Liturgy Planning
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Easter Sunday
| Entrance | Just As He Said | The Gospel (John 20:1-9 / Matthew 28) centers on the empty tomb and the Resurrection. "All is just as He said / He is risen from the dead / Christ has died Christ is risen / Christ will come again" is a direct proclamation of the Easter kerygma, while "The stone is rolled away" mirrors Mary Magdalene's discovery of the stone removed in John 20:1. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Death to Life | Acts 10:40 — "This man God raised on the third day." Colossians 3:1 — "If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above." "From death to life / Jesus You had me in mind / I know that You gave Your life / So I'd have mine" and "O sweet the sound of freedom / Death has no sting it's broken now" capture the Paschal mystery at the center of these readings. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Over and Over | Psalm 118 — "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever." "Over and over / You never fail / Over and over / Your love prevails / Over and over / Your mercy endures" is a lyrical paraphrase of the Responsorial Psalm refrain, making this a natural fit for the Easter celebration of God's enduring mercy. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Song Will Rise | The Sequence (Victimæ paschali laudes) exalts Christ who "died, reigns immortal" and whose Resurrection transforms everything. "Your song will rise / Like the ocean tide / Pouring out like blood and water / From Your piercéd side / We'll be dancin' on the grave / To the rhythm of the waves" evokes the blood and water imagery of the Sequence and the triumph over death. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
Divine Mercy Sunday
| Entrance | Heart of Mercy | This song was intentionally written for this Sunday, exhorting the grace given to us by our merciful Savior. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Touch Your Side | The Gospel is the story of Thomas's doubt and Jesus' invitation to "put your finger here and see my hands… and do not be unbelieving, but believe." The song mirrors this scene almost scene for scene: "Can I touch Your side / Can I see Your hands" and the response "Come and touch My side / And see My hands / Your faith is stronger than your doubt / My truth will set You free / So come and touch My side / And believe." | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Wideness | 1 Peter 1:3 proclaims "a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ" and "mercy" is the theme of Divine Mercy Sunday. "There's a wideness in Your mercy never ceasing / There's a kindness in the justice You bestow / There's a welcome for the sinners with a past / There is mercy for those who come confess" speaks directly to the Divine Mercy themes of the day. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Death Is Not the End | 1 Peter 1:3-9 — a "living hope through the resurrection… an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading." "Giving up His spirit / A cry with violent breath / Declaring it is finished / It was not a quiet death / He says leave hell behind / Claim new life / Death is not the end" proclaims the Paschal mystery central to the reading, and the bridge "Behold / Death is not the end" reinforces the Easter faith celebrated on this Sunday. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
3rd Sunday of Easter
| Entrance | Made Your Way | The Emmaus Gospel (Luke 24:13-35) moves from sorrow and confusion to recognition and joy at the breaking of bread. "I was weeping in the night / I was sobbing in a hole in the ground / I had given up the fight / Thinking that I'd never be found" mirrors the disciples' downcast despair, and "You turned my weeping to laughter / I am alive more than ever / Since You made Your way to me" captures the transformation at the moment they recognized the Risen Lord. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Renew Me | Psalm 16 — "You will show me the path to life / abounding joy in your presence / the delights at your right hand forever." Peter's Acts sermon proclaims that God "made known to me the paths of life / you will fill me with joy in your presence." "Through Your death and through the cross / Through all suffering and loss / We rise with You again / Renew me" mirrors Peter's proclamation that Christ was not abandoned but raised to new life. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Real Presence | The climax of the Emmaus account is "he was made known to them in the breaking of bread" (Luke 24:35), and Acts 2:42 names "the breaking of bread" as central to the early community. "You kept your promise fulfilled your word / You stayed with us and we adore you / You're truly here fully alive / In Your Body and Your Blood" directly connects the Eucharistic recognition of the Risen Christ. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | In That City | 1 Peter 1:18-21 speaks of being "ransomed… with the precious blood of Christ as of a spotless unblemished lamb… who raised him from the dead and gave him glory." "There will come a day / When our tears are washed away / And we'll stand with angels and saints / Around the throne to bring You praise / In that city / We'll know nothing but love / For our lamp will be the Lamb of God" reflects both the redemption by Christ's blood and the Resurrection hope that forms the foundation of the reading. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
