General (Vol. 4 - John Beer)

Article Sections

Contents

  1. Great God, our threefold gift of unity
  2. God, who first formed us, dust to precious life
  3. Heavenly banquet, God’s release
  4. Christmas
  5. O God, our story’s author, and its end
  6. O God of wisdom, mind and space (Gradual)
  7. What place is this, that my dear Lord should be

Heavenly banquet, God’s release

7.7.7.7.  Tune: O Gibbons Song 13

  1. Heavenly banquet, God’s release;
    Eucharistic bond of peace;
    Christ’s communion in one breath;
    Consecration by his death.
  2. Holy supper, victory won;
    Foretaste of a risen Son;
    Pattern of our sins forgiven;
    Mingled cup, the wine of heaven. 
  3. Very presence, hidden grace;
    Christ’s own sacramental face;
    Source of ordinary joy;                   
    Body, blood, in God’s employ.
  4. Tokens of a piercéd side;
    Adam’s hunger satisfied;
    Sustenance in mystery;
    Medicine of immortality.

© John Beer 2001