Voices Together ‎#459

459. Let the Hungry Come to Me

Text Information

• First Line: Let the hungry come to me, let the poor be fed
• Title: Let the Hungry Come to Me
• Author (stanzas 1–3): Delores Dufner, OSB
• Author (stanzas 4–5, attributed): Thomas Aquinas
• Translator: Omer Westendorf
• Meter: 12.12.11.11
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  Psalm 107:8-9
  ;
  Isaiah 55:1-2
  ;
  Matthew 26:26-29
  ;
  Mark 14:22-25
  ;
  Luke 22:14-20
  ;
  John 6:30-58
  ;
  1 Corinthians 10:16-17
  ;
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
  ;
  Revelation 19:9
  ;
  Revelation 21:1-7
• Topic: Blood of Christ; Body of Christ; Gathering; Heritage: Before 1500; Jesus Christ: Presence of; Reign of God; Union with Christ; Union with God; Unity; Welcome
• Source: Stanzas 4–5 “Adoro te devote,” attr. Thomas Aquinas (present-day Italy), 13th c.
• Copyright: Stanzas 1–3 trans. © 1985 The Sisters of St. Benedict; Stanzas 4–5 trans. © World Library Publications, a div. of GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune Information

• Name: ADORO TE DEVOTE
• Meter: 12.12.11.11
• Key: D Major
• Source: plainsong, 13th c., Processionale (present-day France), 1697