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Text of Healing Songs CD
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Christ, the Healer, We Have Come | You Are Mine |
O Son of God, in Galilee | Healer of Our
Every Ill | Be Still, My Soul | For
the Healing of the Nations | Holy Darkness | Psalm
23: Shepherd Me, O God | Psalm 51: Create in Me A Clean
Heart | Psalm 139: O God, You Search Me | Precious
Lord, Take my Hand | They Came to Seek a Healing Word
| O Lord, Hear My Prayer | Healed in the
Spirit | In the Heart of God | How
Can I Keep From Singing? | A Gaelic Blessing | It
is Well With My Soul | Thy Holy Wings/Go, My Children,
With My Blessing | Everything is One | Copyright
Information/ Permissions
1. Oh Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
O Christ, the healer, we have
come
to pray for health, to plead for friends.
How can we fail to be restored
when reached by love that never ends?
From ev’ry ailment flesh
endures
Our bodies clamor to be freed;
Yet in our hearts we would confess
that wholeness is our deepest need.
In conflicts that destroy our
health
We recognize the world’s disease;
Our common life declares our ills.
Is there no cure, O Christ, for these?
Grant that we all made one
in faith,
in your community may find
the wholeness that, enriching us,
shall reach and prosper humankind.
I will come to you in the silence,
I will lift you from all our fear.
You will hear my voice,
I claim you as my choice,
be still and know I am here.
Refrain:
Do not be afraid, I am with you.
I have called you each by name.
Come and follow me,
I will bring you home;
I love you and you are mine.
I am hope for all who are hopeless,
I am eyes for all who long to see.
In the shadows of the night,
I will be our light,
come and rest in me.
I am strength for all the despairing.
Healing for the ones who dwell in shame.
All the blind will see, the lame will all run free,
and all will know my name.
I am the Word that leads all
to freedom,
I am the peace the world cannot give.
I will call your name, embracing all your pain,
stand up, now walk, and live!
O Son of God, in Galilee
You made the deaf to hear,
The mute to speak, the blind to see;
O blessed Lord, be near.
Oh listen to the silent prayer
Of your afflicted ones.
Oh bid them cast on you their care;
Your grace to them make known.
The speechless tongue,
the lifeless ear you can restore, O Lord;
Your “Ephphatha,” O Savior dear,
can instant help afford.
Meanwhile to them the list’ning
ear
of steadfast faith impart,
and let your word bring light and cheer
to ev’ry troubled heart.
Then in your promised happy
land
each loss will prove a gain;
All myst’ries we shall understand,
for you will make them plain.
They Came to Seek a Healing Word
Refrain:
Healer of our ev’ry ill,
light of each tomorrow,
give us peace beyond our fear,
and hope beyond our sorrow.
You who know our fears and
sadness,
grace us with your peace and gladness,
Spirit of all comfort: fill our hearts.
In the pain and joy beholding
how your grace is still unfolding,
give us all your vision: God of love.
You who know each thought and
feeling,
teach us all your way of healing,
Spirit of compassion: fill each heart.
Give us strength to love each
other,
ev’ry sister, ev’ry brother,
Spirit of all kindness: be our guide.
Be still, my soul; the Lord
is on thy side;
Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;
Leave to thy God to order and provide;
In ev’ry change God faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul; thy best, thy heav’nly Friend
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
6. For the Healing of the Nations
Nuestros hijos necesitan un
ambiente sin temor,
dediquemos nuestros vidas a forjar la paz y amor,
para ensenar al mundo lo que Christo nos mostro (repeat)
For the healing of the nations,
Lord we pray with one accord;
For a just and equal sharing
of the things that earth affords.
To a life of love and action
help us rise and pledge our word (repeat).
Lead us now, Lord, into freedom,
from despair your world release;
That redeemed from war and hatred,
all may come and go in peace.
Show us how through care and goodness
fear will die and hope increase (repeat).
You creator God, have written
your great name on humankind;
For our growing in your likeness
bring the life of Christ to mind:
That by our response and service
earth its destiny may find (repeat).
Refrain:
Holy darkness, blessed night,
heaven’s answer hidden from our sight.
As we await You, O God of silence,
we embrace your holy night.
