We come as guests invited
We come as guests invited. Timothy Dudley-Smith* (1926-2024).
This text for Holy Communion was completed at Ruan Minor, Cornwall, in August 1975. Set to the tune PASSION CHORALE, the most popular choice of partner so far, it was published in Songs of Worship in 1980 and subsequently in more than 30 books to date, many of these in the USA. The text draws on the Gospel (and 1 Corinthians 11) accounts of the Last Supper and the words of the Book of Common Prayer service of The Lord’s Supper at the administration of the sacrament: ‘…feed on him in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving’. Stanza 3 is reminiscent of the second prayer after Communion (‘Almighty and everliving God, we most...
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