Christians Let Us Love One Another (Tune: PICARDY)

1. Christians let us love one another
as we share the true living bread
Jesus is our God and our brother;
with his flesh and blood we are fed.

Refrain:

Everyone who lives is born of God
Jesus is our life, God is love.

2. We who break this bread are one body,
we who share this cup are all one
Children of our Father in heaven,
we are heirs of God’s only Son. (Refrain)

3. We who eat and drink at this table
die and rise again with our Lord.
Drawing from our rock living water
giv’n to all who thirst for accord. (Refrain)

4. Wheat and grape incarnate a mystery;
Jesus is the true living bread
Let us eat with joy and thanksgiving,
trusting in the word he has said. (Refrain)

5. Jesus is the vine, we the branches;
we are grains of wheat, Christ the bread.
Those who eat this bread live forever,
one with Christ our Lord and our head. (Refrain)

Words: Armand Nigro & Cladia Foltz (1973)
Tune: PICARDY 98.98 + Refrain

Love is his word

1. Love is his word, Love is his way,
Feasting with kin, fasting alone,
Living and dying, rising again
Love only love is his way.

Refrain:

Richer than gold
Is the love of my Lord.
Better than splendour and wealth.

2. Love is his way, love is his mark,
Sharing his last Passover feast.
Christ at the table, host to the Twelve
Love, only love, is his mark.

3. Love is his mark, love is his sign,
Bread for our strength,
wine for our joy,
This is my body, this is my blood
Love, only love is his sign.

4. Love is his sign, love is his news,
Do this he said Lest you forget
All my deep sorrow, all my dear blood,
Love, only love, is his news.

5. Love is his news, Love is his name,
We are his own, chosen and called,
Family, brethren, cousins and kin.
Love, only love is his name.

6. Love is his name, love is his law,
Hear his command, all who are his,
Love one another, I have loved you
Love, only love, is his law.

7. Love is his law, Love is his word,
Love of the Lord, Father, and Word,
Love of the Spirit, God ever one,
Love, only love, is his word.

Text: Luke Connaughton (1917-1979)
Tune: CRESSWELL 8.8.9.7 + Refrain

Recebe, Deus amigo (Receive, O God)

1. Recebe, Deus amigo estes dons que a ti trazemos e felizes,
entre todos a partilha nós faremos.

Refrão:

Ó Deus Pai, a ti trazemos pão e vinho uma vez mais
um só corpo nós seremos com Jesus e pela paz.

2. Recebe, Deus amigo nossos pés e nossos braços
que encontram na unidade o alento pro cansaço.

3. Recebe, Deus amigo os projetos que alimentam
o convívio e o respeito entre os povos que se enfrentam.

4. Recebe, Deus amigo os esforços do teu povo que trabalha com
carinho pra criar um mundo novo.

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Here at the Table of Love (Dana Mangel)

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I am the bread of life (John Michael Talbot)

Refrain

I am the Bread of Life.
All who eat this Bread will never die.
I am God’s love revealed.
I am broken that you might be healed.

1. All who eat of this heavenly Bread,
all who drink this cup of the covenant:
you will live forever,
for I will raise you up.

2. No one who comes to me shall hunger again.
No one who believes shall ever thirst.
All that the Father draws shall come to me,
and I shall give them rest.

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Be Present at our Table, Lord

Be present at our table, Lord;
Be here and everywhere adored;
Thy creatures bless, and grant that we
May feast in paradise with Thee.

We thank Thee, Lord, for this our food,
For life and health and every good;
By Thine own hand may we be fed;
Give us each day our daily bread.

We thank Thee, Lord, for this our good,
But more because of Jesus’ blood;
Let manna to our souls be giv’n,
The Bread of Life sent down from Heav’n.

Text: John Cennick, 1718-1755
Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH LM

Taste and See (John Michael Talbot)

Refrain:

Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
Let us taste the goodness of the Lord
Taste and see the goodness of the Lord
Let us taste the goodness of the Lord

1. I will bless the Lord
His praise be ever in my mouth
Let my soul glory in the Lord
The lowly will hear and be glad

2. Glorify the Lord with me
Together we’ll praise His name
I sought the Lord
And He answered me
Deliver me from my fears

3. Look to Him and be radiant with joy
And your face will not blush with shame
Afflicted men call out to Him
From all his distress he is saved

Paraphrase of Psalm 34

Composer: John Michael Talbot (b. 1954)

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Happy are they (Carey Landry)

Composer: Carey Landry

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Take and eat (Michael Joncas)

Refrain: 

Take and eat; take and eat: 
this is my body given up for you. 
Take and drink; take and drink: 
this is my blood given up for you.

