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Sweet Sacrament divine
Author: Francis Stanfield, 1835-1914 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #307 (1986) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Sweet Sacrament divine,
Hid in thine earthly home,
Lo, round thy lowly shrine,
With suppliant hearts we come;
Jesu, to thee our voice we raise
In songs of love and heartfelt praise:
Sweet Sacrament divine.
2 Sweet Sacrament of peace,
Dear home for every heart,
Where restless yearnings cease
And sorrows all depart;
There in thine ear all trustfully
We tell our tale of misery:
Sweet Sacrament of peace.
3 Sweet Sacrament of rest,
Ark from the ocean's roar,
Within thy shelter blest
Soon may we reach the shore;
Save us, for still the tempest raves,
Save, lest we sink beneath the waves:
Sweet Sacrament of rest.
4 Sweet Sacrament divine,
Earth's light and jubilee,
In thy far depths doth shine
Thy Godhead's majesty;
Sweet light, so shine on us, we pray
That earthly joys may fade away:
Sweet Sacrament divine. Languages: English Tune Title: DIVINE MYSTERIES
Sweet Sacrament divine
O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
Author: William Turton, 1856-1938 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #302 (1986) Meter: 10.10.10.10.10.10 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
That all thy Church might be for ever one,
Grant us at every Eucharist to say
With longing heart and soul, 'Thy will be done.'
Oh, may we all one Bread, one Body be,
One through this Sacrament of unity.
2 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,
One through this Sacrament of unity.
3 We pray thee too for wanderers 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,
One through this Sacrament of unity.
4 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. Languages: English Tune Title: SONG I
O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
Of the glorious body telling
Author: St Thomas Aquinas, 1227-74; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #268 (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Of the glorious body telling,
O my tongue, its mysteries sing,
And the blood, all price excelling,
Which the world’s eternal King,
In a noble womb once dwelling,
Shed for this world’s ransoming.
2 Given for us, for us descending,
Of a virgin to proceed,
Man with man in converse blending,
Scattered he the gospel seed,
Till his sojourn drew to ending,
Which he closed in wondrous deed.
3 At the last great supper lying
Circled by his chosen band,
Duly with the law complying,
First he finished its command,
Then, immortal food supplying,
Gave himself by his own hand.
4 Word-made-flesh, by word he maketh
Bread his very flesh to be;
Man in wine Christ’s blood partaketh:
And if senses fail to see,
Faith alone the true heart waketh
To behold the mystery.
Part 2 Tantum ergo
5 Therefore we, before him bending,
This great sacrament revere:
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here;
Faith, our outward sense befriending,
Makes the inward vision clear.
6 Glory let us give and blessing
To the Father and the Son,
Honour, might and praise addressing,
While eternal ages run;
Ever too his love confessing,
Who, from both, with both is one. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: PANGE LINGUA
Of the glorious body telling
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
Author: G. W. Briggs, 1875-1959 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #279 (1986) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: SONG 4
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
The heavenly Word proceeding forth
Author: St Thomas Aquinas, 1227-74; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #269a (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 The heavenly Word proceeding forth
Yet leaving not his Father’s side,
And going to his work on earth,
Had reached at length life’s eventide.
2 By false disciple to be given
To foemen for his blood athirst,
Himself, the living bread from heaven,
He gave to his disciples first.
3 In twofold form of sacrament,
He gave his flesh, he gave his blood,
That man, of soul and body blent,
Might wholly feed on mystic food.
4 In birth man's fellow-man was he,
His meat while sitting at the board;
He died, our ransomer to be,
He reigns to be our great reward.
Part 2 O salutaris hostia
5 O saving Victim, opening wide
The gate of heaven to man below;
Our foes press hard on every side,
Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.
6 All praise and thanks to thee ascend
For evermore, blest One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end,
In our true native land with thee. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: VERBUM SUPERNUM
The heavenly Word proceeding forth
The heavenly Word proceeding forth
Author: St Thomas Aquinas, 1227-74; J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #269b (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 The heavenly Word proceeding forth
Yet leaving not the Father’s side,
And going to his work on earth,
Had reached at length life’s eventide.
2 By false disciple to be given
To foemen for his life athirst,
Himself, the living bread from heaven,
He gave to his disciples first.
3 In twofold form of sacrament,
He gave his flesh, he gave his blood,
That man, of soul and body blent,
Might wholly feed on mystic food.
