Song of Gratitude
Music by Craig Hella Johnson
Words by Michael Dennis Browne

Sung by the St. Thomas More Choir, May 2025

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Out of this love, out of this longing
Out of these voices from all of the ages
Out of these songs, out of this singing
Lifting our souls, lifting our being
Heart, you are everywhere
Deeper than dreaming
In the name of the Spirit of Love
Always and everywhere, we bow down
We bow down, namaste

Within the source, within the center
Within the telling of falling and rising
Within the root, within creation
Harvest of waves, dancing, redeeming
Hope, you flow everywhere
Healing our hunger
In the name of the Spirit of Love
Always and everywhere, we bow down
We bow down, namaste

Harmony flesh (harmony flesh)
Harmony treasure (harmony treasure)
Harmony human, forever returning
Harmony path, harmony vision
Blessing our way, endless beginnings
Light, you shine everywhere
Shaping our wonder
In the name of the spirit of love
Always and everywhere, we bow down (we bow down)
We bow down (we bow down), namaste

Michael Hawes, December 2025
Improvisation on texts and tunes:

…like the flower needs the rain, you know, I need you;
like the winter needs the spring, you know, I need you
- Dewey Bunnell

If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me and ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you
I'd swim the seas to ease your pain
- Townes Van Zandt

Like the deer longs for the waters,
so longs for you
- Psalm 42:1

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
- Traditional

The Feast Meant for Everyone
Music by Tom Booth and Sarah Hart

Sung by the St. Thomas More Music Choir, November 2025

Verse:
1. Bread for the immigrant, bread for the poor,
bread for the hungry who beg at our door.
Food for the outcast, waiting to belong; come to the feast meant for everyone.

2. Bread for the sheltered, bread for the rich;
those who need nothing but all Jesus is.
Food for all people, empty, we all come; come to the feast meant for everyone.

3. Drink for the brother thirsting for more;
drink for the sister who’s run out of hope.
This cup is healing, more than just enough.
Come to the feast meant for everyone.

Chorus:
Oh, how great is the love of God in this body broken, this saving blood.
Oh, how great is the love of God here in the feast meant for everyone,
Here in the feast meant for everyone.

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