I have tried you in fires of
affliction;
I have taught your soul to grieve.
In the barren soil of your loneliness
there I will plant my seed.
I have taught you the price
of compassion;
you have stood before the grave.
Though my love can seem like a raging storm,
this is the love that saves.
Were you there when I raised
up the mountains?
Can you guide the morning star?
Does the hawk take flight
when you give command?
Why do you doubt my pow’r?
In your deepest hour of darkness
I will give you wealth untold.
When the silence stills your spirit,
will my riches fill your soul.
As the watchman waits for morning,
and the bride awaits her groom,
so we wait to hear your footsteps
as we rest beneath your moon.
8. Psalm 23: Shepherd Me, O God
Refrain:
Shepherd me, O God beyond my wants,
beyond my fears, from death into life.
God is my shepherd, so nothing
shall I want,
I rest in the meadows of faithfulness and love,
I walk by the quiet waters of peace.
Gently you raise me and heal
my weary soul,
You lead me by pathways of righteousness and truth,
my spirit shall sing the music of your Name.
You have set me a banquet of
love
in the face of hatred,
crowning me with love beyond my pow’r to hold.
Surely your kindness and mercy
follow me
all the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of my God forevermore.
9. Psalm 51: Create in Me A Clean Heart
Create in me a clean heart,
O God,
And renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence
And take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of thy salvation
And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
10. Psalm 139: O God, You Search Me
O God, you search me and you
know me.
All my thoughts lie open to your gaze.
When I walk or lie down you are before me:
Ever the maker and keeper of my days.
You know my resting and my
rising.
You discern my purpose from afar,
And with love everlasting you besiege me:
In ev’ry moment of life or death you are.
Before a word is on my tongue,
Lord,
You have known its meaning through and through.
You are with me beyond my understanding:
God of my present, my past and future too.
Although your Spirit is upon
me,
Still I search for shelter from your light.
There is nowhere on earth I can escape you:
Even the darkness is radiant in your sight.
For you created me and shaped
me,
Gave me life within my mother’s womb.
For the wonder of who I am I praise you:
Safe in your hands, all creation is made new.
11. Precious Lord, Take my Hand
Copyright permission for the text of “Precious Lord” withheld by the publisher. For text, see With One Voice, # 731.
12. They Came to Seek a Healing Word
They came to seek a healing
word,
A touch to set the blind one free;
They came their pleading hearts ablaze,
with hope those eyes again might see.
Was hope misplaced or would they find
their prayers and longing in a sign?
They came in love to hear Christ say
that sight returns like light of day.
O Jesus take us by the hand,
and lead us to our promised land;
O bless us as you blessed before
the ones who cried for health restored.
For we are blind; we cannot see
the one whose life is ours to free.
Make us the friends who lead them home,
the ones whose pain we make our own.
Come ev’ry people, ev’ry
nation,
O come to Christ who saves us all.
Come helpless, homeless, lost, forsaken,
know the blessing, hear the call.
For we are one, we know the sound
of walls now broken, of barriers torn down.
O come, rejoice and feast and sing,
for healing is the gift God brings.
O Lord, hear my prayer. O Lord,
hear my prayer.
When I call, answer me.
O Lord, hear my prayer. O Lord, hear my prayer.
Come and listen to me.
Buds of the springtime gave
way to cold winter,
journey into the dark night of my fear.
Hummingbird’s wings as they drank floral nectars
beat as my heartbeat deep inside my ear.
Cold as the mountains my heart
froze in sadness;
Body unable to move without pain.
And in that moment your presence was with me.
Lifting my spirit gently up again.
Out of my anguish I felt you
beside me,
leading the way through that dark, icy night.
“Jesus your love for me can’t be extinguished ”
I shouted praises to the One True Light.
Darkness has passed and the
spring is upon us;
Hummingbirds, flowers and nectar, sweet grace.
Healed in the spirit I live in each moment.
I see Christ Jesus etched in ev’ry face.
There is a place where we can
go
when trouble and stress start mounting.
There is a refuge fit for the soul
deep in the heart of God,
deep in the heart of God.
There is a perfect hideaway
where nothing can come intruding.