4th Sunday of Easter
| Entrance | Free | 1 Peter 2:24 — "He himself bore our sins in his body upon the cross, so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." "Oh our God has set us free / Oh His love it rescues me / Jesus Christ in You I am redeemed" and "You came and You died a humble King / You led the way of love / Our sins crucified death lost its sting" are direct lyrical responses to this passage. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Looking | John 10:9-10 — "I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved… I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly." "All this time I've been looking / Searching all my days / For the well that will fill my soul / For waters that make me whole / But all in vain" gives voice to the sheep who wander before finding the true Shepherd, and "You've always been exactly what I'm looking for" is the resolution of finding life in Christ. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Stand In Awe | Psalm 23 is the Responsorial Psalm and John 10 proclaims Jesus as the Good Shepherd. "Shepherd of my soul / You're the Shepherd of my soul" in the chorus and ending is a direct lyrical echo. The bridge — "When I can't see / I'll follow Your voice" — mirrors Jesus' teaching "the sheep hear his voice… and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice." | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | You Never Tire | Acts 2:38-41 — Peter calls people to repentance and baptism, and "about three thousand persons were added that day." The parable embedded in the song of the prodigal returning and the Father welcoming with "a ring and a robe" connects to Peter's invitation in Reading 1 and the Psalm's "He refreshes my soul / He guides me in right paths." | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
5th Sunday of Easter
| Entrance | Alabaster | John 14:8-9 — Philip says "show us the Father, and that will be enough for us," expressing a deep longing to encounter God directly. "I've heard of Your goodness / Your Almighty Presence / How can we hold back / We've come to anoint You / Our worship is the oil for Your feet / We lay it all down" reflects the movement from hearing about God to pouring oneself out in response to his presence — the same movement Philip and the disciples are invited into. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Grafted | 1 Peter 2:4-9 describes believers as "living stones" built into a "spiritual house" — chosen and grafted into Christ. "Bitter the branch / Once grafted on the tree / You came to me / Cut from the vine / Rejected in our sin / A Savior You would send / Let rescue begin / O happy fault / That led to the cross / All-embracing sacrifice / Freely given at a price / For love's sake / Our Savior died for us" uses the exact grafting/vine imagery of Peter's epistle and points to the "cornerstone" Christ who makes this spiritual house possible. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Jesus, You Are Here | John 14:6 — "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." "Face to face before Your altar / Jesus You are making all things clear / Jesus / You are here / And I praise You for who You are / Jesus / Overflow in me / I wanna love You with all my heart" reflects Philip's desire to know the Father and Jesus' revelation that to know him is to know the Father. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Even Still | 1 Peter 2:4-9 — "Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God." "Falling from my one desire / Led by sin from child to liar / Even still You came for me / My Savior killed by shame and greed / By Your cross came hell's defeat / In my place You died for me" echoes the theme of Christ rejected yet victorious, the cornerstone the builders cast aside. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
6th Sunday of Easter
| Entrance | Ablaze | Acts 8:14-17 describes the apostles laying hands and the people receiving the Holy Spirit. "Lord You have made me renewed / Prepared my life to live for You / Abba Father You've molded me / To set this world ablaze for Thee" directly mirrors the commissioning power of the Spirit poured out in Samaria. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | You Shine | 1 Peter 3:15 calls believers to "always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks you for a reason for your hope." "You are the light in the darkness / You are the God of Your promise / Oh You shine" captures hope in Christ as the source of that witness. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Fire of My Father | John 14:16-17 — "I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth." Jesus' promise that the Spirit "remains with you, and will be in you" and "I will not leave you orphans" speaks directly to the fear expressed in the song: "Please don't leave me here alone / Don't leave me alone." The fire imagery also anticipates Pentecost, which this Sunday directly precedes. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | All God’s People | The Psalm refrain "Let all the earth cry out to God with joy" and Psalm 66's "Shout joyfully to God, all the earth" are mirrored in "All God's people got a little power / All God's people sing a little louder." The pre-chorus "If you got the Spirit flowin' in your veins / Let me hear you singin' out Jesus' name" ties to the Spirit being received through the laying on of hands. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