4 By birth man's fellow-man was he,
His meat while sitting at the board;
He died, our ransomer to be,
He reigns to be our great reward.
Part 2 O salutaris hostia
5 O saving Victim, opening wide
The gate of heaven to man below;
Our foes press hard on every side,
Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.
6 All praise and thanks to thee ascend
For evermore, blest One in Three;
O grant us life that shall not end,
In our true native land with thee. Amen. Tune Title: O SALUTARIS HOSTIA
The heavenly Word proceeding forth
All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
Author: W. J. Sparrow-Simpson, 1859-1952 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #272 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
This our song shall ever be;
For we have not hope nor Saviour
If we have not hope in thee.
2 All for Jesus! thou wilt give us
Strength to serve thee hour by hour:
None can move us from thy presence
While we trust thy love and power.
3 All for Jesus! at thine altar
Thou dost give us sweet content;
There, dear Saviour, we receive thee
In thy holy sacrament.
4 All for Jesus! thou hast loved us,
All for Jesus! thou hast died,
All for Jesus! thou art with us,
All for Jesus, glorified!
5 All for Jesus! All for Jesus!
This the Church's song shall be,
Till at last the flock is gathered
One in love, and one in thee. Languages: English Tune Title: ALL FOR JESUS
All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
Blessed Jesu, Mary's son
Author: G. B. Timms, 1910-1997 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #275 (1986) Meter: 7.8.7.8.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: LIEBSTER JESU (DESSAU)
Blessed Jesu, Mary's son
Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
Author: St Thomas Aquinas, 1227-74; James Woodford, 1820-85 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #308 (1986) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee,
Who in thy Sacrament art pleased to be;
Both flesh and spirit in thy presence fail,
Yet here thy presence we devoutly hail.
2 O blest memorial of our dying Lord,
Who living bread to men doth here afford!
O may our souls for ever feed on thee,
And thou, O Christ, for ever precious be.
3 Fountain of goodness, Jesu, Lord and God,
Cleanse us, unclean, with thy most cleansing blood;
Increase our faith and love, that we may know
The hope and peace which from thy presence flow.
4 O Christ, whom now beneath a veil we see,
May what we thirst for soon our portion be,
To gaze on thee unveiled, and see thy face,
The vision of thy glory and thy grace.
Languages: English Tune Title: ADORO TE
Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
Where the appointed sacrifice
Author: G. B. Timms, 1910-1997; W. Drennan, 1754-1820; G. B. Timmes, 1910-1997 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #312 (1986) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: SCHÜTZ
Where the appointed sacrifice
Once, only once, and once for all
Author: William Bright, 1824-1901 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #304 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Once, only once, and once for all,
His precious life he gave;
Before the Cross in faith we fall,
And own it strong to save.
2 'One offering, single and complete,'
With lips and hearts we say;
But what he never can repeat
He shows forth day by day.
3 For as the priest of Aaron’s line
Within the holiest stood,
And sprinkled all the mercy-shrine
With sacrificial blood;
4 So he, who once atonement wrought,
Our Priest of endless power,
Presents himself for those he bought
In that dark noontide hour.
5 His Manhood pleads where now it lives
On heaven’s eternal throne,
And where in mystic rite he gives
Its presence to his own.
6 And so we show thy death, O Lord,
Till thou again appear,
And feel, when we approach thy board,
We have an altar here. Languages: English Tune Title: ALBANO
Once, only once, and once for all
Holy God, we show forth here
Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #290 (1986) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.4.4.5.5 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Holy God, we show forth here
Jesus' death our sins to clear,
Jesus' life our life to be,
Jesus' love the world to free.
Stay the faithful, win the strayed,
Bless the living and the dead.
Father lead us,
Saviour feed us,
Spirit be our store,
Now and evermore.
2 Lord, unite us every one
Each to other, through thy Son;
Join us truly heart to heart,
Let us ne'er be drawn apart:
All one bread, one body we,
Bound by love to all and thee.
Blessèd Master,
Bind us faster;
In thy love divine,
Love we thee and thine!
Languages: English Tune Title: MEISTERSINGER
Holy God, we show forth here
May the grace of Christ our Saviour
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #298a (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: WALTHAM
May the grace of Christ our Saviour
May the grace of Christ our Saviour
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #298b (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Tune Title: GOTT DES HIMMELS
May the grace of Christ our Saviour
According to thy gracious word
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #270 (1986) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 According to thy gracious word,
In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember thee.
