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TRINITY HYMN - We fathom mysteries, often fail
TRINITY HYMN - We fathom mysteries, often fail
by Andrew Pratt
A short Trinity hymn of three verses. Tune: Belmont Extract: We fathom mysteries, often fail to understand your will; O God, we tax and strain our minds and reach beyond our skill. Give us simplicity to see your Trinity of care, that furnished being on this earth, then came to me…
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
by Andrew Pratt
All Saints Day Daniel 7:1-3; .Luke 6:20-31 Hymn: It’s hard to feel that we are blessed It’s hard to feel that we are blessed when we have lost it all. It’s difficult to hear God’s voice, to listen to Christ’s call. Yet God will seek to meet each need to warm and calm each heart..…
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
by Andrew Pratt
It’s hard to feel that we are blessed when we have lost it all. It’s difficult to hear God’s voice, to listen to Christ’s call. Yet God will seek to meet each need to warm and calm each heart. If now bereft and desolate, our God will share a part. For when our lives are broken …
Beware of what you think or say
Beware of what you think or say
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Beware of what you think or say Proper 15 year A Matthew 15: 21-28 Beware of what you think or say, our actions give the lie, or offer evidence of faith for which we sing, or cry. When challenged by a foreigner, a woman in her need, see Jesus shamed to change and act, her c…
Sometimes, O God, our weariness
Sometimes, O God, our weariness
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes, O God, our weariness and pressure on our time can undermine our prayerfulness, our thoughts of the divine. We thirst and long to know your love, to hear your present voice, that in this void, this emptiness, we might, again rejoice. Verse 3 follows Tune: BELMONT Metre:…
Sometimes when all our busyness
Sometimes when all our busyness
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes when all our busyness is just much too bear remember Jesus kindly words with Mary sitting there. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: BELMONT Metre: CM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 5/7/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reproductio…
Hymn: We trust in one we name as God
Hymn: We trust in one we name as God
by Andrew Pratt
We trust in one we name as God, above all else we see; the ground of being, God of love, will hold and set us free. And all our worship, praise and prayer, can't magnify the grace that God is pouring all the while on us, within this place. Verse 3 follows Tune: BELMONT Metre: CM …
Hymn: Where James and John had asked to stand
Hymn: Where James and John had asked to stand
by Andrew Pratt
Where James and John had asked to stand two criminals would hang, one on the left, one on the right, while passing crowds harangue. They did not know the consequence of what they asked that day, that those who sided with this man might die the self-same way. Verses 3-4 follow Tun…
Hymn: There was no respite from the crowds
Hymn: There was no respite from the crowds
by Andrew Pratt
There was no respite from the crowds, no place of calm retreat, no place of rest or solitude where he and friends could meet. They sought the healing of his hands, the calm within his voice, his challenge or his empathy gave reason to rejoice. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: ABRIDGE; BEL…
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