Roland E. Murphy - "They Came to Know Him in the Breaking of the Bread" (February 1, 1976)
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| (uplifting gentle organ music) | 0:04 | |
| (choir singing indistinctly) | 0:46 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 3:45 | |
| - | When we gather to praise God, | 4:05 |
| we remember that we are the people of God | 4:09 | |
| who have preferred our wills to the divine will. | 4:13 | |
| Accepting the power God offers to us | 4:18 | |
| to become new persons in Christ, | 4:22 | |
| let us our sin before God and one another. | 4:25 | |
| Most merciful God, | 4:34 | |
| we confess that we have sinned against you | 4:36 | |
| in thought, word, and deed. | 4:39 | |
| We have not loved you with our whole hearts. | 4:43 | |
| We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. | 4:47 | |
| We pray you of your mercy. | 4:51 | |
| Forgive what we have been, | 4:54 | |
| amend what we are, direct what we shall be, | 4:57 | |
| that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways | 5:03 | |
| through Jesus Christ our Lord. | 5:09 | |
| Amen. | 5:11 | |
| Hear the good news: Christ died for us | 5:14 | |
| while we were yet sinners. | 5:17 | |
| That is God's own proof of his love toward us. | 5:19 | |
| In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven. | 5:24 | |
| - | In the name of Jesus Christ we are forgiven. | 5:30 |
| Glory to God. Amen. | 5:34 | |
| (bright organ music) | 5:38 | |
| ♪ Sing praise to God who reigns above ♪ | 5:50 | |
| ♪ The God of all creation ♪ | 5:56 | |
| ♪ The God of power, the God of love ♪ | 6:02 | |
| ♪ The God of our salvation ♪ | 6:08 | |
| ♪ With healing balm my soul he fills ♪ | 6:14 | |
| ♪ And every faithless murmur stills ♪ | 6:20 | |
| ♪ To God all praise and glory ♪ | 6:26 | |
| - | With one voice, let us make strong | 6:37 |
| our affirmation of faith. | 6:40 | |
| We are not alone, we live in God's world. | 6:43 | |
| We believe in God: who has created and is creating, | 6:48 | |
| who has come in the truly human Jesus | 6:53 | |
| to reconcile and make new, | 6:57 | |
| who works in us and others through the Spirit. | 6:59 | |
| We trust God who calls us to be the church | 7:04 | |
| to celebrate life in its fullness | 7:08 | |
| to love and serve others, | 7:12 | |
| to seek justice and resist evil, | 7:14 | |
| to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, | 7:18 | |
| our judge and our hope. | 7:22 | |
| In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. | 7:24 | |
| We are not alone. Thanks be to God. | 7:31 | |
| - | Let us pray. | 7:45 |
| Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power | 7:48 | |
| of your Holy Spirit, | 7:50 | |
| that, as the scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, | 7:53 | |
| we may hear with joy what you say to us today. | 7:56 | |
| Amen. | 8:01 | |
| Hear the reading from the eighth chapter of Acts: | 8:03 | |
| But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, | 8:07 | |
| "Rise and go toward the south | 8:11 | |
| to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." | 8:13 | |
| This is a desert place. | 8:17 | |
| And he rose and went. | 8:19 | |
| And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, | 8:21 | |
| a minister of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, | 8:24 | |
| in charge of all her treasure, | 8:28 | |
| had come to Jerusalem to worship | 8:31 | |
| and was returning, seated in his chariot, | 8:34 | |
| he was reading the prophet Isaiah. | 8:38 | |
| And the Spirit said to Philip, | 8:41 | |
| "Go over and join this chariot." | 8:43 | |
| So Philip ran to him | 8:46 | |
| and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, | 8:48 | |
| "Do you understand what you are reading?" | 8:53 | |
| And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" | 8:56 | |
| And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. | 9:01 | |
| Now the passage of the Scripture | 9:05 | |
| which he was reading was this: | 9:07 | |
| "As a sheep led to the slaughter | 9:10 | |
| or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, | 9:12 | |
| so he opens not his mouth. | 9:16 | |
| In his humiliation justice was denied him. | 9:19 | |
| Who can describe his generation? | 9:24 | |
| For his life is taken up from the earth." | 9:26 | |
| And the eunuch said to Philip, | 9:30 | |