2 Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread from heaven shall be;
Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee.
3 Gethsemane can I forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember thee?
4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes
And rest on Calvary
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,
I must remember thee:
5 Remember thee, and all thy pains,
And all thy love to me;
Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,
Will I remember thee.
6 And when these failing lips grow dumb,
And mind and memory flee,
When thou shalt in thy kingdom come,
Jesus, remember me. Languages: English Tune Title: BANGOR
According to thy gracious word
Author of life divine
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #274 (1986) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Author of life divine,
Who hast a table spread,
Furnished with mystic wine
And everlasting bread,
Preserve the life thyself hast given,
preserve the life thyself hast given,
And feed and train us up for heaven.
2 Our needy souls sustain
With fresh supplies of love,
Till all thy life we gain,
And all thy fulness prove,
And strengthened by thy perfect grace,
and, strengthened by thy perfect grace,
Behold without a veil thy face. Languages: English Tune Title: LOVELY (RHOSYMEDRE)
Author of life divine
Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
Author: Josiah Conder, 1789-1855 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #276a (1986) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Bread of heaven, on thee we feed,
For thy flesh is meat indeed;
Ever may our souls be fed
With this true and living bread,
Day by day with strength supplied
Through the life of him who died.
2 Vine of heaven, thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacrifice;
'Tis thy wounds our healing give;
To thy cross we look and live:
Thou our life! O let us be
Rooted, grafted, built on thee. Languages: English Tune Title: NICHT SO TRAURIG (PRESSBURG)
Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
Author: Josiah Conder, 1789-1855 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #276b (1986) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Bread of heaven, on thee we feed,
For thy flesh is meat indeed;
Ever may our souls be fed
With this true and living bread,
Day by day with strength supplied
Through the life of him who died.
2 Vine of heaven, thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacrifice;
'Tis thy wounds our healing give;
To thy cross we look and live:
Thou our life! O let us be
Rooted, grafted, built on thee. Tune Title: BREAD OF HEAVEN
Bread of heaven, on thee we feed
Bread of the world in mercy broken
Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #277 (1986) Meter: 9.8.9.8 D Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: Bread of the world in mercy broken,
Wine of the soul in mercy shed,
By whom the words of life were spoken,
And in whose death our sins are dead:
Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed,
And be thy feast to us the token
That by thy grace our souls are fed!
Languages: English Tune Title: RENDEZ À DIEU
Bread of the world in mercy broken
Christ be with me, Christ within me
Author: Mrs. C. F. Alexander, 1818-95 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #278 (1986) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
2 Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all who love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger. Languages: English Tune Title: GARTAN
Christ be with me, Christ within me
Faithful Shepherd, feed me
Author: T. B. Pollock, 1836-96 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #282 (1986) Meter: 6.5.6.5 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Faithful Shepherd, feed me
In the pastures green;
Faithful Shepherd, lead me
Where thy steps are seen.
2 Hold me fast, and guide me
In the narrow way;
So, with thee beside me,
I shall never stray.
3 Daily bring me nearer
To the heavenly shore;
May my faith grow clearer,
May I love thee more.
4 Hallow every pleasure,
Every gift and pain;
Be thyself my treasure,
Though none else I gain.
5 Day by day prepare me
As thou seest best,
Then let angels bear me
To thy promised rest. Languages: English Tune Title: PASTOR PASTORUM
Faithful Shepherd, feed me
Father, see thy children bending at thy throne
Author: William Jervois, 1852-1905; W. B. Trevelyan, 1853-1929 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #283 (1986) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Father, see thy children bending at thy throne,
Pleading here the Passion of thine only Son,
Pleading here before thee all his dying love,
As he pleads it ever in the courts above.
2 Not for our wants only we this offering plead,
But for all thy children who thy mercy need:
Bless thy faithful people, win thy wandering sheep,
Keep the souls departed who in Jesus sleep.
Languages: English Tune Title: GHENT
Father, see thy children bending at thy throne
Father, we thank thee who hast planted
Author: F. Bland Tucker, 1895-1984 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #284 (1986) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: LES CAMANDEMENS DE DIEU
Father, we thank thee who hast planted
Lord of all, to thee we raise
Author: F. S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #285a (1986) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion First Line: For the beauty of the earth Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Refrain:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.
