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VERSE 1
It is Ash Wednesday’s early morn.
The old, the young, the newly born
Await the mark of Adam’s dust
To seal their wills in Jesus’ trust.
VERSE 2
Prepared to walk the Lenten trail
They face death’s dark and shadowed vale.
Rememb'ring Christ who led the way
They bravely march beneath his sway.
VERSE 3
You came from dust and dust would be
Without the Great Son’s victory.
The gift is free yet must be claimed
By goodness lived and evil tamed.
VERSE 4
It is Ash Wednesday’s early morn.
The old, the young, the newly born
Await the mark of Adam’s dust
To seal their wills in Jesus’ trust.
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VERSE 1
Jesus, you entered Satan’s lair
To conquer evil in its keep.
In forty days of fast and prayer
You showed your right to tend God’s sheep.
When hunger closed its vicious grasp
‘Round your incarnate body’s need
You fled from food as from an asp,
For you had bread enough, indeed.
REFRAIN
O help us, Lord, refuse the bait
Of evil's constant, charming lure.
Protect us now from Satan's hate,
And keep us in your arm's secure,
And keep us in your arm's secure.
VERSE 2
You would not use the gift of bread
To cover man’s true need for grace,
The resurrection of the dead,
The gift to ‘waken Adam’s race.
For Caesar’s ways you had no care.
The way of pow’r you would not trod.
Instead you took old Satan’s dare
And let him think that he killed God.
REFRAIN
O help us, Lord, refuse the bait
Of evil's constant, charming lure.
Protect us now from Satan's hate,
And keep us in your arm's secure,
And keep us in your arm's secure.
VERSE 3
When you return to claim your due
May we be found upon your breast
With heads reclining near to you,
Like little babes, secure, at rest.
REFRAIN
O help us, Lord, refuse the bait
Of evil's constant, charming lure.
Protect us now from Satan's hate,
And keep us in your arm's secure,
And keep us in your arm's secure.
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VERSE 1
Great Trinity of love and might,
Your glory shines in mercy shown.
To nothingness you gave your light,
All fallen matter made your own.
Your gift of life we all denied,
But Jesus came to bear our faults.
The Spirit tells us Satan lied,
And then with truth our pride assaults.
VERSE 2
You scrape the rust of sin from souls
Who long have lived apart from good.
Your Spirit’s mercy then enrolls
The soul in Christian sisterhood.
Be merciful, O Lord, recall
All erring souls to life in light.
Your noble grace each heart enthrall.
In glory show your mercy bright.
VERSE 3
Forget not, Lord, your wand’ring sheep.
Direct us back into your Way.
Collect and guide us to your keep.
Reclaim us while it’s still the Day.
Forget not, Lord, your wand’ring sheep.
Direct us back into your Way.
Collect and guide us to your keep.
Reclaim us while it’s still the Day.
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VERSE 1
Bind me, O Lord, close to your loving heart,
For without you, helpless, I wander off.
There is always something pulling me apart.
I cannot keep you in mind, just myself!
VERSE 2
Make me, dear Lord, solely delight in You,
May I desire to follow in your ways.
Fill my mind, Lord, then indeed I will be true.
Fill my heart, and I will be truly yours.
REFRAIN
Delight, delight, delight in the Lord.
Stand in his presence, and give him your praise.
Gaze on his glory—our certain reward.
Adore him through all your life-given days.
VERSE 3
Keep me, O Lord, from image or event,
Luring my poor infant gaze from your face.
Hold my body to your Word and Sacrament.
Let me love you like the child that I am.
REFRAIN
Delight, delight, delight in the Lord.
Stand in his presence, and give him your praise.
Gaze on his glory—our certain reward.
Adore him through all your life-given days.
VERSE 4
Those who delight in you will surely stand.
Let me desire only your holy face.
Father, may I worship you with heart in hand,
While my little soul is filled with your gaze.
REFRAIN
Delight, delight, delight in the Lord.
Stand in his presence, and give him your praise.
Delight, delight, delight in the Lord.
Stand in his presence, and give him your praise.
Gaze on his glory—our certain reward.
Adore him through all your life-given days.
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VERSE 1
Jesus Christ, Holy One, Incarnate Son,
Like Manna from high Heaven’s Banquet Hall,
Falls on those who would have Him in their heart.
The Bread of Life which cancelled Adam’s fall.
VERSE 2
As it is in Heaven’s Banquet Hall
So it is in hearts where manna dwells.
The Father’s grace is sung by hearts redeemed:
A thankful song from all creation swells
REFRAIN
Let our songs be sung and our stories told
With words Spirit filled and gladdest praises
From the soul indwelt by the Holy One
Jesus, Bread of Heaven, set our hearts ablaze.
VERSE 3
Come, O come, Bread of Heav'n, into our hearts.
Indwell our lives, Dear Jesus, blessed Son.
Abide with us that we may live in you
And may our stories in your Word be spun.
REFRAIN
Let our songs be sung and our stories told
With words Spirit filled and gladdest praises
From the soul indwelt by the Holy One
Jesus, Bread of Heaven, set our hearts ablaze.