1. I am the Word that spoke and light was made;
I am the seed that died to be re-born;
I am the bread that comes from heaven above;
I am the vine that fills your cup with joy.

2. I am the way that leads the exile home;
I am the truth that sets the captive free;
I am the life that raises up the dead;
I am your peace, true peace my gift to you.

3. I am the Lamb that takes away your sin;
I am the gate that guards you night and day;
You are my flock; you know the shepherd's voice;
You are my own; your ransom is my blood.

Composer:  Jan Michael Joncas

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Yo soy el pan de vida (Suzanne Toolan)

Yo soy el pan de vida,
el que viene a mi no tendrá hambre,
el que cree en mi no tendrá sed.
Nadie viene a mí mientras mi el Padre no lo acepte.

Estribillo:

Yo le resucitaré, yo lo resucitaré,
Yo le resucitaré, en el día final

2. El pan que yo daré es mi cuerpo, vida del mundo.
El que coma de mi carne,
tendrá vida eterna, tendrá vida eterna. (Estribillo)

3. Mientras no comas el Cuerpo del Hijo del Hombre
y bebas de su sangre, y bebas de su Sangre,
no tendrá vida Él en ti. (Estribillo)

4. Yo soy la Resurrección, Yo soy la vida.
El que cree en mí, aunque muriera,
tendrá la vida eterna. (Estribillo)

5. Sí, Señor, yo creo que Tú eres el Cristo,
el Hijo de Dios que vino al mundo para salvamos. (Estribillo)

See also the original English version: I am the Bread of life (Suzanne Toolan)

Paraphrase of John 6

Composer: Suzanne Toolan (1966)

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Thượng Tiến Giavê (Nguyễn Quang Hưng)

ÐK: 

Thượng tiến lên Giavê bánh rượu này tinh tuyền. 
Thượng tiến lên Giavê trót cả cuộc sống này. 
Xin dâng lên Ba Ngôi của lễ rất đẹp lòng Cha, 
như sương sớm chan hòa tràn lan trên khắp nương đồng. 
Như trầm hương thơm tho bay lên thánh điện huyền linh.
Xin thương đoái nhận của lễ, xin ban xuống ơn an bình.

1. Xin hợp nhất chúng con trong tình yêu Thiên Chúa.
Xin hợp nhất chúng con muôn người cùng mến thương nhau.
Như một tấm bánh này bởi ngàn hạt lúa mì.
Như rượu rất tinh nguyên bởi ngàn nho chín thơm.

2. Xin tình yêu Chúa Trời lan tràn khắp thế giới.
Xin nguồn sống Thánh Linh hộ phù trợ giúp thi ân.
Tin một Chúa cao vời tình yêu xóa lấp oán thù.
Vui cùng kẻ hân hoan, buồn cùng ai khóc than.

3. Chúc tụng Ngôi Chúa Trời, Ðấng dựng nên thế giới.
Chúc tụng Ngôi Chúa Con Ðấng chuộc tội cứu sinh linh.
Chúc tụng Chúa Thánh Thần hằng thương thánh hóa linh hồn.
Như từ trước thiên thu, giờ đây cho tới mai sau.

 4. Ðêm hồng phúc phước đầy, Ngôi Lời đã giáng thế.
Ðêm hạnh phúc chứa chan, Chúa Trời đã xuống dương gian.
Xin cùng kính dâng Ngài lời ca dâng với hương trầm.
Xin cùng kính dâng lên Hài Nhi Ðấng Cứu Tinh.

5. Cho tình yêu chúng con vững bền trong Thiên Chúa.
Cho cuộc sống thế gian có Ngài trợ giúp ban ơn.
Cho tình mến không nhòa cùng nhau xây đắp gia đình.
Cho cuộc sống ly hương được Ngài nâng đỡ luôn.

Sáng tác: Nguyễn Quang Hưng

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Bread of Life, Hope of the World (Bernadette Farrell)

Refrain:

Bread of life, hope of the world,
Jesus Christ, our brother;
feed us now, give us life,
lead us to one another.

1. As we proclaim your death as we recall your life,
We remember your promise to return again.

2. The bread we break and share was scattered once as grain:
Just as now it is gathered, make your people one.

3. We eat this living bread, we drink this saving cup:
Sign of hope in our broken world, source of lasting  love.

4. Hold us unity, in love for all to see;
That the world may believe in you, God of all who live.

5. You are the bread of peace, you are the wine of joy,
Broken now for your people, poured in endless love.

Composer: Bernadette Farrell (1982)

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Gather the People (Dan Schutte)

Refrain:

Gather the people, enter the feast,
all are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.