2 For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light: [Refrain]
3 For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and brain's delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight: [Refrain]
4 For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain]
5 For each perfect gift of thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of heaven: [Refrain]
6 *For thy Church that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
This pure sacrifice of love: [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: ENGLAND'S LANE
Lord of all, to thee we raise
Lord of all, to thee we raise
Author: F. S. Pierpoint, 1835-1917 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #285b (1986) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion First Line: For the beauty of the earth Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Refrain:
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our sacrifice of praise.
2 For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light: [Refrain]
3 For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and brain's delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight: [Refrain]
4 For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild: [Refrain]
5 For each perfect gift of thine,
To our race so freely given,
Graces human and divine,
Flowers of earth and buds of heaven: [Refrain]
6 *For thy Church that evermore
Lifteth holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
This pure sacrifice of love: [Refrain] Tune Title: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE
Lord of all, to thee we raise
From glory to glory advancing, we praise thee, O Lord
Author: Charles Humphreys, 1849-1921 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #286 (1986) Meter: 14.14.14.15 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 From glory to glory advancing, we praise thee, O Lord;
Thy name with the Father and Spirit be ever adored.
From strength unto strength we go forward on Sion's highway,
To appear before God in the city of infinite day.
2 Thanksgiving and glory and worship and blessing and love,
One heart and one song have the saints upon earth and above.
O Lord, evermore to thy servants thy presence be nigh;
Ever fit us by service on earth for thy service on high. Languages: English Tune Title: SHEEN
From glory to glory advancing, we praise thee, O Lord
Glory, love and praise and honour
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #287 (1986) Meter: 8.3.3.6 D Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Glory, love and praise and honour
For our food, now bestowed,
Render we the Donor.
Bounteous God, we now confess thee;
God who thus, blessest us,
Meet it is to bless thee.
2 Thankful for our every blessing,
Let us sing Christ the Spring,
Never, never ceasing.
Source of all our gifts and graces,
Christ we own; Christ alone
Calls for all our praises.
3 He dispels our sin and sadness,
Life imparts, cheers our hearts,
Fills with food and gladness.
Who himself for all has given,
Us he feeds, us he leads
To a feast in heaven. Languages: English Tune Title: BENIFOLD
Glory, love and praise and honour
God everlasting, wonderful and holy
Author: Harold Riley, b. 1903 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #288 (1986) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: DIVA SERVATRIX
God everlasting, wonderful and holy
Hail, true Body, born of Mary
Author: H. N. Oxenham, 1829-88 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #289 (1986) Meter: Irregular Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Hail, true Body, born of Mary,
Spotless Virgin's virgin birth;
Thou who truly hangedst weary
On the Cross for sons of earth;
2 Thou whose sacred side was riven,
Whence the Water flowed and Blood,
O may'st thou, dear Lord, be given
At death's hour to be our food:
3 O most kind! O gracious One!
O sweetest Jesu, holy Mary's Son!
Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: AVE VERUM
Hail, true Body, born of Mary
Jesu! – the very thought is sweet!
Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #291a (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Jesu! -- the very thought is sweet!
In that dear name all heart-joys meet;
But sweeter than the honey far
The glimpses of his presence are.
2 No word is sung more sweet than this:
No name is heard more full of bliss:
No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh,
Than Jesus, Son of God most high.
3 Jesu! the hope of souls forlorn!
How good to them for sin that mourn!
To them that seek thee, O how kind!
But what art thou to them that find?
4 Jesu, thou sweetness, pure and blest,
Truth’s fountain, Light of souls distrest,
Surpassing all that heart requires,
Exceeding all that soul desires!
5 No tongue of mortal can express,
No letters write its blessedness:
Alone who hath thee in his heart
Knows, love of Jesus, what thou art.
6 *I seek for Jesus in repose,
When round my heart its chambers close;
Abroad, and when I shut the door,
I long for Jesus evermore.
7 *With Mary in the morning gloom
I seek for Jesus at the tomb;
For him with love's most earnest cry,
I seek with heart and not with eye.
8 *Jesus, to God the Father gone,
Is seated on the heavenly throne;
My heart hath also passed from me,
That where he is there it may be.
9 We follow Jesus now, and raise
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise,
That He at last may make us meet
With him to gain the heavenly seat. Amen.
