Marriage and Family Lyrics
O.1 PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY
Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high,
Chorus:
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father,
let my country awake!
Where knowledge is free,
Where the world has not been broken up into
fragments by narrow domestic walls,
Where words come out from the depth of truth,
Where tireless striving stretches
its arms towards perfection,
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost
its way into the dreary desert sands of dead habit,
Where the mind is led forward by thee
into ever widening thought and action.
O.2 MAY THE GOD OF ISRAEL / Psalm 127
Chorus-1:
May the God of Israel join in one;
in joy and in sorrow, the Lord is your way.
Chorus-2:
Like olive branches around the table of the
Lord, so God's children in the Church.
Blessed those who fear the Lord,
who seek his path,
For they shall find favour in his sight.
Blessed be the toil of hands,
they shall bear fruit;
In joy and in gladness shall you work.
With good fortune in your home shall you be blest;
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine.
Blessed shall your children be around your board;
Like strong olive branches shall they stand.
Blest indeed shall be the ones who serve the Lord;
For they shall prevail throughout their life.
May the Lord who dwells on high give joy to you;
And may he protect you all your life.
May the sight of many children delight your heart;
May God grant his peace to Israel.
O.3 MAY THE LORD PROTECT OUR HOMES / Psalm 126
Chorus:
May the Lord be our help and salvation.
May the Lord protect and guard our homes.
May he favour us with his blessings.
May he keep us ever in his care.
If the house is not built by the Lord,
In vain is the toil of the workers,
If the town is not guarded by the Lord,
In vain does the watchman keep all night vigil.
In vain is your earlier rising,
Your going later to rest,
You who eat the bread of anxious toil,
The Lord will provide for his friends
while they slumber.
Truly children are a gift from the Lord,
A blessing, the fruit of the womb,
For the sons born to man in his youth
Are like arrows in the hand of a warrior.
O happy is the man well provided,
Who has filled his quiver with these arrows,
He will have no cause for shame or worry
When contending with his foes at the gateway.
Give praise to the Father almighty
To his Son Jesus Christ, the Lord,
To the Spirit who dwells in our hearts,
Both now and for ever. Amen.
O.5 ALL I ASK OF YOU
Chorus:
All I ask of you is forever
to remember me as loving you.
Deep the joy of being together in one heart
And for me that's just where it is.
As we make our way through
all the joys and pain,
Can we sense our younger truer selves?
Someone will be calling you
to be there for a while.
Can you hear his cry from deep within?
Laughter, joy and presence:
the only gifts you are!
Have you time? I'd like to be with you.
Persons come into the fibre of our lives
And then their shadow fades and disappears,
but...
O.8 CANTICLE OF LOVE
My beloved is mine and I am his,
See, he pastures his flock among the flowers.
Let me see your face, let me hear your voice,
As I sit in the shade of your love.
Chorus:
My beloved comes leaping
O'er the mountains,
My beloved comes bounding o'er the hills.
Winter is over and the rains have gone,
Flowers have appeared upon the earth.
You are comely, my love, and beautiful,
You are fair and there is no flaw in you.
You have ravished my heart with
a glance of your eyes,
How much better your love than wine!
Let me be as a seal upon your arm,
Set me there as a seal upon your heart.
Though the waters should flood,
love can never be drowned,
How much stronger than death is love.
O.13 THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE
Chorus:
That the world may believe (3)
In the power of his love:
We will walk side by side,
we will walk hand in hand,
We'll change the world
through the power of our love!
My prayer, says the Lord, for these my own
Is that they be of one heart and mind,
Just as You are in me and I in You,
May they be one in us that the world may believe.
Wherever you go, there I shall go,
And wherever you live, there shall I live
I will love you and serve you for ever,
For love is my decision today and every day.
To dream our dream, to fight our foe
And to bear unbearable woes,
To forgive unforgivable hurts and wrongs,
To love one another "as I have loved you".
O.16 LET THERE BE PEACE
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth,
the peace that was meant to be.
With God as our Father, brothers and sisters are we.
Let us all walk together in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me,
let this be the moment now
With every step I take let this be my solemn vow:
To take each moment and
live each moment in peace eternally.
Let there be peace on earth
and let it begin with me!
O.18 SING TO THE BRIDE
Chorus:
Sing to the bride, sing to the groom,
For they love one another in Jesus, the Lord.
Sing to the bride, sing to the groom,
Sing to Jesus Christ!
Yahweh has brought you to the bone of your bone,
Has joined you to the flesh of your flesh.
You are the sign of the new Jerusalem,
Come down out of heaven from our God.
Love one another for love is of God,
The person who loves is born of God.
Faith, hope and love be with you unto the end,
The greatest of these is surely love!
Vain is your labour, all your planning, your dreams
Unless the Lord build your home.
May God protect you all the days of your life,
May peace and prosperity be yours.