,
C
C He didn’t say a word,
A Before Him we turn away our face Am
Am like a lamb brought to the slaughter.
Before Him we turn away our face
G7 A Before Him ……..
Before Him we turn away our face C
C Ill treated, ill treated, ill treated!
Before Him we turn away our face
C Despised,
Am
rejected by all men,
C
man of sorrows,
Am
He who knows every kind of suffering
A Before Him ……..

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WORTHY ARE YOU (Rev 4,11:5,9ff)
Em
C Worthy are you to take the scroll
Am B7
and to open its seals
Em
for you have been slain
B7
and you have ransomed with your blood
Em
men from every people, tongue, tribe and nation
G Bm G
C And you have made of them for our God
Bm G
a kingdom of priests
Bm Em
A Who reign, who reign, on the earth
Em
C Worthy are you, slain lamb,
Am B7
to take the scroll
Em
and to open its seals
B7
for you have ransomed with your blood
Em
men from every people, tongue, tribe and nation
G Bm G
A And you have made of them for our God
Bm G
a kingdom of priests
Bm Em
who reign, who reign, on the earth.
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WHO IS SHE (Song 8, 5-7)
Am
C-A Who is she rising from the desert G F Am
C Set me as a seal on your heart
who is she rising from the desert G F Am
F E as a tattoo upon your arm
leaning on her beloved, on her beloved F E
F Am because love is strong as death
leaning on her beloved. F E
a flame coming from the Lord,
G Am F E
C Under the apple tree I awakened you and the waters cannot quench it.
G F Am F E
there where your mother conceived you To give all the wealth of the house for love
F E F E
there where your mother gave birth to you would only be to despise it.
F Am
there where your mother gave birth to you. C-A Who is she ……..
C-A Who is she ………..

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THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED (Songs 2, 9-17)
C E
C The voice of my beloved, and the grape vine gives off its scent.
Am F
behold here he comes A Arise my beloved ……..
E E Dm
leaping on the mountains, O my dove in the cleft of the rock,
F E Dm E
skipping on the hills in the hiding places of the cliffs
C Am F F
My beloved is like a gazelle like a young deer let me hear your voice,
E let me hear your voice
my beloved is like a gazelle. C
C Am F Send the foxes away, the small foxes,
Behold he stops behind our wall F E
looks in at the window who spoil the vineyard
E G F E
peers through the lattice for our vineyard is in blossom,
C G F E
Now my beloved speaks and says to me: for our vineyard is in blossom:
C E ) Dm E Am E
A Arise my beloved ) (Assembly C My beloved is for me, and I am for him
F E ) repeats) Dm E
arise my love, arise and come ) before the breeze blows
Dm E
Dm E and the shadows of death stretch forth.
C Look winter time has already passed Am G Am
Dm E Return, return, return
the rains are over, they have gone away.
F Am G Am
The flowers have appeared on the earth A Return, return, return.
F
the time for singing has come again,
Dm E
and the voice of the turtle-dove has returned
F
the fig tree has blossomed with first fruits
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THE DOVE FLEW (ODE OF SOLOMON XXIV)
Em B7
A The dove flew over the head of the Lord Am B7
Em C The designs were lost
and sang psalms, upon Him Am B7
Am and the angels of heaven cried
The Lord revealed the designs of His love C
B7 E the designs of all those
designs of ineffable art for every man B7
who did not follow His truth.
Am B7 C B7
C The depths were opened For the Lord has shown His way
Am Am
and terrible cries were heard and spread His grace
B7 B7
like those of women in delivery on all those who follow Him;
C C
and the Lord destroyed the darkness He has given them power
B7 B7
with the light of His gaze to make themselves beautiful by His Holiness
Em Em
A The dove flew ……… A The dove flew ………
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O JESUS MY LOVE
Am F C-A O Jesus my love ………

