Song of The Week (4/19 - 4/25) - "Open Me" by: Shawn McDonald

"Open Me" Lyrics:

Would You open up eyes, so I can see

Would You open up my ears, so I can hear

Would You open up my mind, so I can know

Would You open up my heart, so I can love You more

I wanna serve You, my God

I wanna give everything

I wanna serve You, my King, yeah

I wanna serve You, my Lord

I wanna give You everything, yeah

Would You open up eyes, so I can see

Would You open up my ears, so I can hear

Would You open up my mind, so I can know

Would You open up my heart, so I can love You more

I wanna serve You, my God

I wanna give everything

I wanna serve You, my King, yeah

I wanna serve You, my Lord

I wanna give You everything, yeah

Here I am with my arms open wide

Asking for You to come up, up inside

Won't You make me new, won't You make me true

Jesus, won't You make me like You, oh

Will You touch my eyes, so I can see

Will You touch my ears, so I can hear

Will You touch my mind, so I can know

Will You touch my heart, so I can love You more

Won't You open me

Won't You open me

Won't You open me, yeah

Won't You open me

Reflection:

The song this week by Shawn McDonald is also a quite beautiful prayer. The song is a reminder that the closer we are in our relationship to God, the more our eyes, ears, mind, and heart are opened. Once we start thinking, seeing, and loving like God does, we are then fully living-out our Christian identity (our baptismal promises) and are then able to love and serve others because service is at the heart of Christianity. On Holy Thursday, we heard in the gospel reading that what Christ did for the Apostles, we are to do to each other (cf. Jn 13:12-20), i.e. to serve and love one another. Let us pray during this Easter season, may our hearts and minds be opened for us, to know God’s presence within our lives and within every individual, and to serve as Christ served.


John 13:12-15 – “So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow.”


1 Samuel 12:24 – “But you must fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart, for you have seen the great things the LORD has done among you.”


Mark 10:45 – “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”


Deacon Scott Hill

Our Lady of Victory Parish