Take this, all of you, eat of this flesh. Take, this is my blood, shed for sinners all. For my life I give and my love I share: trust and believe in me. Truly I say, my brethren: should you not drink my blood, should not eat my body, you have no life in you. … Read more
Father and life-giver, grace of Christ impart; he, the Word incarnate, food for mind and heart. Children of the promise, homage now we pay; sacrificial banquet cheers the desert way. Wine and bread the symbols – love and life convey, offered by your people, work and joy portray. All we won consigning, nothing is retained; … Read more
You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat, come give to us, O Saving Lord, the Bread of Life to eat. As when the shepherd calls his sheep, They know and heed his voice; so when you call your family Lord, they follow and rejoice. With joyful lips, we sing to you Our … Read more
I am the bread of life. You who come to me shall not hunger; and who believe in me shall not thirst. No one can come to me unless the Father beckons. And I will raise you up {3} on the last day. The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life … Read more
Come to the table of the Lord. Receive his Sacrament adored. He gives us grace in copious flood. Receive the Lord, his body and blood. Come, all in labour, sorrow and pain. Come to the Lord your strength to gain. He will refresh you with his might, his yoke is sweet, his burden light. Come … Read more
Come, O Lord, to my heart today and stay with me all the day. Your flesh is food and your blood is drink with these, you give to me your life. This is the bread come down from heaven which, if we eat, we’ll live forever. If we take your flesh and blood, we’ll live … Read more
Broken for me, broken for you, the body of Jesus, broken for you. He offered his body, he poured out his soul; Jesus was broken, that we might be whole. Come to my table and with me dine; eat of my bread and drink of my wine. This is my body given for you: eat … Read more
All you who hunger and thirst for the Lord, come to his banquet today, Jesus our Saviour is calling: “All you who pass by the way, come to the feast that is ready. hasten and do not delay.” We are but pilgrims unworthy, O Christ, say but the word that will heal, that we may … Read more
Yours is the kingdom, yours is the power, yours is the glory evermore. Lord, forever, Lord, forevermore. From the ends of all the earth and out beyond the stars gathered in your presence we are one. One in the bread we break and one in our concern, one with you we celebrate this day. Freedom … Read more
If we eat of the Lord and we drink of the Lord, like the Lord, we all shall be. Then we live with his life, and we share in his love, and his truth will make us free. When he tells us his plans, listen to his commands: “To the Father come, through me. Share … Read more