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280. Choice Places at the Table

Text Information
First Line: Let us each choose the humblest seat
Title: Choice Places at the Table
Author: Kathryn Ann Hill (2011)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 17
Copyright: ©2011 Kathryn Ann Hill.
Notes: Text by Lutheran poet Kathryn Ann Hill, from To You It Has Been Given: The Parables of Jesus in Picture and Verse (2011), rev. for this volume.
Tune Information
Name: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13515 4321
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Grenoble Antiphoner, 1753; arr. The Hymnal 1940



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