461. Bread of the World (Tu es notre pain véritable)

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 your feast to us the token
that by your grace our souls are fed.

Text Information
First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken (Tu es notre pain véritable)
Title: Bread of the World (Tu es notre pain véritable)
Author: Reginald Heber (ca. 1820)
Translator (into French): L. Guillou
Meter: 9 8 9 8 D
Language: English; French
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: The Church at Worship: Holy Communion; liturgical: Communion Songs; Choruses and Refrains (14 more...)
Copyright: Translation © Editions Musicales Studio S.M.
Tune Information
Name: RENDEZ À DIEU
Composer (melody): Louis Bourgeois (1542)
Meter: 9 8 9 8 D
Key: G Major
Source: melody adapt. Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter 1542; arr. The English Hymnal 1933
Copyright: Arrangement by permission of Oxford University Press.



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