Our Lenten Vigil is on Maundy Thursday 20 March 2008. It will be the Holy Hour of 10 to 11pm; and will be held in church.

Here are the songs
Bless The Lord My Soul
O Lord Heal Us
Lord Jesus Christ
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Stay With Me
Holy Darkness
Jesus Remember Me
Adoramus Te Domine

Click here for the playlist of some of the songs:

GII Lenten Vigil Songs

Here are some of the prayers and a litany that we will be using -
Taken from Taize website Holy Week 2

Psalm – Ps 142

With all my voice I cry to you, Lord, and with all my voice I entreat you, Lord. I pour out my trouble before you; I tell you all my distress while my spirit faints within me. But you, O Lord, know my path.
On the way where I shall walk they have hidden a snare to entrap me. Look on my right and see: there is no one who takes my part. I have no means of escape, not one who cares for my soul.
I cry to you, O Lord, I have said, “You are my refuge, all I have in the land of the living.” Listen, then, to my cry for I am in the depths of distress.
Rescue me from those who pursue me for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of this prison and then I shall praise your name. Around me the just will assemble because of your goodness to me.

Reading – John 13,1.3-5.12-15

Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (…) During supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. (…) After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”

Litany of praise

Let us contemplate Jesus the Lord: instead of the joy meant for him, he endured the cross, disregarding its disgrace. — We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
O Jesus Christ, born in humility to confound the proud and to raise the humble, —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
You lived among us, healing the sick, proclaiming Good News to the poor and freedom to prisoners. —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
You came to unbind the chains of every slavery, friend of the humble, bread of hungry hearts, —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
Jesus, full of patience and goodness, you showed forgiveness and kindness to the very end. —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, you call to yourself all who are weary and burdened. —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
Jesus, you came into the world to serve and to give your life; you were betrayed for money, dragged before judges and nailed to the cross. —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.
Jesus, Lord of the universe, by your resurrection from the dead you are alive at the Father’s side and there you prepare a place for us. —We worship you, Lord, upon the cross.

Prayer

God of all loving, you always welcome us. Why should we wait for our hearts to be changed in order to live for you? You offer all we need to soothe and heal our wounds.