1Lord God, Your love has called us here,As we, by love, for love were made.Your living likeness still we bearTho’ marred, dishonored, disobeyed.We come, with all our heart and mindYour call to hear, Your love to find. 2We come with self inflicted painsOf broken trust and chosen wrong,Half free, half bound by inner chains,By social […]
1An upper room did our Lord prepareFor those loved until the end:And His disciples still gather there,To celebrate their risen Friend. 2And after supper He washed their feet,For service, too, is sacrament.In Him our joy shall be made completeSent out to serve, as He was sent. 3A lasting gift Jesus gave His own:To share His
1Bread of the world in mercy broken,Wine of the soul in mercy shed,By whom the words of life are spoken,And in whose death our sins are dead; 2Look on the heart by sorrow broken,Look on the tears by sinners shed;And be Thy feast to us the tokenThat by Thy grace our souls are fed. Amen.
1Beneath the forms of outward riteThy supper, Lord, is spreadIn every quiet upper roomWhere fainting souls are fed. 2The bread is always consecrateWhich men divide with men;And every act of brotherhoodRepeats Thy feast again. 3The blessed cup is only passedTrue memory of Thee,When life anew pours out its wineWith rich sufficiency. 4O Master, through these
1I come with joy to meet my Lord,Forgiven, loved and free,In awe and wonder to recallHis life laid down for me,His life laid down for me. 2I come with Christians far and nearTo find, as all are fed,Our true community of loveIn Christ’s communion bread,In Christ’s communion bread. 3As Christ breaks bread for us to
1In imitation, Lord, of Thee,This solemn service we repeat;For Thine example full of grace,Has made this humble duty sweet. 2Renew each sacred spark of love,And vitalize the holy flame;May union strong our hearts uniteWhile this we do in Jesus’ name. 3Our great example Thou shalt be,In washing Thy disciples feet;And as we follow Thy command,Make
1By Christ redeemed, In Christ restored,We keep the memory adored,And show the death of our dear Lord,Until He come. 2His broken body in our stead is here,In his memorial bread;And so our feeble love is fed,Until He come. 3His fearful drops of agony,His lifeblood shed for us we see;The wine shall tell the mystery,Until He
1Let us break bread together on our knees,let us break bread together on our knees.When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun,O Lord, have mercy on me. 2Let us drink wine together on our knees,let us drink wine together on our knees.When I fall on my knees with my face
1Now let us from this table riseRenewed in body, mind, and soul;With Christ we die and live again,His selfless love has made us whole. 2With minds alert, upheld by grace,To spread the word in speech and deed,We follow in the steps of Christ,At one with all in hope and need. 3To fill each human house
1O God, unseen, yet ever near,Reveal Thy presence nowWhile we in love that hath no fear,Before Thy glory bow. 2Here may Thy faithful people knowThe blessings of Thy love,The streams that thro’ the dessert flow,The manna from above. 3We come, obedient to Thy WordTo feast on heav’nly food,Our meat, the body of our Lord,Our drink,
