Let us enter the God's presence! Let us bow down in worship to God! Whose universe is full of God's glory! Nothing is greater than God!

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2 All: All: All: All: All: All : All: Let us enter the God's presence! Let us bow down in worship to God! Whose universe is full of God's glory! Nothing is greater than God! Consider the magnificence of our God! The majesty of the works of our God! Who has given us Blessed Maria Helena! Ablaze in God! Ablaze in gratitude! Praise God, all creatures here below! The heavens and the earth shout with joy! Shout forth all you nations! Sing and bless God's name! Let us bow down in gratitude! Let us sing a new song giving thanks to God! Let us be ablaze in gratitude and join in the earth 's jubilation!

3 f/ ~of~~.. ~t - -J; - J J t r r J 1 ;.---J J~~~~:_- ;. - Join in the dance of the earth's ju - bi - Ia - tion! ~ J. 1. JJ J j j -r- j, J f O J J I This is the feast of the love of God. Shout from the ~ _ r --r _) 1 J. - J :-J--l J. -;. heights to the ends of ere - a - tion Sing for the ~ f _J _I -kj J r ~ r - "J "[ --_- ~ t J--... Jl ~ r}. a great day of glad -ness now has come Ant: Isaiah 40: With Blessed Maria Helena, set the feet of our heart dancing to the rhythm of the new song of gratitude to You, our God! 1. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of the Lord's hand and marked off the heavens with a span, 2. Enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 1. Who directed the spirit of the Lord or as counselor instructed the Lord? 2. Whom did the Lord consult for enlightenment, and taught the Lord the path ofjustice? ~ A

4 1. Who taught the Lord knowledge, and showed the Lord the way of understanding? 2. Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as dust on the scales; see, the Lord takes up the isles like fine dust. 1. Glory to You: Source of all being Blessed Trinity: from the first and before; from the farthest future and after. Ant: With Blessed Maria Helena, set the feet of our heart dancing to the rhythm of the new song of gratitude to You, our God! Prayer: God of Blessed Maria Helena, you are the song unfolding; the music of the world becoming; the heart in, with and under all creation! Ablaze in the fire of Your love, we sing the dance of your majesty! ~~.' Psalml45 \ Ant: With Blessed Maria Helena, open our eyes to see, our ears to hear, our hearts a-singing the new song of gratitude to You, our God!

5 My sovereign God, I must exalt you; I must bless your Name for ever and ever. Every day I will bless you and everlastingly praise your Name. Great are you, Holy One, most worthy of praise, grand beyond all knowing. You lift up all who fall, and restore those who are prostrate. All eyes look to you with hope and you give them food in due season. You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing Holy One, you are faithful and just in all your ways, true and loving in all your works. You are close to all who call to you, to all who call sincerely. I. You meet the needs of all who revere you. You hear their cries for help and rescue them. You protect all who love you, but destroy the wicked. 2. Let my mouth praise you, 0 Holy One, and all flesh bless God's Holy Name. Forever and ever! 1. Glory to You: Source of all being...

6 2. Blessed Trinity: from the first and before; from the farthest future and after. Ant: With Blessed Maria Helena, open our eyes to see, our ears to hear, our hearts a-singing the new song of gratitude to You, our God! Prayer: God of Blessed Maria Helena, you are the song dancing in creation, embracing creation with human love, filling the world with justice. Ablaze with the tire of Your love, we sing the dance of your care! ~o{rtj>~: 7cwtlu77~of~~ rtj>~: Psalm 96 I ~ Ant: With Blessed Maria Helena, I sustain our hearts to delight, to cherish and to sing of our salvation in a new song of gratitude to You, our God! 1. Sing to God a new song; sing to God all the whole earth. 2. Sing and bless God's holy Name; proclaim the good news of salvation from day to day. l. Declare God's glory among the nations, God's wonders among all peoples.