| "About whom, pray, does the prophet say this, | 9:33 | |
| about himself or about some one else?" | 9:36 | |
| Then Philip opened his mouth, | 9:40 | |
| and beginning with this scripture | 9:42 | |
| he told him the good news of Jesus. | 9:44 | |
| And as they went along the road they came to some water, | 9:48 | |
| and the eunuch said, "See, here is water! | 9:51 | |
| What is to prevent my being baptized?" | 9:54 | |
| And he commanded the chariot to stop, | 9:57 | |
| and they both went down into the water, | 10:00 | |
| Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. | 10:02 | |
| Let us stand for the gospel reading. | 10:08 | |
| Gospel reading from the 24th chapter, | 10:13 | |
| the gospel according to of St. Luke. | 10:15 | |
| And he said to them, "O foolish men, | 10:24 | |
| and slow of heart to believe | 10:27 | |
| all that the prophets have spoken! | 10:29 | |
| Was it not necessary | 10:31 | |
| that the Christ should suffer these things | 10:33 | |
| and enter into his glory?" | 10:36 | |
| And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, | 10:38 | |
| he interpreted to them in all the scriptures | 10:42 | |
| the things concerning himself. | 10:44 | |
| So they drew near to the village to which they were going. | 10:47 | |
| He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, | 10:51 | |
| saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening | 10:55 | |
| and the day is now far spent." | 10:59 | |
| So he went in to stay with them. | 11:02 | |
| When he was at table with them, | 11:06 | |
| he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, | 11:08 | |
| and gave it to them. | 11:13 | |
| And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; | 11:15 | |
| and he vanished out of their sight. | 11:20 | |
| They said to each other, | 11:23 | |
| "Did not our hearts burn within us | 11:25 | |
| while he talked to us on the road, | 11:27 | |
| while he opened to us the scriptures?" | 11:30 | |
| And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; | 11:33 | |
| and they found the eleven gathered there | 11:38 | |
| and those who were with them, who said, | 11:40 | |
| "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" | 11:43 | |
| Then they told what had happened on the road, | 11:48 | |
| and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. | 11:51 | |
| Amen. | 11:57 | |
| (bright organ music) | 11:59 | |
| (choir sings indistinctly) | 12:07 | |
| ♪ Amen, amen ♪ | 12:32 | |
| - | "They came to know him in the breaking of the bread." | 12:53 |
| Words taken from the gospel of St. Luke 24:35. | 12:59 | |
| In the name of the Father and of the Son | 13:07 | |
| and of the Holy Spirit. | 13:08 | |
| My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, | 13:12 | |
| among the gospel storytellers, | 13:17 | |
| it is Luke who is the consummate deft artist. | 13:20 | |
| He knows how to develop a story. | 13:27 | |
| The evidence is found not only in the concreteness | 13:31 | |
| of his gospel narrative, but also in the vignettes | 13:35 | |
| scattered in the acts of the apostles, | 13:40 | |
| such as the story of the Ethiopian eunuch baptized by Philip | 13:44 | |
| which we have just heard, or the scene of Paul's address | 13:49 | |
| to the elders at Miletus, or of the shipwreck at Malta. | 13:54 | |
| The beauty of the Emmaus story which we have just heard | 14:01 | |
| lies in the unexpected. | 14:06 | |
| Jesus appears to Cleopas and the unnamed disciple | 14:10 | |
| on the road to Emmaus, but they don't recognize him. | 14:13 | |
| It is unexpected that a resident in Jerusalem | 14:19 | |
| should be ignorant of the events of the last three days. | 14:23 | |
| So they detail these for him. | 14:27 | |
| "We were hoping," they say, "that he was the one | 14:30 | |
| who would set Israel free." | 14:35 | |
| It is unexpected that the stranger scolds them. | 14:40 | |
| "How slow are you to believe? | 14:45 | |
| Did not the Christ have to undergo this?" | 14:49 | |
| Perhaps it is not unexpected | 14:55 | |
| that they should press Jesus to stay with them | 14:57 | |
| once they reached Emmaus. | 15:00 | |
| After all, this stranger was an engrossing companion. | 15:03 | |
| But the most unexpected of all that follows | 15:08 | |
| in the Terce description of the breaking of the bread. | 15:11 | |