Languages: English Tune Title: JESU DULCIS
Jesu! – the very thought is sweet!
Jesu! – the very thought is sweet!
Author: J. M. Neale, 1818-66 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #291b (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Jesu! the very thought is sweet!
In that dear name all heart-joys meet;
But sweeter than the honey far
The glimpses of his presence are.
2 No word is sung more sweet than this:
No name is heard more full of bliss:
No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh,
Than Jesus, Son of God most high.
3 Jesu! the hope of souls forlorn!
How good to them for sin that mourn!
To them that seek thee, O how kind!
But what art thou to them that find?
4 Jesu, thou sweetness, pure and blest,
Truth’s fountain, Light of souls distrest,
Surpassing all that heart requires,
Exceeding all that soul desires!
5 No tongue of mortal can express,
No letters write its blessedness:
Alone who hath thee in his heart
Knows, love of Jesus! what thou art.
6 *I seek for Jesus in repose,
When round my heart its chambers close;
Abroad, and when I shut the door,
I long for Jesus evermore.
7 *With Mary in the morning gloom
I seek for Jesus at the tomb;
For him, with love's most earnest cry,
I seek with heart and not with eye.
8 *Jesus, to God the Father gone,
Is seated on the heavenly throne;
My heart hath also passed from me,
That where he is there it may be.
9 We follow Jesus, now, and raise
The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise,
That He at last may make us meet
With him to gain the heav'nly seat. Amen.
Tune Title: THE ROSY SEQUENCE
Jesu! – the very thought is sweet!
Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts
Author: Ray Palmer, 1808-87 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #292a (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts,
Thou fount of life, thou light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts
We turn unfilled to thee again.
2 Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood,
Thou savest those that on thee call,
To them that seek thee thou art good,
To them that find thee, all in all.
3 We taste thee, O thou living bread,
And long to feast upon thee still;
We drink of thee, the fountain-head,
And thirst our souls from thee to fill.
4 Our restless spirits yearn for thee,
Where'er our changeful lot is cast,
Glad when thy gracious smile we see,
Blest when our faith can hold thee fast.
5 O Jesu, ever with us stay,
Make all our moments calm and bright;
Chase the dark night of sin away,
Shed o'er the world thy holy light. Languages: English Tune Title: EXULTET CAELUM LAUDIBUS
Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts
Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts
Author: Ray Palmer, 1808-87 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #292b (1986) Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts,
Thou fount of life, thou light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts
We turn unfilled to thee again.
2 Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood,
Thou savest those that on thee call,
To them that seek thee thou art good,
To them that find thee, all in all.
3 We taste thee, O thou living bread,
And long to feast upon thee still;
We drink of thee, the fountain-head,
And thirst our souls from thee to fill.
4 Our restless spirits yearn for thee,
Where'er our changeful lot is cast,
Glad when thy gracious smile we see,
Blest when our faith can hold thee fast.
5 O Jesu, ever with us stay,
Make all our moments calm and bright;
Chase the dark night of sin away,
Shed o'er the world thy holy light. Tune Title: EISENACH
Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts
Jesus, our Master, on the night that they came
Author: Michael Hewlett, b. 1916 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #293 (1986) Meter: 10.11.11.12 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: HARWICH
Jesus, our Master, on the night that they came
Just as I am, without one plea
Author: Charotte Elliott, 1789-1871 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #294 (1986) Meter: 8.8.8.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Just as I am, without one plea
But that thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidd'st me come to thee,
O Lamb of God, I come.
2 Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings within, and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come.
3 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea all I need, in thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come.
4 Just as I am, thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve:
Because thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come.
5 Just as I am (thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down),
Now to be thine, yea thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come.
6 Just as I am, of that free love
The breadth, length, depth and height to prove,
Here for a season then above,
O Lamb of God, I come. Languages: English Tune Title: SAFFRON WALDEN
Just as I am, without one plea
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Author: Gerard Moultrie, 1829-85 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #295 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly-minded,
For with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.
2 King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth he stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood:
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
3 Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.
4 At his feet the six-winged seraph;
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the Presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry,
Alleluya, Alleluya,
Alleluya, Lord most high! Languages: English Tune Title: PICARDY
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Author: G. H. Bourne, 1840-1925 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #296a (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour,
First-begotten from the dead,
Thou alone, our strong defender,
Liftest up thy people’s head.