C O Jesus my love,
how much you have loved me, C You have taken the cross from me
E so that I may take salvation from you
how much you have loved me! C-A O Jesus my love ……..
C-A O Jesus my love …… C You have taken death from me

so that I may take life from you
Am G Am
C You have taken the sins from me C-A O Jesus my love ………
F E
so that I may take forgiveness from you C You have taken burial from me
so that I may take resurrection from you
C-A O Jesus my love ……..
C-A O Jesus my love …….
C You have taken thorns, pride from me
so that I may take humility and meekness from you Am G Am
C From me, O Lord, you have taken death and sin
C-A O Jesus my love ……… F E
so that I may take from you all of yourself
C You have taken lashes, floggings: lust from me F E
so that I may take purity and love from you all of yourself you have given to me.
C You have taken spoliation: avarice from me

so that I may take the renunciation
of riches from you
C You have taken gall and vinegar from me

so that I may take sweetness from you
You have taken derision, mockery from me
so that I may take mildness from you
You have taken the nails, the lance from me
so that I may take obedience from you
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TAKE ME TO HEAVEN
E C#m G#
C Take me to heaven, take me to heaven, oh Lord
E C#m G#
because to die, because to die, is certainly better
A E
it is certainly better
B7 E
to stay with you, to stay with you
C-A Take me to heaven ………
E
C For one thing I pray you, for this only I beg you:
C#m G#
never to doubt of your love,
A E
never to doubt of your love,
B7 E
to stay with you, to stay with you
C-A Take me to heaven ……….
E
C Oh how good, oh how sweet
C#m G#
your love has been for me
A E
your love has been for me
B7 E
Oh how good, oh how sweet
C-A Take me to heaven ………

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YOU ARE MY HOPE, O LORD (Ode of Solomon)
C#dim
C You are my hope, O Lord,
Bb7 A7
and I shall not be disappointed.
C#dim
With your glory you have created us
Bb7 A7
in your mercy you have raised us up
Dm A7
C-A You have pulled me out of the depths of Sheol
Bb7 A7
from the mouth of death you have snatched me
Dm A7
because I have believed in your Messiah
Bb7 A7
and that he is the Lord I have confessed
Gm A7
C You have given us the “great sign”,
Gm A7
the mystery hidden from the angels
Bb7
to make war by your word
A7
and to come back victorious from the nations
Dm A7
C-A You are my hope, O Lord
Bb7 A7
and I shall not be disappointed
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A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN
Am G F
C-A In heaven appeared then a grandiose sign was thrown down to earth
Am E
a woman clothed in the sun and his angels with him
with the moon under her feet C-A In heaven appeared then ………
G Am G
and on her head a crown of twelve stars C When the dragon saw he had been thrown down to earth
F F
she is pregnant and crying out he pursued the woman
E E
for the pangs and travails of delivery who had given birth to the male child;
Am G Am
C Then another sign appeared in heaven but the woman was given
F G
a great red dragon the two wings of the great eagle to fly into the desert
E F
with seven heads and ten horns where she is to be nourished
Am E
The dragon stood before the woman for a time and two times, and half a time
G Am G
who was giving birth Then the dragon got enraged with the woman
F E F E
to devour her son, newly born and went away to make war on the rest of her children
Am G F
And the woman gave birth to a male child on those who keep the commandments of God
G E
He who is to rule all the nations of the earth and bear witness to Jesus
F C-A In heaven appeared then …….
And her son was carried away Am G
E C Rejoice then O heavens, and you who live there
up to God and his throne F E
C-A In heaven appeared then ……… because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down
G F Am Am
C Now a war broke out in heaven; But alas for you on earth and sea because the devil
G G F
Michael and his angels has gone down to you filled with rage
F E E
fought against the dragon knowing he has a short time left.
G F Am G F E
and the dragon and his angels fought Amen. Amen. Amen.
but did not prevail C-A In heaven appeared then ………
E
and there was no longer any place for in heaven
Am
The great dragon, the ancient serpent
G
who is called the Devil and Satan
the seducer of the whole world
282
I’VE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS
D Bm G
C I’ve stretched out my hands
E A
I’ve stretched out my hands
G D
And I’ve prayed to the Lord
A D
I have prayed like the Lord
A I’ve stretched out …………
F# G F#
C Abba, Father of mine, Abba, Father of mine
E A
into your hands I commit my spirit
G D A D
Into your hands I commit my spirit
A I’ve stretched out ………..
Bm/G/E A
C Because to stretch the hands out is the sign of Him
G D
and my standing erect
A D
The wood is lifted up, the wood is lifted up
A I’ve stretched out …………..
F# G F#
C Abba, Father of mine; Abba, Father of mine
E A
Into your hands I commit my spirit
G D A D
Into your hands I commit my spirit.
283
PASCHAL HOMILY OF MELITO OF SARDIS
Dm A7 A7
C You have covered death with shame persecuted in David
Dm Dm
you have thrown hell into mourning mocked and despised in all the prophets
A7 A7
you have struck iniquity You are lamb who does not open his mouth
Dm Dm
you have deprived injustice of her children you are lamb born of Mary
Bb7 A7
as Moses did to Pharoah C-A Mary, she-lamb without blemish ……
Bb7 A7
as Moses did to Pharoah Dm A7
C You were taken from the flock
C-A You have covered death with shame ….. led to the sacrifice
Dm
Dm A7 immolated towards evening
C You have brought us from slavery to freedom A7
Dm buried at night, your blessed
from darkness to light, from death to life Dm
A7 body did not know corruption
You are the passover of our salvation A7
Dm you are risen from death
you are the lamb born of Mary you have raised humanity
Dm
Dm A7 from the depth of the tomb
C-A Mary, she-lamb without blemish You are the lamb who does not
Dm A7
Mary, the innocent she-lamb open his mouth, you are the lamb
Dm
Dm A7 born of Mary.
C You have been slain in Abel
Dm C-A Mary, she-lamb without blemish ……
you have been bound in Isaac
A7
sold in Joseph
Dm
abandoned in the waters in Moses

