Amazing Grace

1.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind but now I see.

2.
‘Twas grace that my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

3.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares
I have already come;
‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

4.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

5.
When we’ve been there ten thousand hears,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.

Text: Verses 1-4, John Newton,
Verse 5 ascribed to John Rees
Uses: Funerals, All Souls Day, End of Liturgical Year

Now Thank We All Our God

Now Thank We All Our God

1.
Now thank we all our God,
With heart, and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hat done,
In whom his world rejoices.
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

2.
O may this gracious God
Through all our life be near us!
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
Preserve us in his grace
And guide us in distress,
And free us from all sin,
Till heaven we possess.

3.
All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son and Spirit blest,
Who reigns in highest heaven
Eternal Triune God,
Whom earth and heavn'n adore.
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

Hymn tune: Nun Danket
Meter: 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6
Text: Martin Rinkart (tr. Catherine Winkworth)
Music: Johann Crüger

About the photo:
This window that can be found just behind the organ
in Dearborn, MI at St. Sebastian Parish.