7th Sunday of Easter
| Entrance | Even In the Silence | Acts 1:14 shows the disciples and Mary devoted to prayer in the upper room while waiting for the Spirit. "Here I am / Lost in Your gaze / I want to trust in Your ways / Even in the silence / You are with me / Even in the waiting / Though I can't see / You are never hiding" reflects the posture of prayerful expectancy in the upper room. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Frame | John 17:6 — "I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word." "Before my frame was fashioned / My name You knew / I am seen in full / I am known completely / I am loved more than I can know" resonates with Jesus' priestly prayer affirming that his disciples are known, chosen, and held by the Father. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Hope of Heaven | Hope of Heaven | Psalm 27 — "I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living" — and John 17:24, where Jesus asks the Father for his disciples to share in his glory, both anticipate heavenly union with God. "Oh I know / Though trials may come and go / You remain steady / I have the hope of heaven" directly echoes the Psalm's confident hope. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | You’ve Never Failed | 1 Peter 4:13-16 calls believers to "rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ." "Everything seems so out of reach / Constantly I doubt what You say to me / You've never failed me / You've never failed me / And You won't today" speaks to perseverance through suffering and insult for Christ's name, as Peter encourages. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
Ascension
| Entrance | Victor | Psalm 47 calls God "the great king over all the earth" who "mounts his throne amid shouts of joy." "Singing Holy / Hail to our Victor / Hail to our King" directly echoes this enthronement imagery, and Ephesians 1:20-21 describes Christ "seated at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion." | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Behold Him | Ephesians 1:20-21 proclaims Christ "seated at his right hand in the heavens, far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion." The song's "Behold Him / Your King is coming towards you / All praise to King Jesus / You're the Name above all names / All honor and reverence / To our humble servant King" is a direct acclamation of the enthroned Christ. The "Hosanna in the highest" bridge also echoes Psalm 47's "God mounts his throne amid shouts of joy." | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Son of Man | Matthew 28:18 — "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me." "Jesus Jesus / The Name above all Names / The living Son of God / Who's worthy of all" and the bridge "Every knee bends at the Name / Of Jesus Christ the Son of Man / Every tongue confess / That He is Lord" match the exalted authority proclaimed at the Ascension. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Declare | Acts 1:8 commissions the disciples: "you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." "I'll declare it everywhere / In the valleys / From the mountains / In every season / My salvation / Only found in / The Name of Jesus" captures the universal missionary charge of the Ascension. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
Pentecost
| Entrance | Send Down Your Spirit | The Responsorial Psalm refrain is "Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth," and the Alleluia calls: "Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful." "Lord send down Your Spirit / Let me receive Your peace / Lord send down Your wisdom / Let my trust in You increase / Draw near to us / Come dwell in us / We invite You Jesus" is a direct lyrical prayer for the Spirit, fitting perfectly as the assembly's Pentecost petition. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Wildfires | Acts 2:3 — "there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them." "Our hearts they burn for You / Like wildfires / Your Kingdom come Your will be done on earth" captures the fire imagery of Pentecost, while "Nothing can contain / Nothing can separate / Your Love for us" echoes the Spirit poured out across all nations described in the first reading. