Opening Song:
All Your Works are Good by Jill Gullahorn, Julie Lee, and Sandra McCracken
Lyrics:
The moon it marks the seasons
The sun knows when to go down
The ocean holds its creatures
The river knows its bounds
The birds the trees the cattle
And all things great and small
We find our place in creation
Your hand sustains us all
All Your works are good
All Your works are good
From everlasting to everlasting
All Your works are good
He makes the clouds His chariot
He wraps Himself in light
He stretches out the heavens
Like a tent across the sky
He knows our every burden
When darkness veils our eyes
He comes with spring returning
Bringing death to life
As we labor until evening
There’s a message on the wind
Be still and know your maker
Be satisfied in Him
Passage:
24 O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Here is the sea, great and wide,
which teems with creatures innumerable,
living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
27 These all look to you,
to give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
30 When you send forth your Spirit, they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in his works,
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke!
33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the LORD.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more!
Bless the LORD, O my soul!
Praise the LORD!
(Psalm 104:24–35 ESV)
Musical Reflection:
Bless the Lord, My Soul by Jacques Berthier
Reflection Notes:
A contribution to the Taizé tradition, this tune by Berthier provides a reverent foundation for the text: “Bless the Lord, my soul, and bless God’s holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me into life.”
Prayer:
O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
