August 3, 2025
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Entrance Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (RS 714)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the king of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation!
Come, all who hear:
Brothers and sisters, draw near,
Praise him in glad adoration!
Praise to the Lord, above all things so mightily reigning;
Keeping us safe at his side, and so gently sustaining.
Have you not seen
All you have needed has been
Met by his gracious ordaining?
Praise to the Lord, who shall prosper our work and defend us;
Surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend us.
Ponder anew
What the Almighty can do,
Who with his love will befriend us.
Praise to the Lord O let all that is in us adore him!
All that has life and breath come now with praises before him!
Let the ‘Amen!’
Sound from his people again
Gladly with praise we adore him!
Text: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König; Joachim Neander, 1650-1680; tr. by Catherine Winkworth, 1827-1878, alt.
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Scripture Readings (external link): 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Responsorial: Psalm 90
R: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Preparation Hymn: O God Beyond All Praising (RS 725)
O God, beyond all praising,
We worship You today
And sing the love amazing
That songs cannot repay;
For we can only wonder
At every gift You send,
At blessings without number
And mercies without end;
We lift our hearts before You
And wait upon Your word
We honor and adore You,
Our great and mighty Lord.
The flow’r of earthly splendor
In time must surely die,
Its fragile bloom surrender
To You, the Lord most high;
But hidden from all nature
The eternal seed is sown
Though small in mortal stature
To heaven’s garden grown;
For Christ, the man from heaven
From death has set us free,
And we through Him are given
The final victory.
Then, hear, O gracious Saviour,
Accept the love we bring,
That we who know Your favor
May serve You as our King;
And whether our tomorrows
Be filled with good or ill,
We’ll triumph through our sorrows
And rise to bless You still;
To marvel at Your beauty
And glory in Your ways,
And make a joyful duty
Our sacrifice of praise.
Text: Michael Perry, 1942–1996, © 1982, The Jubilate Group (admin. by Hope Publishing Company)
Tune: THAXTED, 13 13 13 13 13 13; Gustav Holst, 1874–1934
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Communion Hymn: One Bread, One Body (RS 1027)
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
one cup of blessing which we bless.
And we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, servant or free,
woman or man no more.
Many the gifts, many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Grain for the fields, scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:16; 17, 12:4, Galatians 3:28; the Didache 9; John Foley, SJ, b.1939,
© 1978, John B. Foley, SJ, and New Dawn Music. Published by OCP Publications.
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Concluding Hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past (RS 804)
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
Under the shadow of your throne
Your saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is your arm alone,
And our defense is sure.
Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received its frame,
From everlasting you are God,
To endless years the same.
A thousand ages in your sight
Are like an evening gone,
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
Time, like an ever rolling stream,
Soon bears us all away;
We fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the op’ning day.
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Still be our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
Text: Psalm (89)90; Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
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Alternate Hymn: The King Of Love My Shepherd Is (RS 820)
The King of love my shepherd is,
Whose goodness fails me never;
I nothing lack if I am his,
And he is mine for ever.
Where streams of living water flow
My ransomed soul he’s leading,
And where the verdant pastures grow
With food celestial feeding.
Confused and foolish oft I strayed,
But yet in love he sought me;
And on his shoulder gently laid,
And home, rejoicing, brought me.
In death’s dark vale I fear no ill
With you, dear Lord, beside me,
Your rod and staff my comfort still,
Your cross before to guide me.
You spread a table in my sight;
Your saving grace bestowing;
And O what transport of delight
From your pure chalice flowing!
And so through all the length of days
Your goodness fails me never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing your praise
Within your house for ever.
Text: Psalm 23; Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877, alt.
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Alternate Hymn: Crown Him With Many Crowns (Gather 669)
1. Crown him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! How the heav’nly anthem drowns
All music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of him who set us free,
And hail him as your heav’nly King
Through all eternity.
2. Crown him the Lord of life,
Who triumphed o’er the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife
For those he came to save.
His glories now we sing,
Who died and rose on high,
Who died, eternal life to bring,
And lives that death may die.
3. Crown him the Lord of love—
Behold his hands and side,
Rich wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified.
No angel in the sky
Can fully bear that sight,
But downward bends his burning eye
At mysteries so bright.
4. Crown him the Lord of peace,
Whose pow’r a scepter sways
From pole to pole, that wars may cease,
Absorbed by prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end,
And round his pierced feet
Fair flow’rs of paradise extend
Their fragrance ever sweet.
5. Crown him the Lord of years,
The master of all time,
Creator of the rolling spheres,
And risen Lord sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For you have died for me;
Your praise and glory shall not fail
Throughout eternity.
Text: Revelation 19:12; sts. 1, 3–5, Matthew Bridges, 1800–1894; st. 2, Godfrey Thring, 1823–1903
Tune: DIADEMATA, SMD; George J. Elvey, 1816–1893
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Alternate Hymn: Turn to the Living God (Gather 561)
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