23 Sunday Ordinary Time A
St. Matthias Catholic Church
September 6, 2020
(Labor Day)
Entrance: G 988 – My Country, ‘Tis
My country tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died!
Land of the Pilgrim's pride!
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring!
My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above.
Gospel Acclamation:
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gifts: G 835 – They’ll Know We Are Christians
We are one in the Spirit
We are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit
We are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity
May one day be restored
And they'll know we are Christians
By our love, By our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians
By our love
We will walk with each other
We will walk hand in hand
We will walk with each other
We will walk hand in hand
And together we'll spread the news
That God is in our land
And they'll know we are Christians
By our love, By our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians
By our love
They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love Lyrics
We are one in the Spirit
We are one in the Lord
We are one in the Spirit
We are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity
May one day be restored
And they'll know we are Christians
By our love, By our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians
By our love
We will walk with each other
We will walk hand in hand
We will walk with each other
We will walk hand in hand
And together we'll spread the news
That God is in our land
And they'll know we are Christians
By our love, By our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians
By our love
We will work with each other
We will work side by side
We will work with each other
We will work side by side
And we'll guard each man's dignity
And save each man's pride
And they'll know we are Christians
By our love, By our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians
By our love
All praise to the Father
From whom all things come
And all praise to Christ Jesus His only son
And all praise to the Spirit
Who makes us one
And they'll know we are Christians
By our love, By our love
Yes, they'll know we are Christians
By our love
Communion: G 828 – Make Me a channel of Your Peace
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred, let me bring love
Where there is injury, Your pardon Lord
And where there's doubt, true faith in You
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness ever joy
Oh, Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
Or to be loved as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
It is in giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we are born to eternal life
G 886 – Immaculate Mary (Mary’s birthday September 8, 2020)
Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing.
You reignest in splendor with Jesus our King.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria!
In Heaven the blessed thy glory proclaim;
On earth we thy children invoke thy fair name.
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria!
We pray for God's glory, may His kingdom come.
We pray for his vicar, our father in Rome!
Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria!
We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth,
And bless, dearest lady, the land of our birth.
Sending: G 984 – America the Beautiful
O beautiful for spacious skies
For amber waves of grain
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw
Confirm thy soul in self-control
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!