1. Around this table we dine as kin,
beloved family of God.
We share the body of Christ the Lord.
Here we become what we eat. (Refrain)

2. Around this table God's bounty falls
on all who hunger and thirst.
We drink the fullness of Christ the Lord,
so we become what we eat. (Refrain)

3. Around this table our hearts rejoice
in love that’s stronger than death.
We’ll rise in glory with Christ the Lord,
then we become what we eat. (Refrain)

Composer: Dan Schutte (2004)

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Thou, Who At Thy First Eucharist Didst Pray

Tune I:




Tune II:

Thou, who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray
That all Thy Church might be forever one,
Grant us that ev’ry Eucharist to say
With longing heart and soul, “Thy will be done.”
O may we all one bread, one body be,
Through this blest sacrament of unity.

For all Thy Church, O Lord, we intercede;
Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease;
Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,
By drawing all to Thee, O Prince of Peace;
Thus may we all one bread, one body be,
Through this blest sacrament of unity.

We pray Thee too for wand’rers from Thy fold;
O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep,
Back to the faith which saints believed of old,
Back to the Church which still that faith doth keep;
Soon may we all one bread, one body be,
Through this blest sacrament of unity.

So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,
May we be one with all Thy Church above,
One with Thy saints in one unbroken peace,
One with Thy saints in one unbounded love;
More blessèd still, in peace and love to be
One with the Trinity in Unity.

Text: W.H. Turton (1881)

Comam do Pão (Taizé)

Comam do Pão, bebam do Cálice
Quem vem a mim, não terá fome
Comam do pão,bebam do Cálice
Quem em mim crer, não terá sede

Eu sou o Pão da Vida
O Pão que desceu do Céu.

Se alguém comer deste Pão
Viverá para a eternidade.

O Pão que desceu do Céu
É para dar a Vida ao mundo.

Quem vem a mim não terá fome
Quem crê em mim, não mais terá sede.

Em verdade eu vos digo:
Quem crê em mim tem a vida eterna.

See also the original English version: Eat This Bread / Jesus Christ, Bread of Life

Music: Jacques Berthier (English bio) (French bio)

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Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

Eat This Bread (Taizé)

Refrain:

Eat this bread; drink this cup.
Come to me and never be hungry.
Eat this bread; drink this cup.
Trust in me and you will not thirst.

 1. I am the bread of life, the true bread sent from the Father.

2. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but this is the bread come down from heaven. 

3. Eat my flesh and drink my blood, and I will raise you up on the last day. 

4. Anyone who eats this bread, will live forever. 

5. If you believe and eat this bread, you will have eternal life. 

See also alternate English version: Jesus Christ, Bread of Life

Music: Jacques Berthier (English bio) (French bio)

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Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English

To Be Your Bread (David Haas)

Refrain: 

To be your bread now, be your wine now,
Lord, come and change us to be a sign of your love.
Blest and broken, poured and flowing,
gift that you gave us, to be your body once again.

1. We come to your table with our lives as they are.
Heal us Lord, for we are broken; make us one again.
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2. Lord, we stumble through the darkness of night.
Lead us, now, O Lord, we follow; bring us home to you.

3. Give us the bread and wine that bring us to life.
Feed us, and we'll never hunger, never thirst again.

Composer: David Haas (1982)

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O Taste And See (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

O taste and see
how gracious the Lord is.
Blessed is the man
that trusteth in him!


Setting of Psalm 34

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Come, Risen Lord

Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest;
nay, let us be thy guests; the feast is thine;
thyself at thine own board make manifest
in thine own Sacrament of Bread and Wine.

We meet, as in that upper room they met;
thou at the table, blessing, yet dost stand:
"This is my Body"; so thou givest yet:
faith still receives the cup as from thy hand.

One body we, one Body who partake,
one Church united in communion blest;
one Name we bear, one Bread of life we break,
with all the saints on earth, and saints at rest.

One with each other, Lord, for one in thee,
who art one Savior and one living Head;
then open thou our eyes, that we may see;
be known to us in breaking of the Bread.

Text: George Wallace Briggs (1875-1959)
Tune: ROSEDALE 10.10.10.10, by Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)

Kostet und seht (Taizé)

Kostet und seht, gütig ist Gott.
Glücklich die sich bergen bei ihm.
Meide das Böse, tue das Gute.
Suche Frieden und jage ihm nach.

Taste and see how good is the Lord,
happy are those who take refuge in him.
Forsake evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it.

[NB: Provisional Taizé song]

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Official Taizé Community Website

Wikipedia information on the Taizé Community
- in French
- in English