Alleluya,
Jesu, true and living Bread!
2 Here our humblest homage pay we;
Here in loving reverence bow;
Here for Faith’s discernment pray we,
Lest we fail to know thee now.
Alleluya,
Thou art here, we ask not how.
3 Though the lowliest form doth veil thee
As of old in Bethlehem,
Here as there thine angels hail thee,
Branch and Flower of Jesse's stem.
Alleluya,
We in worship join with them.
4 Paschal Lamb, thine Offering, finished
Once for all when thou wast slain,
In its fullness undiminished
Shall for evermore remain,
Alleluya,
Cleansing souls from every stain.
5 Life-imparting heavenly Manna,
Stricken Rock with streaming side,
Heaven and earth with loud hosanna
Worship thee, the Lamb who died,
Alleluya,
Risen, ascended, glorified! Languages: English Tune Title: ST HELEN
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Author: G. H. Bourne, 1840-1925 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #296b (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour,
First-begotten from the dead,
Thou alone, our strong defender,
Liftest up thy people’s head.
Alleluya,
Jesu, true and living Bread!
2 Here our humblest homage pay we;
Here in loving reverence bow;
Here for Faith’s discernment pray we,
Lest we fail to know thee now.
Alleluya,
Thou art here, we ask not how.
3 Though the lowliest form doth veil thee
As of old in Bethlehem,
Here as there thine angels hail thee,
Branch and Flower of Jesse's stem.
Alleluya,
We in worship join with them.
4 Paschal Lamb, thine Offering, finished
Once for all when thou wast slain,
In its fullness undiminished
Shall for evermore remain,
Alleluya,
Cleansing souls from every stain.
5 Life-imparting heavenly Manna,
Stricken Rock with streaming side,
Heaven and earth with loud hosanna
Worship thee, the Lamb who died,
Alleluya,
Risen, ascended, glorified! Tune Title: BRYN CALFARIA
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour
Lord Jesus Christ
Author: Patrick Appleford, b. 1924 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #297 (1986) Meter: 4.5.5.3.8.8.8.3 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: LIVING LORD
Lord Jesus Christ
My spirit longs for thee
Author: John Byrom, 1692-1763 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #299a (1986) Meter: 6.6.6.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 My spirit longs for thee
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
Of so divine a guest.
2 Of so divine a guest
Unworthy though I be,
Yet has my heart no rest
Unless it come from thee.
3 Unless it come from thee,
In vain I look around;
In all that I can see
No rest is to be found.
4 No rest is to be found
But in thy blessèd love:
O, let my wish be crowned,
And send it from above! Languages: English Tune Title: MARIA JUNG UND ZART
My spirit longs for thee
My spirit longs for thee
Author: John Byrom, 1692-1763 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #299b (1986) Meter: 6.6.6.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 My spirit longs for thee
Within my troubled breast,
Though I unworthy be
Of so divine a guest.
2 Of so divine a guest
Unworthy though I be,
Yet has my heart no rest
Unless it come from thee.
3 Unless it come from thee,
In vain I look around;
In all that I can see
No rest is to be found.
4 No rest is to be found
But in thy blessèd love:
O, let my wish be crowned,
And send it from above! Tune Title: AMEN COURT
My spirit longs for thee
O Food of men wayfaring
Author: Athelstan Riley, 1858-1945 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #300 (1986) Meter: 7.7.6.7.7.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 O Food of men wayfaring,
The Bread of Angels sharing,
O Manna from on high!
We hunger; Lord, supply us,
Nor thy delights deny us,
Whose hearts to thee draw nigh.
2 O Stream of love past telling,
O purest Fountain, welling
From out the Saviour’s side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
Of thine abundance give us,
And all we need provide.
3 O Jesu, by thee bidden,
We here adore thee, hidden
’Neath forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is riven,
We may behold, in heaven,
Thy countenance divine. Languages: English Tune Title: IN ALLEN MEINEN THATEN
O Food of men wayfaring
O, most merciful! O, most bountiful!
Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #301 (1986) Meter: 10.7.10.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: O, most merciful! O, most bountiful!
God the Father Almighty!
By the Redeemer's sweet intercession,
Hear us, help us when we cry. Languages: English Tune Title: SCHÖNSTER HERR JESU
O, most merciful! O, most bountiful!
Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
Author: Anonymous Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #305 (1986) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast,
Body of Christ, be thou my saving guest,
Blood of my Saviour, bathe me in thy tide,
Wash me with water flowing from thy side.
2 Strength and protection may thy passion be,
O blessèd Jesu, hear and answer me;
Deep in thy wounds, Lord, hide and shelter me,
So shall I never, never part from thee.
3 Guard and defend me from the foe malign,
In death's dread moments make me only thine;
Call me and bid me come to thee on high
Where I may praise thee with thy saints for ay.
Languages: English Tune Title: ANIMA CHRISTI
Soul of my Saviour, sanctify my breast
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Author: C. W. Humphreys, 1840-1921; Percy Dearmer 1867-1936 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #306 (1986) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
That holy things have taken;
Let ears that now have heard thy songs
To clamour never waken.
2 Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang
Keep free from all deceiving;
The eyes which saw thy love be bright,
Thy blessèd hope perceiving.
3 The feet that tread thy holy courts
From light do thou not banish;
The bodies by thy Body fed
With thy new life replenish. Languages: English Tune Title: ACH GOTT UND HERR
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Victim Divine, thy grace we claim
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #309a (1986) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Victim Divine, thy grace we claim
While thus thy precious death we show;
Once offered up, a spotless Lamb,
In thy great temple here below,
Thou didst for all mankind atone,
And standest now before the throne.
2 Thou standest in the holiest place,
As now for guilty sinners slain;
Thy blood of sprinkling speaks and prays
All-prevalent for helpless man;
Thy blood is still our ransom found,
And speaks salvation all around.
3 We need not now go up to heaven
To bring the long-sought Saviour down;
Thou art to all already given,
Thou dost e’en now thy banquet crown:
To every faithful soul appear,
And show thy real presence here. Languages: English Tune Title: SONG 9
Victim Divine, thy grace we claim
Victim Divine, thy grace we claim
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #309b (1986) Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Victim Divine, thy grace we claim
While thus thy precious death we show;
Once offered up, a spotless Lamb,
In thy great temple here below,
Thou didst for all mankind atone,
And standest now before the throne.
2 Thou standest in the holiest place,
As now for guilty sinners slain;
Thy blood of sprinkling speaks and prays
All-prevalent for helpless man;
Thy blood is still our ransom found,
And speaks salvation all around.
3 We need not now go up to heaven
To bring the long-sought Saviour down;
Thou art to all already given,
Thou dost e’en now thy banquet crown:
To every faithful soul appear,
And show thy real presence here. Tune Title: COLERAINE
Victim Divine, thy grace we claim
We hail thy presence glorious
Author: Richard Parsons, 1882-1948 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #310 (1986) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Languages: English Tune Title: OFFERTORIUM
We hail thy presence glorious
We pray thee, heavenly Father
Author: V. Stuckey. S. Coles, 1845-1929 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #311 (1986) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 We pray thee, heavenly Father,
To hear us in thy love,
And pour upon thy children
The unction from above;
That so in love abiding,
From all defilement free,
We may in pureness offer
Our Eucharist to thee.
2 All that we have we offer,
For it is all thine own,
All gifts, by thine appointment,
In bread and cup are shown;
One thing alone we bring not,
The wilfulness of sin,
And all we bring is nothing
Save that which is within.
3 Within the pure oblation,
Beneath the outward sign,
By that his operation,--
The Holy Ghost divine,--
Lies hid the sacred body,
Lies hid the precious blood,
Once slain, now ever glorious,
Of Christ our Lord and God.
4 Wherefore, though all unworthy
To offer sacrifice,
We pray that this our duty
Be pleasing in thine eyes;
For praise, and thanks and worship,
For mercy and for aid,
The catholic oblation
Of Jesus Christ is made. Languages: English Tune Title: MEIRIONYDD
We pray thee, heavenly Father
Wherefore, O Father, we thy humble servants
Author: William Jervois, 1852-1905 Hymnal: The New English Hymnal #313 (1986) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: Sacraments and Other Rites Holy Communion Lyrics: 1 Wherefore, O Father, we thy humble servants
Here bring before thee Christ thy well-belovèd,
All-perfect Offering, Sacrifice immortal,
Spotless Oblation.
2 See now thy children, making intercession
Through him our Saviour, Son of God incarnate,
For all thy people, living and departed,
Pleading before thee. Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTE FONS JUGIS
Wherefore, O Father, we thy humble servants
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