Let the hungry come to me
Let the hungry come to me. Delores Dufner* (1939- ).
This was written as a communion hymn for a large diocesan celebration at St Mary’s Cathedral, St Cloud, Minnesota. It is sung to a plainsong melody, ADORO TE DEVOTE, a processional hymn for the Feast of Corpus Christi. Delores Dufner, OSB, was inspired by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). This text may be sung antiphonally between the choir and congregation to the plainsong melody.
In the first stanza, Dufner calls all to the communion table—the poor, the hungry, and the thirsty—to share in a feast and to be fed and nurtured in body and spirit, as individuals and as a part of the church, the body of Christ. As with...
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