Paraliturgical Hymns Lyrics

Q.3 THE LORD IS HERE

His voice can be heard in the roaring
Of breakers that crash on the shore.
His splendour is seen in the morning
As sunlight is coming once more.

Chorus:
Arise and come, the Lord is here!
Arise, my friends. He comes to share with you
A life that never ends.

His love can be seen in the children
Who romp in the playground in spring
His beauty is found in the faces
Of all who can smile and sing.

His might can be seen in the mountains
So still with the snow on their crest.
His pity is seen in the swallow
That cares for the young in its nest.

He comes in the heat of the city
'Mid noise of the cars and the mills.
He comes in the peace of the forest,
In desert or cool of the hills.

Q.4 IT'S UP TO ME

There's my neighbour so lone and forgotten,
It's up to me to make things lighter for him.
There's my neighbour so lone and forgotten.
It's up to me to help him through.
If I can work with courage for the cause of rights,
Then my neighbour, so lone and forgotten,
May find the strength to live to-day.

Chorus:
Love and friendship have a power,
Love and friendship can bring new joy
and hope to all.

There's my neighbour who can't get employment.

There's my neighbour who's seeking a lodging.

There's my neighbour who can't get a hearing.

There's my neighbour so tried by injustice.

Q.10 IN NEED OF LIBERATION

Chorus:
The world stands in need of liberation, my Lord,
It still has to feel your power.
The blind and the deaf, the dumb and the maimed,
All need to feel your healing touch.
The world stands in need of liberation, my Lord.
It still has to learn to love.

There are those who have eyes but refuse to see
the inhumanity that’s done.
There are those who have ears but refuse to hear
the cries of those in agony.

There are those who have mouths but refuse to speak
against injustice done to some.
There are those who have hands but refuse to reach
them out in love and charity.

There are those who have talents they do not
use to build a true community.
And we know that we all have the talent to love
but leave it buried in ourselves.

Q.11 ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE

Chorus:
Ask and you will receive,
seek and you will find.
Knock and the door will be opened
For the love of the Lord has no end.

Is there any one here, when his son asks for bread,
Would turn him away with a stone instead?
Is there any one here when his child asks for meat,
Would then give him a poisonous snake to eat?

So then how could your Father in heaven above,
Who knows so much more of the ways of love,
So then how could your Father refuse what is good,
When you ask in the name of the Son he loves?

So whatever you ask you will always receive,
Whatever you seek you will always find.
For my Father will give to all those who believe
In the Spirit of love that will never end.

Q.12 CAST YOUR CARE UPON THE LORD

Why let worry get you down?
The Lord is there to help you.
Why put on a troubled frown?
There's something better you can do.

Chorus:
Cast your care upon the Lord and be sure He'll help you.
Cast your care upon the Lord, for He's asked you to.
Nothing ever is too great for Him.
There's never nothing He can do.
Cast your care upon Him, great and small,
He'll see you through.

And if things seem inside out,
oh! don't be too upset,
There's always a sure way out,
a way you never will regret.

If hard times are on your trail
and nothing turns out right,
Ask the Lord, He'll never fail to help
and make your burden light.

Q.14 LISTEN, LISTEN

Chorus:
Listen, listen, listen every one:
God is here for you and He is here for me.
Listen, listen, listen, can't you hear?
His love is here to stay,
His word is ever new.

Listen to the well-spring of deepest love and joy
That comes from here within my soul,
Listen, can't you hear?
Listen, listen, listen every one,
God is here for you and He is here for me.

Peace, be still, be silent and
You'll hear the whispered roar,
And if you cannot hear,
I will tell you once more: Listen...

Listen, O my people,
all you children of the world
Listen to our God as He whispers in your ear...

Q.20 PUT A LITTLE MORE OF JESUS

Chorus:
Put a little more of Jesus in your life,
The world will be a happy place:
No more fighting, no more strife,
Every one would have a smiling face!

No worry, no care, no crying over what to wear,
For all would learn to trust the power of Providence.

No hunger, no thirst, no clamouring to be the first,
For each would seek to benefit his neighbour.

No sorrow, no fear, no one would have to shed a tear,
For everywhere the Lord would live to strengthen.

No fences, no walls, no preferential dining halls,
No prejudice, no favourites, no snobbery.

No bloodshed, no wars, no breaking up of friendship bonds,
No enemies, no refugees, no tyrants.