There is a shelter high and safe
deep in the heart of God,
deep in the heart of God.
Set your burdens down awhile
and lean on a strength much greater than you.
Let your spirit like a child
go rest in the source of love.
Lay your heart in the heart of God.
16. How Can I Keep From Singing?
My life flows on in endless
song,
above earth’s lamentation
I hear the real though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Refrain:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that Rock I’m clinging.
Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?
Through all the tumult and
the strife,
I hear that music ringing;
It sounds and echoes in my soul;
How can I keep from singing?
What though the tempest round
me roar
I hear the truth it liveth.
What though the darkness ‘round me close,
songs in the night it giveth.
The peace of Christ makes fresh
my heart,
a fountain ever springing.
All things are mine since I am his;
How can I keep from singing?
Deep peace of the running wave
to you,
Deep peace of the flowing air to you,
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you,
Deep peace of the shining stars to you,
Deep peace of the gentle night to you,
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you,
Deep peace of Christ the light of the world to you,
Deep peace of Christ to you.
When peace like a river attendeth
my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll—
whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Christ lives O the joy of this
glorious thought —my sin, not in part, but the whole,
is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul
And Lord, haste the day when
my faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back like a scroll:
The trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend,
“Even so” it is well with my soul.
19. Thy Holy Wings/Go, My Children, With My Blessing
“Copyright permission for “Go, My Children” withheld by publisher. For text, see With One Voice, # 721.”
Thy holy wings, O Savior,
spread gently over me,
and let me rest securely
through good and ill in Thee.
Oh be my strength and portion,
my rock and hiding place,
and let my ev’ry moment
be lived within thy grace.
Oh, let me nestle near thee,
within thy downy breast
where I will find sweet comfort
and peace within thy nest.
Oh, close thy wings around me
and keep me safely there,
for I am but a newborn and need thy tender care.
Lo, the falling stars and light,
Lo, the morning then the night,
Lo, the ashes with the earth.
Lo, the rising and rebirth.
Lo, the mountain and the sky,
Lo, the worship lifted high,
God, afoot within the universe
and everything, everything is one
Ah, the water and the wine,
Ah, the sunlight on the pine.
Ah, the winter and the snow,
Ah, the heavens, with below.
Ah, the broken bread, the cup,
Ah, the worship lifted up,
God, afoot within the universe
and everything, everything is one
Oh, the healer of the pain,
Oh, the maker of the rain.
Oh, the future of the seed,
Oh, the music of the reed.
Oh, the splendor of the light,
Oh, the Spirit in the night.
God, afoot within the universe
and everything, everything is one
Copyright/Permissions Information
1. Text © 1969 Hope Publishing Co., music © 1988 Concordia Publishing House. 2. © 1991 GIA Publications, Inc. All rights reserved (ARR). 4. © 1987 GIA Publications, Inc. ARR. 6. Text by Fred Kaan © 1988 Hope Publishing Co. For permission to reprint text contact Hope Publishing at www.hopepublishing.com 7. Text adapted from John of the Cross © 1988, 1993 Daniel L. Schutte, published by OCP Publications. ARR, used with permission (UWP). 8. © 1986 GIA Publications, Inc. ARR. 9. Text adapted from Psalm 51, arr. © 1976 Augsburg Fortress. 10. © 1992 Bernadette Farrell, published by OCP Publications. ARR, UWP. 11. Copyright permission withheld by the publisher. For text, please see With One Voice # 731. 12. Text © Ralph F. Smith, 1950-1994. UWP, not for publication. 13. © 1982 Ateliers de Presses de Taizé, used with permission of GIA Publications, exclusive agent. ARR. 14. Text rights assigned to Lutheran Deaconess Conference. 15. © 1993 Sun Day Publications, 3867 Donald Dr., Waukesha, WI 53189. 17. ©1978, 1995 by the Royal School of Church Music. ARR, UWP. 19. Holy Wings text © 1983 by Gracia Grindell, Lina Sandrell, and Lahrae Knatterud; Go, My Children text copyright permission withheld by publisher. For text, see With One Voice # 721 20. © 1988 Herb and Lois Brokering. ARR, UWP. Concordia copyrights managed by SESAC. All other texts in the public domain.
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