#1 Incarnational: the act of manifesting or state of being manifested in bodily form, esp human form. A bodily form assumed by a god, etc.
Sometimes
Sometimes I wish you were here
Not just in spirit, but really here
I could look in your eyes
and tell you I love you and hold on tight
Does that
Make me bad
Like a Thomas who’s too needy
To yearn to touch your hand
While my heart sits here yearning for you
I see the suffering and loneliness all around me
Before I am even aware
My yearning’s transformed for you to be with them
How desperately they need you
How can we let them be so alone and afraid?
Then it dawns on me
It’s my job to bring you to them
Lord, please let your love
Show itself through me so they can believe
I’m willing to go wherever you want
No matter what comes I will enter whatever you open up
Our life can go one of two ways
We can curl up in loneliness and be afraid
Or with courage open up our hearts
Where we’re reminded you’re all we need - and called to go
To be with them
How desperately they need you
How can we let them be so alone and afraid?
Then it dawns on me
Lord, please let your love
Show itself through me so they can believe
I’m willing to go wherever you want
No matter what comes I will enter whatever you open up
Whatever you open up
I will enter whatever you open up
I will enter whatever you open up
Sometimes I wish you were here
Not just in spirit, but really here
I could look in your eyes
and tell you I love you and hold on tight
Does that
Make me bad
Like a Thomas who’s too needy
To yearn to touch your hand
While my heart sits here yearning for you
I see the suffering and loneliness all around me
Before I am even aware
My yearning’s transformed for you to be with them
How desperately they need you
How can we let them be so alone and afraid?
Then it dawns on me
It’s my job to bring you to them
Lord, please let your love
Show itself through me so they can believe
I’m willing to go wherever you want
No matter what comes I will enter whatever you open up
Our life can go one of two ways
We can curl up in loneliness and be afraid
Or with courage open up our hearts
Where we’re reminded you’re all we need - and called to go
To be with them
How desperately they need you
How can we let them be so alone and afraid?
Then it dawns on me
Lord, please let your love
Show itself through me so they can believe
I’m willing to go wherever you want
No matter what comes I will enter whatever you open up
Whatever you open up
I will enter whatever you open up
I will enter whatever you open up
#2 Eucharistic: The Eucharist involves spiritually feeding participants with the body and blood of Christ. According to the Catholic Church, the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life.
Time for Praise
There are times when to praise you seems so wrong
That's the reason I sing this song
In troubled times I get so locked up and hide from you
Too afraid, I'll just power through
Make time for praise?
What's there to give praise for?
Make time to sing?
What if I don't like my voice?
How am I supposed to know I'll be okay?
I guess I'd like to know before I give my praise
Please be with me
Let me see
I know I'm a fool
I can see it, off in the distance
We see it everywhere
Our precious sign meant to remind
We pass it without care
I'm so naive; I make it about me
And give nothing good away
That's not the way I want to live
My lack of praise throws the big red flag
I'll give my praise
That's the reason I sing this song
In troubled times I get so locked up and hide from you
Too afraid, I'll just power through
Make time for praise?
What's there to give praise for?
Make time to sing?
What if I don't like my voice?
How am I supposed to know I'll be okay?
I guess I'd like to know before I give my praise
Please be with me
Let me see
I know I'm a fool
I can see it, off in the distance
We see it everywhere
Our precious sign meant to remind
We pass it without care
I'm so naive; I make it about me
And give nothing good away
That's not the way I want to live
My lack of praise throws the big red flag
I'll give my praise
#3 Ecclesial: Relating to or constituting a Church
"So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be to you; just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit."