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HE ROSE FROM DEATH

SONGS FOR THE NEOCATECHUMENAL COMMUNITIES

Revised: June, 2002.

‘if the psalm prays, pray with it;

-- Yellow cards for the songs of the Eucharist (Pg. 1 – 30)

Revised: June, 2002.

THE POPE PAUL VI TO THE NEOCATECHUMENAL COMMUNITIES (1)

THE POPE JOHN PAUL II TO THE NEOCATECHUMENAL COMMUNITIES (2)

(1) During the general audience of May 8, 1974

Revised: June, 2002.

A shoot springs 122 Daughters of Jerusalem (Funeral March) 104

Revised: June, 2002.

Happy the man (Ps.1) 116 I want to go to Jerusalem 217

Revised: June, 2002.

Revised: June, 2002.

The Lord is my light and my salvation 44 Yahweh, you are my God 35

Uri, Uri, Ura 92

Virgin of wonder 111

When I awake (Ps.17) 82

Revised: June, 2002.

1. BIBLICAL SONGS 41(42) As the deer yearns 80

Revised: June, 2002

Revised: June, 2002.

Rom. 8,15ff Abba Father 45 Why is this night? 83

Eph. 1,3-13 Blessed be God 212 5. SONGS TO MARY

Revised: June, 2002.

Take me to heaven 279 Holy, Holy, Holy (Ordinary time) 5

Revised: June, 2002.

C You, who from death did call Lazarus,

C You, who didn’t refuse to eat with prostitutes and sinners,

C You, who did forgive the adulterous woman,

C You, who always loved Judas until the end

C You, who have died and risen for our justification

(*) Capo III

(*) Capo III

G Am to destroy death and sin by his

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY (Easter Season )

(*) Capo III

G Am He took flesh and was born of the

(*) Capo III

baptising them in the Name C

C F C Wash what is dirty

C F A Come, Holy Spirit ………..

A Come, Holy Spirit …………… C Give virtue and love

A Come, Holy Spirit ……….

C Light immortal light,

A Come, Holy Spirit ……….

C From the eternal splendour

A Come, O Divine Spirit …………

C O light of eternal wisdom

Am G C Be light to the intellect

Am G C O Jesus immortal King

A From the abyss of death …………

Peace between heaven and earth

May the Passover alleluia,

To you glory, O Christ,

O Jesus, king of glory,

Grant that one day we come

Transformed into your image,

The Sun of Justice

You, Saviour oft the poor,

Praise to you, O Christ

G Am P In this He fulfilled your will