Voices United ‎#461

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; Forgiveness from God; Grace; Jesus Christ: Blood; Jesus Christ: Images of; Jesus Christ: Words of; Mercy; Penitence; Proper 13: Year A; Holy Thursday: Year B; Proper 14: Year B; Proper 15: Year B; Holy Thursday: Year C; Easter 4: Year C; Holy thursday: Year ABC
• 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.