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Showing posts with label John Michael Talbot. Show all posts
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24 May 2013

I am the bread of life (John Michael Talbot)









Refrain
I am the Bread of Life.
All who eat this Bread will never die.
I am God’s love revealed.
I am broken that you might be healed.
1. All who eat of this heavenly Bread,
all who drink this cup of the covenant:
you will live forever,
for I will raise you up.

2. No one who comes to me shall hunger again.
No one who believes shall ever thirst.
All that the Father draws shall come to me,
and I shall give them rest.

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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17 May 2013

One Dark Night (John Michael Talbot)



One dark night
Fired with love's urgent longings
Ah, the sheer grace
In the darkness
I went out unseen
My house being all now still

In the darkness
Secured by love's secret ladder
Disguised
Oh, the sheer grace
In the darkness
And in my concealment
My house being all now still

On that glad night
In the secret, for no one saw me
Nor did I see any other thing at all
With no other light to guide me
Than the light burning in my heart

And this light guided me
More surely than the light of the noon
To where he lay waiting for me
Waiting for me
Him I knew so well
In a place where no one else appeared

Oh guiding night
A light more lovely than the dawn
A night that has united
Ever now
The Lover now with his beloved
Transforming two now into one

Upon my flowering breast
There he lay sleeping
Which I kept for him alone
And I embraced him
And I caressed him
In a breeze blowing from the forest

And when this breeze blew in from the forest
Blowing back our hair
He wounded my soul
With his gentle hand
Suspending all my senses

I abandoned, forgetting myself
Laying my face on my Beloved
All things ceasing, I went out from myself
To leave cares
Forgotten with the lilies of the field

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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May I Never Boast (John Michael Talbot)



May I never boast of anything
Save the cross of the Lord
The cross of Jesus Christ
Through it the world has been crucified to me
And I to the life of the world
Through the cross of Jesus Christ

Refrain:
All that matters now is one created anew
Peace and mercy on all
Who follow this rule of life
The Israel of God
Henceforth let no man trouble me
For I bear the marks of the Lord
The marks of Jesus Christ

(Refrain)

May I never boat of anything
Save the cross of the Lord

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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St. Theresa's Prayer (John Michael Talbot)








Christ has no body now but yours
no hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
with compassion on this world
yours are the feet with which He walks to do good
Yours are the hands,
with which He blesses all the world

Yours are the hands,
yours are the feet
yours are the eyes
You are His body

Christ has no body now but yours
no hands, no feet on earth but yours
Yours are the eyes through which He looks
with compassion on this world
Christ has no body now on earth
but yours

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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The Pleiades and Orion (John Michael Talbot)





He who created
The Pleiades and Orion
Turning darkness into
The light of the dawn
And darkens day into the night

Who calls from the waters
Renews the world in the falling rain
And who strides the height of creation
He is the Lord the God of Hosts by name

He formed the mountains
And created the wind
And through His Spirit
Declares His thoughts to men

He who created
The Pleiades and Orion
And who strides the height of creation
He is the Lord the God of Hosts by name

(Amos 5:8; 4:13)
 
Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Adventure in God (John Michael Talbot)



That I might take my prey
Of this adventure in God
I had to fly so high
That I was lost from all sight

And through this adventure
I faltered in my flight
Yet Love had already flown so high
That I took my prey

When I ascended higher
My vision was dazzled
The most difficult conquest
Was achieved in this darkness

But since it was Love I was seeking
The leap that I made was blind
Yet Love had already flown so high
That I took my prey

The higher I ascended
In this so lofty seeking
The lower and more subdued
and abased I became

In a way so wonderful
My one flight past a thousand
For the hope of heaven's glory
Will always attain.

And this my only seeking
I have not been disappointed
For Love had already flown so high
That I took my prey

That I might take my prey
Of this adventure in God

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Sunrise / All Creation Waits (John Michael Talbot)



Sunrise in the morning
Let all creation greet the dawn
And praise the Lord who created
Brother sun to open our eyes

For all of us would be blind
If not for the light of our Lord

For all of us would be blind
If not for the light of our Lord

ALL CREATION WAITS
(Romans 8:19)

All creation waits in the morning
All creation waits
For the sons of the Lord
For the Lord will pour forth His Spirit
To bring forth the daughters
And the sons of the Lord

The flowers bloom
And the water will be flowing
The rocks will shout
And the birds will sing to the Lord

Then all the world will sing in jubilation
Brother sun will shine
In the light of the Lord
Will shine in the light of the Lord
Will shine in the light of the Lord

Sunrise in the morning
Let all creation greet the new dawn

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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The Lilies of the Field (John Michael Talbot)





Consider the ravens
They do not sow and they do not reap
Yet God the Father provides for them
Yet upon the earth
These are among the smallest things

Consider how the lilies grow
They do not spin and they do not weave

But I tell you now not even Solomon
In all of his splendor was arrayed
Like any one of these

So seek ye first the kingdom of God
And the wealth of His righteousness
For wherever your treasure lies
There will you find your heart

Be not concerned for your life
Or your body
What to eat, what to wear
Or what you will do for tomorrow
Seek out instead His heavenly kingdom
And the rest upon the earth
In its own time will follow

So seek ye first the kingdom of god
And the wealth of His righteousness
For wherever your treasure lies
There will you find your heart

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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13 May 2013

Holy is his name / Magnificat (John Michael Talbot)







1. My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
and my spirit exalts in God my Savior.
For he has looked with mercy on my lowliness,
and my name will be forever exalted.
For the mighty God has done great things for me,
and his mercy will reach from age to age.

Refrain
And holy, holy, holy is his name.


2. He has mercy in ev’ry generation.
He has revealed his power and his glory.
He has cast down the mighty in their arrogance,
and has lifted up the meek and the lowly.
He has come to help his servant Israel;
he remembers his promise to our fathers.

Text: Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55)
Music: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Jesus Prayer (John Michael Talbot)



Jesus, Savior, Son of God,
Have mercy on us.

Text: The Jesus Prayer

Music: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Come, worship the Lord (John Michael Talbot)









Refrain
Come, worship the Lord,
for we are his people,
the flock that he shepherds.
Alleluia.
1. Come, let us sing to the Lord,
and shout with joy to the rock who saves us.
Let us come with thanksgiving,
and sing joyful songs to the Lord. So

2. Come, let us bow down and worship,
bending the knee before the Lord our maker.
For we are his people,
we are the flock that he shepherds.

3. The Lord is God, the mighty God,
the great king o'er all other gods.
He hold his hands the depths of the earth
and the highest mountains as well.
He made the sea, it belongs now to him;
the dry land, too, was formed by his hand.

Paraphrase of Psalm 95

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Forever will I sing (John Michael Talbot)



Paraphrase of Psalm 89

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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I am the Good Shepherd (John Michael Talbot)





I am the Good Shepherd
You are My people
I am the Good Shepherd
And I call you by name
And I will lead you out
Into pastures of plenty
I am the good Shepherd
I am the Way

Paraphrase of Psalm 23

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Taste and See (John Michael Talbot)





Refrain:
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
Let us taste the goodness of the Lord
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
Let us taste the goodness of the Lord
1. I will bless the Lord
His praise be ever in my mouth
Let my soul glory in the Lord
The lowly will hear and be glad

2. Glorify the Lord with me
Together we’ll praise His name
I sought the Lord
And He answered me
Deliver me from my fears

3. Look to Him and be radiant with joy
And your face will not blush with shame
Afflicted men call out to Him
From all his distress he is saved

Paraphrase of Psalm 34

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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