Voices United ‎#501

501. Break Now the Bread of Life

1 Break now the bread of life, Saviour, to me,
as once you broke the loaves beside the sea.
Beyond the sacred page I seek you, Lord;
my spirit waits for you, O Living Word.

2 Bless your own truth, dear Christ, to me, to me,
as when you blessed the bread by Galilee;
then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall,
and I shall find my peace, my all-in-all.

Text Information

• First Line: Break now the bread of life, Saviour, to me
• Title: Break Now the Bread of Life
• Author: Mary Artemisia Lathbury (1877, alt.)
• Meter: 10 10 10 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Church at Worship: Scripture; liturgical: Songs of Illumination; Bible; Biblical Narrative; Calmness and Serenity; Comfort/Consolation; Holy Spirit: Illumination; Jesus Christ: Presence; Jesus Christ: Word; Last Supper; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Service Music: Prayer for Illumination; Truth; Word of God; Proper 13: Year A; Easter 7: Year B; Proper 9: Year B; Proper 13: Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: BREAD OF LIFE
• Composer: William Fisk Sherwin (1877)
• Meter: 10 10 10 10
• Key: D Major