Choral Music

Offertory (9a)   Eternal Life    Olive Dungan
Marlon Hurst, soloist

Lord, make me an
instrument of thy peace;
Where there is hatred,
let me sow love;
Where there is injury,
pardon;
Where there is doubt,
faith;
Where there is despair,
hope;
Where there is darkness,
light;
Where there is sadness,
joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may
not so much seek
to be consoled
as to console,
to be understood
as to understand,
to be loved
as to love.

For it is in giving
that we receive;
It is in pardoning
that we are pardoned;
It is in dying
that we are born
to eternal life.

--St. Francis of Assisi

Offertory (11:15a)   Thy Kingdom Come   Karen Marrolli
Sanctuary Choir
Jay Bloodworth, violin

When Christ reigns
in our souls,
and we strive
to make all people whole,
then, O Lord,
thy will is done.
O Lord,
thy kingdom come!

When Christ reigns
in our hearts,
and all worldly
selfishness departs,
then, O Lord,
thy will is done.
O Lord,
thy kingdom come!

For the rulers
of this earth
do not seek
the Savior's worth.
Turn our spirits,
one by one!
O Lord, 
thy kingdom come!

When Christ reigns
in our minds,
and we choose to love
and to bee kind,
then, O Lord,
thy will is done.
O Lord,
thy kingdom come!

For the call
is high and clear;
Christian, turn
your soul to hear!
Now a new song
has begun.
O Lord, 
thy kingdom come!

Be thou my vision,
O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me,
save that thou art;
thou my best thought,
by day or by night.
waking or sleeping,
thy presence my light!

When Christ reigns
in our world,
and we are his flag
of love unfurled,
then, O Lord,
thy will is done.
O Lord,
thy kingdom come!

--Karen Marrolli;
--Irish peom, tr. Mary E. Byrne,
vers. Eleanor Hull