Let all mortal flesh keep silence And with fear and trembling stand Ponder nothing earthly-minded For, with blessing in His hand Christ our God to earth descendeth Our full homage to demand.

 

 King of kings, yet born of Mary As of old on earth He stood Lord of lords, in human vesture In the body and the blood He will give to all the faithful His own self for heav'nly food.

 

Rank on rank the host of heaven Spreads its vanguard on the way As the Light of light descendeth From the realms of endless day That the pow'rs of hell may vanish As the darkness clears away.

 

At His feet the six-winged seraph Cherubim with sleepless eye Veil their faces to the Presence As with ceaseless voice they cry “Alleluia, alleluia Alleluia, Lord Most High! Alleluia, Lord Most High!”

 

 

Enlighten our hearts, O Lord, 

with the light of faith 

and kindle in them the fire of love,

that we may confidently adore in spirit and in truth 

him whom we acknowledge in this Sacrament 

to be our Lord and God

W ho lives and reigns forever and ever.  Amen.

 

 

Peace I give to you my friend,

My peace is my gift to you.

Not as the world gives peace, my friend,

Is the peace I bequeath to you.

 

Peace of the quiet Earth to you,

The peace of the flowing air,

The peace of the dancing waves to you,

The peace of the shining star.

 

The peace of the sun of peace to you,

The peace of the sun of peace.

For peace is my gift to you, my friend,

My peace I bequeath to you.

 

 

 

 

Make me a channel of your peace. 

Where there is hatred let me bring your 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 

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 

In giving to all men that we receive 

And in dying that we're born to eternal life.