Maundy Thursday Worship Lyrics

Thursday, April 17, 2025

“Agnus Dei”

Alleluia, Alleluia
For the Lord God Almighty Reigns (repeat)

Holy, Holy
Are Your Lord God, Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb, Worthy is the Lamb
For You are Holy, Holy
Are you Lord God, Almighty
Worthy is the Lamb
Worthy is the Lamb
Amen.

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“How Can I Keep From Singing?”

My life flows on in endless song;
above earth’s lamentation,
I hear the sweet, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.

Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear the music ringing.
It finds an echo in my soul,
how can I keep from singing? 

What though my joys and comforts die?
I know my Savior liveth.
What though the darkness gather round,
songs in the night he giveth.

No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to the refuge clinging.
Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?

 I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin,
I see the blue above it.
And day by day this pathway smooths,
since first I learned to love it.

The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing.
For all things are mine since I am his,
how can I keep from singing? 

No storm can shake my inmost calm,
while to that refuge clinging.
Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?

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Poem: “Maundy Thursday”

 Here is the source of every sacrament,

The all-transforming presence of the Lord, Replenishing our every element

Remaking us in his creative Word.

For here the earth herself gives bread and wine,

The air delights to bear his Spirit’s speech,

The fire dances where the candles shine,

The waters cleanse us with His gentle touch.

And here He shows the full extent of love

To us whose love is always incomplete,

In vain we search the heavens high above,

The God of love is kneeling at our feet.

Though we betray Him, though it is the night.

We meets us here and loves us into the light.

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Centering Prayer

I wanna be where my feet are.
I wanna breathe the life around me.
I wanna listen as my heart beats right on time.
I wanna be where my feet are.  

I chase my worries, I flee my sorrows,
but what You give me is now.
So take my burdens and my tomorrows:
I wannabe where my feet are. 

I run to capture the next horizon,
but what you give me is here.
I get no farther, and still I find You:
I wanna be where my feet are.

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“Plowshare Prayer”

Dear blessed creator, dear mother, dear savior
Dear father, dear brother, dear holy other
Dear sibling, dear baby, dear patiently waiting
Dear sad & confused, dear stuck & abused
Dear end of your rope, dear worn out & broke
Dear go it alone, dear running from home
Dear righteously angry, forsaken by family
Dear jaded & quiet, dear tough & defiant

I pray that I’m heard. And I pray that this works.

I pray if a prayer has been used as a sword
Against you & your heart
Against you & your word
I pray that this prayer is a plowshare of sorts
That it might break you open
It might help you grow
I pray that your body gets all that it needs
And if you don’t want healing
I just pray for peace
I pray that your burden gets lighter each day
I pray the mean voice in your head goes away
I pray that you honor the grief as it comes
I pray you can feel all the life in your lungs
I pray that if you go all day being brave
That you can go home, go to bed
Feeling safe
I pray you’re forgiven. I pray you forgive
I pray you set boundaries & openly live
I pray that you feel you are worth never leaving
I pray that you know I will always believe you

I pray that you’re heard
And I pray that this works

Amen on behalf of the last & the least
On behalf of the anxious, depressed & unseen
Amen for the workers, the hungry, the houseless
Amen for the lonely & recently spouseless
Amen for the queers & their closeted peers
Amen for the bullied who hold in their tears
Amen for the mothers of little Black sons
Amen for the kids who grow up scared of guns
Amen for the addicts, ashamed & hungover
Amen for the calloused, the wisened, the sober
Amen for ones who want life to be over
Amen for the leaders who lose their composure
And amen for the parents who just lost their baby
Amen for chronically ill & disabled
Amen for the children down at the border
Amen for the victims of our law & order

I pray that you’re heard. And I pray that this works
I pray if a prayer has been used as a sword
Against you & your heart
Against you & your word
I pray that this prayer is a plowshare of sorts

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“Humble People, Humble Christ”

Let this mind be in us as in Christ,
To lay every privilege aside,
To leave all our comforts behind
To dig up the roots of our pride
Heal us today make us whole
Where we’ve been proud bring us low,
Just so you can be exalted
Kind and righteous, Lord 

Humble people, humble Christ
Make us like you, love’s pure light

Let this life be in us as in Christ,
To lay every preference aside
Risking our image and rights
Trusting with all of our lives
Bring about change in our minds
Break down the walls that divide,
So you can be exalted
Great and righteous, Lord 

Every nation, every tribe
Those unseen and pushed aside
Altogether let us sing
Jesus Christ, the humble king
Open hands and bended knees
A kingdom for the least of these
Altogether let us sing
Jesus Christ, the humble king (repeat)

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“The Blessing”

The Lord bless you and keep you,
Make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you,
The Lord turn His face toward you
And give you peace.

Amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen, amen

May His favor be upon you
And a thousand generations,
And your family and your children
And their children, and their children x4 

May His presence go before you
And behind you, and beside you
All around you, and within you
He is with you, he is with you

In the morning, in the evening
In your coming, and your going
In your weeping, and rejoicing
He is for you, he is for you

Amen, amen, amen
Amen, amen, amen

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