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | For Your Great Name | Acts 2:5-11 describes "devout Jews from every nation under heaven" gathered in Jerusalem, each hearing the mighty acts of God proclaimed in their own language. The song's opening vision — "I long to see the day / Every nation every race / Will stand before the throne / Every people every tongue / Bowed before the Lord of all / And lifting up their hands / They sing their song" — is essentially a lyrical portrait of exactly that Pentecost scene, the first fulfillment of the universal praise the song longs for. The chorus "Salvation comes / From the Lamb of God / Who's seated on the throne / The Righteous One" then names the source of that gathering, grounding the universal praise in the Paschal mystery that Pentecost completes. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Live For You | 1 Corinthians 12:7 — "To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit." "Jesus we live for You / You're all that we need / The breath that we breathe / Overflow in us / The fire of Your love" connects the Spirit as breath (John 20:22 — "he breathed on them") and fire, both central Pentecost symbols. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
Most Holy Trinity
| Entrance | Proclaim | The Responsorial Psalm refrain "Glory and praise for ever!" and its enumeration of God's greatness in creation matches "The heavens declare Your glory / The rocks cry out your fame / And mountains will bow before thee / The world proclaims Your Name," with the bridge's "All creatures of our God and King / Lift up your voices with us sing" adding Trinitarian hymnody. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | In Every Place | The Responsorial Psalm's refrain "Glory and praise for ever!" calls for universal, unceasing worship, and "Holy holy / In every place You come / Worthy worthy / In every song that's sung" answers that call directly — God's holiness acclaimed not in one moment or place but everywhere and always. The bridge "Give me a song to sing / All that I have all that I am / For Your glory" also mirrors Moses bowing in worship before the Lord's self-revelation in Exodus 34. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Holy Are You | The Alleluia verse from Revelation 1:8 and the Daniel psalm both exalt the eternal God. "Holy holy / Holy holy are You / Lord God almighty / Who was Who is Who is to come" is drawn directly from this Trinitarian doxological language. The bridge "All blessing and honor / Glory and power to You Jesus" echoes the Responsorial Psalm's repeated "glory and praise for ever." | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Like the Sky | The Responsorial Psalm (Daniel 3) calls God "praiseworthy and exalted above all forever," and Revelation 1:8 in the Alleluia proclaims "who is, who was, and who is to come." "Forever firm like the sky / Forever faithful through the end of time / Eternal Father You are love / Our God who was who is and is to come" quotes this Trinitarian doxology almost verbatim. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
Most Holy Body and Blood
| Entrance | Behold Behold (The Lamb of God) | 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 — "The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?" and the Alleluia verse directly quotes John 6:51. "Lord I am not worthy / That You should enter under my roof / Still You call me to / Your table to receive You / Behold Behold / The Lamb of God / You take away all my sin / You lead me into life / By this feast of sacrifice" perfectly accompanies Communion on this feast, drawing on both the Gospel and the second reading's participation theology. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Offertory | Behold the Mystery | John 6:54-56 — "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life… Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him." "Your Body and Your Blood / Present in the bread and wine / Your soul Your divinity / Behold the mystery / Make Your home in me / As I make my home in You / My Lord and my God / Behold the mystery" is a direct theological response to the Real Presence proclaimed in the Gospel and the Sequence (Lauda Sion). | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Communion | Come to the Feast | John 6:51 — "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever." "You have come come to the table / You have come come to the feast / This this is My Body / This this is My Blood / My life given for you / Lord I am not worthy / That You should come to me / But only say the word / And I shall be healed" is a comprehensive Eucharistic song that mirrors the Gospel's Bread of Life discourse and the Roman Rite's Communion rite. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |
| Recessional | Satisfies | Deuteronomy 8:3 — God "fed you with manna… in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD." "Sometimes what I think I want / Is not what I need / Then I remember / My Jesus you're the one who satisfies / You're what my heart really wants / All that it needs" reflects the manna typology of the first reading — earthly hunger pointing to the deeper hunger that only Christ, the true bread from heaven, can satisfy. | SongSelect | ONE LICENSE |