Entrance: Christ Be Beside Me

1. Christ be beside me,
Christ be before me,
Christ be behind me,
King of my heart.
Christ be within me,
Christ be below me,
Christ be above me,
never to part.

2. Christ on my right hand,
Christ on my left hand,
Christ all around me,
shield in the strife.
Christ in my sleeping,
Christ in my sitting,
Christ in my rising,
light of my life.

Gloria: (Liam Lawton)

Refrain:
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth.
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth.
(verses in 4 part harmony by cantors)

Psalm: (of the day)
Response:
The Lord is compassion and love. (verses solo)

Alleluia: Pilgrim Alleluia (Liam Lawton)
Refrain: Alle, Allelu, Alleluia
Alle, Allelu, Alleluia
Alle, Allelu, Alleluia
Alle, Allelu, Alleluia

Cantor: Speak O Lord, your servant here is listening.
You have the message of eternal life.
Speak O Lord, your servant here is listening.
You have the message of eternal life.
Repeat Refrain.

Offertory: Blessed be God

Blest are you Lord, God of all creation
Thanks to your goodness
This bread we offer
Fruit of the earth—work of our hands
It will become the bread of life!

Blessed be God! Blessed be God!
Blessed be God forever! Amen!
Blessed be God! Blessed be God!
Blessed be God forever! Amen.

Blest are you Lord, God of all creation
Thanks to your goodness
This wine we offer
Fruit of the earth—work of our hands
It will become the cup of life!

Blessed be God! Blessed be God!
Blessed be God forever! Amen!
Blessed be God! Blessed be God!
Blessed be God forever! Amen.

Holy Holy: (Schubert)

Holy, Holy Holy, Merciful and mighty
Holy, Holy Holy, Holy is the Lord.
Glory, laud and honour to His Holy Name
Holy, Holy Holy, evermore the same.

Acclamation: He is Lord:

He is Lord. He is Lord. He is risen from the dead and He is Lord.
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Amen 563: Amen, Amen, Amen.

Our Father: (Estelle White)

Lamb of God: (Séoirse Bodley)

Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. (x 2)
Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

Communion Hymn: 1. O Lord All The World
Words and Music: Patrick Appleford.

O Lord all the world belongs to you
And you are always making all things new.
What is wrong you forgive and the new life you give
Is what’s turning the world upside down.

The world’s only loving to its friends
But you have brought us love that never ends.
Loving enemies too and this loving with you
Is what’s turning the world upside down.

Communion Hymn: 1. (continued)

This world lives divided and apart.
You draw us all together and we
start
In your body to see that in
fellowship we
Can be turning the world upside down.

O Lord all the world belongs to you
And you are always making all things new.
Send your Spirit on all in your Church whom you call
To be turning the world upside down.

Communion Hymn: 2. Lead Kindly Light

Refrain: Lead, kindly Light, amid the gloom of evening.
Lord, lead me on! Lord, lead me on!
On through the night! On to your radiance!
Lead, kindly Light! Lead, kindly Light.

Verse 1: (solo) The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Direct my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
So lead me onward, Lord, and hear my plea.

Refrain.

Verse 2: (solo) Not always thus, I seldom looked for you,
I loved to choose and seek my path alone.
In spite of fear, my pride controlled my will.
Remember not my past, but lead me still.

Refrain.

Recessional: How Great Thou Art

1. O Lord, my God,
when I in awesome wonder
consider all the works
thy hand hath made,
I see the stars,
I hear the rolling thunder,
thy pow’r throughout
the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul,
my Saviour God, to thee:
how great thou art,
how great thou art.
Then sings my soul,
my Saviour God, to thee:
how great thou art,
how great thou art.

2. When through the woods
and forest glades I wander
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees;
when I look down
from lofty mountain grandeur,
and hear the brook,
and feel the gentle breeze.

Then sings my soul,
my Saviour God, to thee:
how great thou art,
how great thou art.
Then sings my soul,
my Saviour God, to thee:
how great thou art,
how great thou art

Fr. Greg for his great leadership as former Parish Priest, for his great initiative as he decorated his church, prepared his parishioners for a wonderful televised Mass last February and co-ordinated the Railings and Grounds project. Mention was also made of Fr. Greg as a great people person. His spirit of care and support for all his parishioners was admirable.

Fr. Peter was given tribute for his prompt hospital visitations (he even made it just after the ambulance!) and for his reverence and commitment to his ministry as a priest.

Fr. Niall was acknowledged for his work with the youth and for his great enthusiasm as he went about his tasks as a priest.

Fr. Pádraig was referred to as our ‘recycled parish priest’; a comment which Fr. Pádraig thoroughly enjoyed!

Just before the end of Mass, the three priests were presented with beautiful memory books in which parishioners had written messages of thanksgiving and best wishes.