(How could I forget My precious Christ The Lord How could I forget His side that had to bleed)2 (He who saw me in my misery So He came running to meet me He who bought me and redeemed me Broke my chains and set me free)2 (How could I forget The story of my life That tells and shows Your great love for me)2 (In my wounds and my sorrows
(Your majesty O King of kings Is filling our surroundings Mountains melt before You Your name is exalted O our Savior)2 The rivers clap for You All instruments play for You A word from You O Lord Makes kings subdue to You (You are High Above each and every name You are High Above the clouds and the world You are High All eyes will see You reign You are High)2
A word in your ear, if you hear it You’ll live happily all your life. Instead of grief, worries and Always saying I am tired, Open for Him who is knocking The door of your heart for long. If you open, you’ll find rest And spread flowers under His feet A word in your ear, if you hear it Don’t think that He will come Into your heart empty handed.
(My sins are burdens I drag heavily I fall beneath them, they break me I cannot break them To You I drag myself, liberate me Over my weaknesses, empower me All of my habits, change them)2 (Lift me high up like an eagle Make this world in my eyes Worth nothing and diminish it My goal is to win You The world means nothing I don’t mind if I lose it)2
Hymn Lyrics 🔗 The angel chose you From among seven brothers And you were weak But full of power The power of God And His Holy Spirit The angel told him God will fill you with grace Refrain: It is he, it is he, Anba Bishoy The perfect man and beloved Of our Good Savior (Who chose Him As the precious portion)2 When he became a young man He was full of good virtues
Refrain: Blessed are you Anba Bishoy O beloved of God Blessed for seeing Him And meeting with Him Blessed O His beloved You washed His feet O righteous and perfect man O full of virtues The angel said in a vision That you are blessed You are chosen from childhood From among your brethren The Lord called you And saved and strengthened you He promised and fulfilled And filled you with His spirit
Refrain: (Blessed are you… Blessed are you)2 (Anba Bishoy, blessed are you)2 All the monks Beseeched with their heart To see their God With love, you listened to them You raised up prayers Your God replied And told them of the time They were rejoiced in the Lord They all rejected Him But you accepted Him You came right to Him With love, you carried Him God then promised you
Refrain: Anba Bishoy, O great saint You resembled our father Abraham (You hosted the Good Lord And received honor and blessing) My Lord Jesus back in the days Washed the feet of His honored apostles And you are the only one among the sons of man (Who washed His feet, but with exaltation)2 I come to your church with joy And worship my Lord with faith You remind me with Simeon the elder
Very early Sunday morning Mary Magdalene ran to The tomb of the beloved Savior Standing and watching)2 (Before the stone was rolled away The Savior rose victoriously)2 Refrain: (Truly He is risen The Lord is risen) (The tomb was all light And the guards fell down And the angel cried out saying Jesus is risen as He said)2 (Minds were puzzled for an Empty tomb with linen cloths)2 (Mary saw a man
Jesus appeared to the disciples In the absense of Thomas the apostle They told him the Lord is risen He said: this cannot be His faith was weak Forgetting the power of God Like many other people Who forget His gifts Thomas said to the disciples: I will not believe what you just said Unless I place my finger In the place of the nail And in the wound of the spear