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Text:O wheat whose crushing was for bread
Author:Delores Dufner, OSB (b. 1939)
Tune:NEW LIFE
Composer:Shirley W. McRae (b. 1933)

760. O wheat whose crushing was for bread

Text Information
First Line: O wheat, whose crushing was for bread
Title: O wheat whose crushing was for bread
Author: Delores Dufner, OSB (b. 1939)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Eucharist
Copyright: © 1990 Sisters of St. Benedict
ONE LICENSE: 30953
Tune Information
Name: NEW LIFE
Composer: Shirley W. McRae (b. 1933)
Meter: LM
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 1996 Shirley W. McRae



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