Geste d’leau – Water Gesture

Tuesday 18th July : 3.00pm : Prairie

Gathering Hymn

Stephen Dean

Water of life, cleanse and refresh us; raise us to life in Christ Jesus.

All you who thirst, come to the waters, and you will never be thirsty again.

As rain from heav’n, so is God’s word, it waters the earth and brings forth life.

Dying with Christ, so we shall rise with him, death shall no longer have pow’r over us;

Turn to the Lord, cast off your wickedness, you will find peace in his infinite love.

Liturgy

John Foley SJ

O let all who thirst, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without price.

Why should you pay the price, except for the Lord?

And let all who seek, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without strife.

Why should you spend your life, except for the Lord?

And let all who toil, let them come to the water. And let all who are weary, let them come to the Lord: all who labour, without rest. How can your soul find rest, except for the Lord?

And let all the poor, let them come to the water, Bring the ones who are laden, bring them all to the Lord: bring the children without might. Easy the load and light: come to the Lord.

Concluding Hymn

J. P. Lecot, tr. W. Raymond Lawrence

Holy Virgin, by God’s decree, you were called eternally; that he could give his Son to our race. Mary, we praise you, hail full of grace.

Ave, ave, ave, Maria.

By your faith and loving accord, as the handmaid of the Lord, you undertook God’s plan to embrace. Mary, we thank you, hail full of grace.

Refuge for your children so weak, sure protection all can seek. Problems of life you help us to face. Mary, we trust you, hail full of grace.

To our needy world of today love and beauty you portray, showing the path to Christ we must trace. Mary, our mother, hail, full of grace.