Set our hearts ablaze,
Set our hearts ablaze.
REFRAIN
Let our songs be sung and our stories told
With words Spirit filled and gladdest praises
From the soul indwelt by the Holy One
Jesus, Bread of Heaven, set our hearts ablaze.
Set our hearts ablaze,
Set our hearts ablaze,
Set our hearts ablaze,
Set our hearts ablaze.
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VERSE 1
Our minds are fickle and our wills are flighty,
They flit about like dry petals in the wind.
Feelings chase their tails, they turn and tumble;
Our inmost selves are all undisciplined.
VERSE 2
No, we cannot control the will’s affections,
Our hearts are all self-centered, they cannot hold.
We don’t even know what we desire,
Without a cause or goal our lives unfold.
VERSE 3
You could constrain or force our wills to order,
But then Imago Dei in us would be lost.
We would be machines instead of humans
But God would have His friends whate’er the cost.
VERSE 4
Let Jesus shape our minds and wills, O Father.
Yes, let Him change our hearts by His holy grace.
Help us freely love what you desire,
And let us will your will and seek your face.
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VERSE 1
Like a foolish knight mounted on an ass
The Messiah comes to Holy Zion.
Those who should receive Him receive Him not
While the small ones name Him David’s scion.
CHORUS
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Dear Lord!
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, True Son.
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Blessed Lamb.
Hosanna, Jesus. It’s new life You’ve won.
More than David’s son Jesus comes to die.
He is lifted up, our Savior glorified
On the Cross exalted, the Son of God,
He is Lord of all, True Human deified.
CHORUS
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Dear Lord!
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, True Son.
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Blessed Lamb.
Hosanna, Jesus. It’s new life You’ve won.
BRIDGE
Open our eyes to see the truth He bears.
Open our minds to know true power’s sway.
Open our lips to praise His Name on high.
Open our hands to pave His holy Way.
CHORUS
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Dear Lord!
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, True Son.
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Blessed Lamb.
Hosanna, Jesus. It’s new life You’ve won.
CHORUS
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Dear Lord!
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, True Son.
Hosanna Jesus. Hosanna, Blessed Lamb.
Hosanna, Jesus. It’s new life You’ve won.
Hosanna, Jesus. It’s new life You’ve won.
It’s new life You’ve won.
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VERSE 1
Let us praise Jesus, the Washer of Feet;
Jesus, the Lordly who gave up his Seat;
Jesus, the Maker of all that there is;
Jesus, the Servant to all who are his.
REFRAIN
We praise Jesus
We praise Jesus
VERSE 2
Let us praise Jesus, the Blesser of Bread;
Jesus, the Off’ring who suffered and bled;
Jesus, the Royal who knelt in the dust;
Jesus, the Priest in whose Blessing we trust.
REFRAIN
We praise Jesus
We praise Jesus
VERSE 3
Let us praise Jesus, the Shepherd alone;
Jesus, the Lover who gathers His own;
Jesus, the Wounded who died for us all;
Jesus, the Christ on whose goodness we call.
VERSE 4
Let us praise Jesus, the Savior adored;
Jesus, the Sonnet of praise to our Lord;
Jesus, the Gracious whose own life He gave;
Jesus, the Lowly who came down to save.
REFRAIN
We praise Jesus
We praise Jesus
We praise Jesus
We praise Jesus
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Good Friday: The End
05:47
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VERSE 1
Day of evil's triumph over virtue!
On this day is the Good is called the vile.
Treated as a wolf, this Gentle Shepherd;
Foulest envy does the Good defile.
VERSE 2
Day of shadows, blood and tears and sorrows!
On this day is beauty torn asunder.
Glory marred with whips and thorns and nails;
Foulest darkness covers Beauty’s wonder.
VERSE 3
Day of falsity, lies and pretension!
On this day is Truth’s bent body killed.
When High Priest and Judge both fail the True One;
Foulest cup of Satan’s lies is swilled.
CHORUS 1
Purest Jesus, you held us to the end.
Truest Jesus, you taught us to the end.
Strongest Jesus, you bore us to the end.
CHORUS 2
Dearest Jesus, you loved us to the end.
Dearest Jesus, you loved us to the end.
Dearest Jesus, you loved us to the end.
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VERSE 1
There silence, darkness, and death’s sorrow was
In Jesus’ Sabbath rest within the tomb.
The Son of Man had given up his life.
A stone had closed the Lord in silent gloom.
VERSE 2
A seed had fallen to the stone-cold earth,
And, gently, as the silent Sabbath fled,
That seed began to sprout its living shoot,
As new life rose and into daylight sped.
The light that since creation’s birth had shone
Was hidden by the stone that closed it in,
But with a burst of light that marked the shroud,
The Light of Christ, new light, shone out again.
VERSE 3
The mouth that spoke from God’s own depths his Word
Was silenced by a facecloth on his head,
But, glorified, he spoke the Word anew.
The Word himself had risen from the dead.
New growth now comes to those who stomped the seed,
And those who quashed the lamp now walk in light,
Now those who silenced God can hear him speak:
Dead live, deaf hear, and blind receive their sight.
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