Dear Lord, we thank Thee for this bread

Dear Lord

we thank Thee for this bread

It is a sign divine;

In it we see the mysteries

Of God’s unique design.

This bread Thy body signifies

Which Thou hast giv’n for us

That we may share Thy life divine

Partaking of Thee thus.

For us Thy body Thou didst break

That Thou may thus impart

Thyself as life to us that we

May be Thy counterpart.

This bread thus also signifies

Thy body mystical

Of which we living members are

With Thee identical.

Though we are many grains of wheat

Yet all one loaf

one bread;

Remembering Thee in such a way

With Thee we all are fed.

As of this bread we all commune

Thou

Lord

dost satisfy;

With all the saints we fellowship

And Thee we testify.