7 2. Tell it among the nations that God reigns! God has made the world so firm that it cannot be moved, and will judge the peoples with equity. 1. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that is in it; let the field be joyful and all that is therein. 2. Then shall all the trees of the wood shout for joy! 1. Glory to You: Source of all being Blessed Trinity: from the first and before; from the farthest future and after. Ant: With Blessed Maria Helena, sustain our hearts to delight, to cherish and to sing of our salvation in a new song of gratitude to You, our God! Prayer: God of Blessed Maria Helena, we are rooted and grounded in the glory and song of all created things. Ablaze with the fire of Your love, how can we keep from singing! ~; I Thessaloni ans 1:1-5, Ephesians 5: A message from the Thessalonians and Ephesians through Blessed Maria Helena:

8 May the peace and grace of God be with you! We give thanks to God at all times for you and remember you in our prayers. We constantly recall before God our Father the work of your faith, the labors of your love and your endurance in waiting for Christ Jesus our Lord. We remember the circumstances of your being called. The gospel we brought you was such not only in words. Miracles, the Holy Spirit, and plenty of everything were given to you! Never cease to give thanks to God! Sing and celebrate the Lord in your heart, giving thanks to God the Father in the name of Christ Jesus, our Lord, always and for everything. ~.. Triune God, it is right and just to give You thanks and praise, at all times and all places.--triune God... We lift our hearts ablaze in song,---at all... Glory to You: Source of all Being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit.---Triune God...

9 Ant: ~ ~~# I t J J J I t:j ~ J /J J f I J J I t J J J I J=F My soul re - joic- es in God, my Sav-ior. My spir-it finds its,jijjij J:QJiu ljt- '-'.... (Mtu:?14-.J~(.J.#t "l?cftjt"cc..ov - -< wei~ sttl.u(jjb} joy in God, the liv-ing God. ('f&mtid~. 11,.,,. ')ulu.~u } 1. Count them, my spirit, and be grateful. Count the wonders one by one, each drop of rain, each kindly work, each rose and garlic bud, 2. Observe them all, my soul, and give thanks. How many times have you been redeemed? How many breezes blew clouds away? How many seeds burst into life? 1. Holy God, you are alive and active! You have loved us with a sweet and tender love. Like a Father you have corrected us chastising us as only a mother can When we return to you weeping, mending our ways, seeking advice you hear us coming from afar. Even before our words are audible you rush to our comfort scooping us up eagerly like lost children, found. You carry us home.

10 2. You nourish us, filling us until we become like a child, resting on its mother's lap. 1. For all your universal wonders, we praise you. For all your showering benefits, we thank you. For all your daily miracles, we murmur gratitude. 2. Generation after generation you continue blessing. You are the rock we grasp and hold. You are the shield we lift for protection. Age upon age you remain steadfast. 1. At all times and seasons, in all places and persons, we see and hear and feel the goodness of your presence. II I ' 2. Blessed are you, Giving God, 'H Benefactor of Heaven and Earth in every ag. Your name is Generosity. You convey wonder and miracle day after day to the earth and its people. 1. To you we lift our hearts and voices in prayer of gratitude. 2. Glory to You: Source of all being Blessed Trinity: from the first and before; from the farthest future and after. Ant: "'H# t t ~ - jjgjt -t-tjfr' D I J _ =ftttnsfij w em~ '--"..., / ' ldff*lrep Mv soul re -- ioic- es in God. mv Sav ior. Mv soir- it finds its joy in God, the liv- ing God.

11 The Holy Spirit is God; God's very Self as closest to us. Ablaze with deep fidelity and love to the Holy Spirit, Blessed Maria Helena mentors how the love of the Holy Spirit touches, comforts and heals us, God's people and creation. Grateful, we sing... Refra in ~ --t=: D j :J lr --v r~ Th en sings my soul, my Sav -ior God to thee; How great thou art':" how great thou art! Then sings my soul. my Sav -ior God to thee; How great thou art, how great thou art! As much as possible Blessed Maria Helena cared and protected love and harmony in the community. Ablaze with God, she recognized the dignity of others, teaching us and the world God's way of respect, forgiveness and reconciliation. Grateful, we smg... Blessed Maria Helena shared a single room as sleeping and living quarters with three other Sisters, and worked very hard in the kitchen. Even then, she was ablaze with generosity. She had time for the Lord, the Spirit of Generosity who blesses each of us and our land a-plenty. Grateful we sing... Mindful of her relationship with God, she listened and accepted the movement of the Spirit in her life. Ablaze in discernment, she shows us participative responsibility for nature, humanity and the universe so-o-o loved by God. Grateful, we sing...

12 ~ ~~of~uj1i1ude;: Holy Triune God, continue to set us ablaze with the gift of gratitude, as was Blessed Maria Helena. May we then shower your benefits and your daily miracles on all persons, all places, all nations and in all seasons. We sing and join in a dance of jubilation, thanking you for your love! Amen! Amen! ~~.. May our Generous God bless us; protect our Province, our Congregation, our world and the universe! Amen!