John 20:21-23
I Send You
You promised your spirit would stay
Lord, let me breathe it in
Take my thoughts, take my everything
Let this song be my surrendering
I can feel your light shining through
I can see your arms underneath and supporting all I do
If it be your will let these skies within me clear
So I can go to them in darkness and bring blue skies to them
I open my heart to you
Please, can you fill it up with love and truth
So I can bring you to them
Keep me so close to you
That I can feel your breath upon me
And in every little thing that I do
“Peace be with all of you
As the Father has sent me, so I send you
Receive this Spirit Divine,
Please go and forgive”
It’s the hardest thing, this impossible truth
That me, this little sinner, can step into those shoes
But when I look around, I know how bad the world needs you
Use me in anyway that you would like to use me
I open my heart to you
Please, can you fill it up with love and truth
So I can bring you to them
Keep me so close to you
That I can feel your breath upon me
And in every little thing that I do
When I am tired I’ll bring myself to you
When I feel joy I’ll bring myself to you
When I’m alone I’ll bring myself to you
With everything, let me bring myself to you
You promised your spirit would stay
Lord, let me breathe it in
Take my thoughts, take my everything
Let this song be my surrendering
I can feel your light shining through
I can see your arms underneath and supporting all I do
If it be your will let these skies within me clear
So I can go to them in darkness and bring blue skies to them
I open my heart to you
Please, can you fill it up with love and truth
So I can bring you to them
Keep me so close to you
That I can feel your breath upon me
And in every little thing that I do
“Peace be with all of you
As the Father has sent me, so I send you
Receive this Spirit Divine,
Please go and forgive”
It’s the hardest thing, this impossible truth
That me, this little sinner, can step into those shoes
But when I look around, I know how bad the world needs you
Use me in anyway that you would like to use me
I open my heart to you
Please, can you fill it up with love and truth
So I can bring you to them
Keep me so close to you
That I can feel your breath upon me
And in every little thing that I do
When I am tired I’ll bring myself to you
When I feel joy I’ll bring myself to you
When I’m alone I’ll bring myself to you
With everything, let me bring myself to you
#4 Mystical: "Spiritual progress tends toward ever more intimate union with Christ. This union is called ‘mystical’ because it participates in the mystery of Christ through the sacraments — ‘the holy mysteries’ — and, in him, in the mystery of the Holy Trinity." CCC2014
Inner Room (based on Matthew 6:6)
It can be scary
A little bit scary
It can be scary as we approach you
And then we see it
We finally see it
We see the mask that is lying between us (CCC2711)
Let me love your silence
Where I can be alone with you
I love this inner room
I love this inner room
I know I need you
Please fill my heart so I can see the real you
And you can see the real me too
Look at how broken
Look at how broken
Look at how our world is crying out to see you
And we don't see it
And we don't see it
And we don't see that the problem is not being with you
Let me love your silence
Where I can be alone with you
In my inner room
I love this inner room
I know I need you
Please fill my heart so I can see the real you
And you can see the real me too
Where I know I can find the real you
And you can find the real me too
I love this inner room
Lord, let us love to be with you.
It can be scary
A little bit scary
It can be scary as we approach you
And then we see it
We finally see it
We see the mask that is lying between us (CCC2711)
Let me love your silence
Where I can be alone with you
I love this inner room
I love this inner room
I know I need you
Please fill my heart so I can see the real you
And you can see the real me too
Look at how broken
Look at how broken
Look at how our world is crying out to see you
And we don't see it
And we don't see it
And we don't see that the problem is not being with you
Let me love your silence
Where I can be alone with you
In my inner room
I love this inner room
I know I need you
Please fill my heart so I can see the real you
And you can see the real me too
Where I know I can find the real you
And you can find the real me too
I love this inner room
Lord, let us love to be with you.
#5 Eschatological: Eschatology is the study of the eschaton, of the last things. It deals with God’s eternity and man’s final relationship with God.
It is He who calls us to Himself...and goes above and beyond to do so...
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
and ransom captive Israel
that mourns in lonely exile here
until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
shall come to you, O Israel.
O come, O Wisdom from on high,
who ordered all things mightily;
to us the path of knowledge show
and teach us in its ways to go. Refrain
O come, O come, great Lord of might,
who to your tribes on Sinai's height
in ancient times did give the law
in cloud and majesty and awe. Refrain
Little Baby Hands
Sleep well little baby
And cuddle in
Your mother is there to hold you
As she holds us too
Let us welcome you
Into our world
Let that precious new heart
Beat us into you
I fall on my knees and worship
Those little baby hands
And those little baby feet
Let your grace help me embrace
The impossible truth
That you came into our world
Take a look around you
And all that you see
Desperately needs a savior
How can he be in a manger?
We like to think
So very much of ourselves
It can't be true
It seems too simple
How can it really be you?
I fall on my knees and worship
Those little baby hands
And those little baby feet
Let your grace help me embrace
The impossible truth
That you came into our world
O Come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord!
(Matthew 1:23)
Behold, the virgin shall be with Child
And bear a son named Emmanuel
Which means "God is with us."