ness never ending;
Angels and Saints with us
Their grateful voices blending.
He is our Father dear,
O'erfilled with Father's love;
Mercies unsought, unknown
He showers from above,

2.
He is our Shepherd true,
With watchful care unsleeping;
On us, his erring sheep,
An eye of pity keeping.
He with a mighty arm
The bonds of sin doth break,
And to our burden'd hearths
In words of peace doth speak.

3.
Bleeding, we lay, but He
With soothing bands hath bound us;
Dark was our path, but He
Hath poured His light around us;
Graces in copious streams
From that pure fountain come,
Down to our heart of hearts,
Where God hath set his home.

4.
His Word our lantern is,
His Peace our consolation;
His sweetness all our rest,
Himself our great Salvation!
Then live we all to God,
Rely on Him in faith,
Be He our guide in life,
Our joy, our hope, in death.

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No. 142

GENERAL

Praise to the Holiest in the height
Dream of Gerontius

Processional
Cardinal Newman
Nicola A. Montani

With spirit

1.
Praise the Holiest in the height,
And in the depth be praise;
In all His words most wonderful,
Most sure in all His ways!

2.
O loving wisdom of our God!
When all was sin and shame,
A second Adam to the fight
And to the rescue came.

3.
O wisest love! That flesh and blood
Which did in Adam fail,
Should strive afresh against the foe;
Should strive and should prevail;

4.
And that a higher gift than grace
Should flesh and blood refine,
God's Presence and His very Self,
And Essence all divine.

5.
O gen'rous love! The He who smote
In man for man the foe,
The double agony in man
For man should undergo;

6.
And in the garden secretly,
And on the Cross on High,
Should teach His brethren and inspire
To suffer and to die.

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No. 143

GENERAL

Lord, for tomorrow and its needs
("Just for today")

Sister M. Xavier
Nicola A. Montani

Slowly

1.
Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray:
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin, Just for today.
Let me both diligently work, And duly pray:
Let me be kind in word or deed, Just for today.

2.
Let me be slow to do my will, Prompt to obey:
Help me to mortify my flesh, Just for today.
Let me no wrong or idle word Unthinkingly say;
Set Thou a seal upon my lips, Just for today.

3.
Let me in season, Lord, be grave, In season, gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy Grace, Just for today.
And i