Wake the World with Dawning Joy by Steven C. Warner

A perennial favorite for special ordinary time events - Wake the World is a really cool tune to raise the roof a bit! Presented here as the Offertory (Preparation) song for the 13th SUNDAY of Ordinary Time, June 30, 2024.
Verse 1
Wake the world with dawning joy!
Wake it with your gladness!
Work for justice, live in peace,
Claim the Word courageous!
Let us sing to God this new day,
see the world in a different way.
Let us wake the world, wake the world,
with abiding words of faith.
Verse 2
Though the world is locked in sleep,
Let us rise rejoicing!
One with Christ, his light to keep,
Called to human kindness.
Let us sing to God this new day,
walk the world in a holy way,
Let us wake the world, wake the world,
with uplifting words of hope.
Verse 3
Love the world with different eyes,
God's own love incarnate!
Leaving all to follow Christ:
Sweet and endless mercy!
Let us sing to God this new day,
reach the world in miraculous ways,
Let us wake the world, wake the world,
with prophetic words of love.
Verse 4
Thunder now God's song of praise,
wake to harp and dancing,
Song to lift us all our days,
Song of love and triumph!
For the Bridegroom now awaits us,
in the faces of all we meet,
Now awake the world! Wake the world,
with unending words of joy.