Liturgical Music
3|22|26 - Fifth Sunday of LENT (A)
Entrance: Christ in Me Arise
Refrain:
Christ in me, arise and dispel all the
darkness
Christ in me, arise with Your power and
Your strength
Christ in me, pour out Your blessing and
healing
Christ in me, arise, and I shall rise with You
Verse 1:
Be now my vision open these eyes
Showing me all that I must see
Onward to the kingdom, You are the way
Arise in me, and I shall rise with You
[Refrain]
Verse 2:
Be now my footsteps leading the way
Taking me where I must go
Onward to the kingdom, You are the way
Arise in me, and I shall rise with You
[Refrain]
Lectionary: 34
1st reading
Ezekiel 37:12-14
A reading from the Prophet of Ezekiel
Thus says the Lord GOD:
O my people, I will open your graves
and have you rise from them,
and bring you back to the land of Israel.
Then you shall know that I am the LORD,
when I open your graves and have you rise from them,
O my people!
I will put my spirit in you that you may live,
and I will settle you upon your land;
thus you shall know that I am the LORD.
I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to my voice in supplication.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
If you, O LORD, mark iniquities,
LORD, who can stand?
But with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
I trust in the LORD;
my soul trusts in his word.
More than sentinels wait for the dawn,
let Israel wait for the LORD.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
For with the LORD is kindness
and with him is plenteous redemption;
And he will redeem Israel
from all their iniquities.
R. With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.
2nd reading
Romans 8:8-11
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans
Brothers and sisters:
Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
But you are not in the flesh;
on the contrary, you are in the spirit,
if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you,
although the body is dead because of sin,
the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
the one who raised Christ from the dead
will give life to your mortal bodies also,
through his Spirit dwelling in you.
Thanks be to God.
Lenten Gospel Acclamation:
John 11:25a, 26
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory
I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will never die.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory
Gospel
John 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
Glory to you, O Lord.
The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying,
“Master, the one you love is ill.”
When Jesus heard this he said,
“This illness is not to end in death,
but is for the glory of God,
that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So when he heard that he was ill,
he remained for two days in the place where he was.
Then after this he said to his disciples,
"Let us go back to Judea.”
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus
had already been in the tomb for four days.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
“Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you.”
Jesus said to her,
“Your brother will rise.”
Martha said,
“I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world.”
He became perturbed and deeply troubled, and said,
“Where have you laid him?”
They said to him, “Sir, come and see.”
And Jesus wept.
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.”
But some of them said,
“Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man
have done something so that this man would not have died?”
So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb.
It was a cave, and a stone lay across it.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him,
“Lord, by now there will be a stench;
he has been dead for four days.”
Jesus said to her,
“Did I not tell you that if you believe
you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone.
And Jesus raised his eyes and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
I know that you always hear me;
but because of the crowd here I have said this,
that they may believe that you sent me.”
And when he had said this,
He cried out in a loud voice,
“Lazarus, come out!”
The dead man came out,
tied hand and foot with burial bands,
and his face was wrapped in a cloth.
So Jesus said to them,
“Untie him and let him go.”
Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary
and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
NICENE CREED
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the Only Begotten Son of God,
born of the Father before all ages.
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us men and for our salvation
he came down from heaven, (ALL BOW)
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,
and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried,
and rose again on the third day
in accordance with the Scriptures.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead
and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Offertory: I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Verse 1:
I know that my Redeemer lives
The One who calls me home
I long to see God face to face
to see with my own eyes
Refrain:
I know that my Redeemer lives, that I shall rise again
I know that my Redeemer lives, and I shall rise again
Verse 2:
I know that I shall one day see
the goodness of the Lord
When God will wipe away our tears
and death will be no more [Refrain]
Verse 3:
The last day I shall rise again
shall be remade like God
My home shall be by God's own side
the dying, rising Lord [Refrain]
Communion: Spirit and Grace
Verse 1:
Spirit and grace, here in this meal
You are the wind that breathes through the field
Gather the wheat and form us in Christ
Come be our source and breath of life
Refrain:
In the bread, blessed, broken and shared
Christ is our life, whose presence we bear
Come, O Spirit, make your grace revealed in this holy meal
Verse 2:
Spirit and grace, here in this meal
You are the life that flows through the vine
Gather this drink and form us in Christ
Come, be our source and blood of life [Refrain]
Verse 3:
Spirit and grace, here in this place
You are the light that shines in this space
Gather your people and form us in Christ
Come be the heartbeat of our lives [Refrain]
Verse 4:
Spirit of God, send me God's love
We spread your wisdom throughout all the earth
Gather the nations and form us in Christ
Come be the presence in our lives [Refrain]
Meditation: God So Loved
Refrain:
God so loved the world
God so loved the world
He gave his only son,
His only son
And, to those who believe in him:
You shall not fear death,
For you shall have eternal life
Yes, you shall have eternal life
God so loved the world.
Verse 1:
Amen I say to you,
No one can enter into the kingdom
Unless you are born of water
Of water and the spirit [Refrain]
Final:
God so loved the world
Amen
Final: Glory in the Cross
Verse 1:
Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ,
Our salvation and our hope
Let us bow in homage to the Lord of Life,
who was broken to make us whole.
There is no greater love, as blessed as this:
to lay down one's life for a friend.
Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ and
the triumph of God's great love.
Verse 2:
Let us make our journey to the cross of
Christ, who surrendered glory and grace
to become a servant of the great and small,
that all people may know God's face.
Though his birth was divine, he knelt as a
slave, to wash common dust from our feet.
Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ and
the triumph of God's great love.
Verse 3:
Let us tell the story of the cross of Christ
As we share his heavenly feast
We become one body in the blood of Christ,
from the great to the very least.
When we eat of this bread, and drink of this
cup, we honor the death of the Lord.
Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ and
the triumph of God's great love.
Verse 4:
Let us stand together at the cross of Christ
Where we see God’s boundless love.
We are saints and sinners who are joined
by faith here on earth and heav'n above.
Neither woman nor man, not servant or free,
but one in the eyes of the Lord.
Let us ever glory in the cross of Christ and
the triumph of God's great love.