| When he had seated himself with them to eat, | 15:16 | |
| he took bread, pronounced the blessing, | 15:20 | |
| then broke the bread and distribute it to them. | 15:25 | |
| With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him, | 15:31 | |
| whereupon he vanished from their sight. | 15:35 | |
| Students of the Bible remain divided over whether or not | 15:41 | |
| this meal was a Eucharistic liturgy or a simple repast. | 15:45 | |
| The question cannot be solved | 15:52 | |
| if we think of Cleopas as the narrator. | 15:54 | |
| Would he have heard of the last supper, | 16:00 | |
| that event, which triggered the hectic goings on | 16:04 | |
| of the last three days? | 16:09 | |
| Hardly. | 16:12 | |
| But if Luke is the narrator, and he is, | 16:15 | |
| what then, what is Luke trying to say | 16:20 | |
| about the breaking of the bread? | 16:25 | |
| First, we should note the old liturgical formula | 16:31 | |
| that appears not only here but in all the gospel reports | 16:34 | |
| of the Last Supper: | 16:37 | |
| taking bread and giving thanks he broke it | 16:39 | |
| and gave it to them. | 16:42 | |
| And there is the telling comment of Luke | 16:44 | |
| that precisely then their eyes were opened | 16:48 | |
| and they recognized him. | 16:52 | |
| And they are described as telling the story later | 16:55 | |
| to the apostles, "how they had come to know him | 16:58 | |
| in the breaking of the bread." | 17:02 | |
| The breaking of the bread. | 17:07 | |
| That's the phrase Luke uses in the second chapter of Acts | 17:12 | |
| about the early Christians. | 17:15 | |
| "They devoted themselves," he writes, | 17:18 | |
| "to the apostles' instruction and the communal life, | 17:21 | |
| to the breaking of bread and the prayers." | 17:26 | |
| The phrase breaking of the bread makes no sense | 17:31 | |
| in such a context, | 17:35 | |
| unless it refers to the Christian celebration | 17:38 | |
| of the Eucharistic mystery. | 17:41 | |
| Luke uses the phrase again in the 20th chapter of Acts, | 17:45 | |
| where he also tells the story | 17:51 | |
| about how Paul talked on and on | 17:53 | |
| to a youth named Eutychus perched on a window cell | 17:57 | |
| became drowsier and drowsier | 18:02 | |
| and finally fell out the window. | 18:06 | |
| The story has introduced us: "On the first day of the week | 18:09 | |
| when we gathered for the breaking of the bread." | 18:14 | |
| Again, the phrase seems to designate the Christian Eucharist | 18:18 | |
| which came to mark the Lord's day, | 18:22 | |
| the first day of the week. | 18:25 | |
| I mentioned at the outset another narrative by Luke, | 18:29 | |
| the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch by Philip. | 18:32 | |
| There is a certain parallel between this | 18:36 | |
| and the Emmaus story. | 18:39 | |
| In both cases, the story culminates in a sacrament. | 18:41 | |
| Baptism for the Ethiopian, | 18:47 | |
| the breaking of bread for the two disciples. | 18:50 | |
| In both cases the explaining of the scriptures is an issue. | 18:54 | |
| Philip's lesson to the Ethiopian and Jesus' lecture | 19:01 | |
| to the two disciples who describe it in that great line, | 19:06 | |
| "were not our heart burning inside us as he talked to us | 19:11 | |
| on the road and explained the scriptures to us?" | 19:16 | |
| Can we not find in these narratives of Luke | 19:22 | |
| an important lesson? | 19:26 | |
| The scriptures lead to Christ, | 19:30 | |
| Word and sacraments belong together. | 19:33 | |
| And this is the risen Christ, the Christ who lives, | 19:39 | |
| who is present to us in the Eucharist. | 19:43 | |
| As we continue with the celebration of the Eucharist today, | 19:49 | |
| let us do so in the spirit of Cleopas and his companion. | 19:54 | |
| Our hearts burning within us | 20:00 | |
| as we hear and meditate upon the Word | 20:02 | |
| and ready, yes, anxious, to recognize Christ | 20:06 | |
| in the breaking of the bread. | 20:12 | |
| - | Let us pray | 20:26 |
| that the world may live in peace | 20:30 | |
| and that the church may achieve unity, | 20:33 | |
| fulfilling its service here and everywhere. | 20:35 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. | 20:39 |
| - | That all ministers and teachers in the church | 20:43 |
| may be faithful servants of the gospel, | 20:45 | |
| leading others into its way of life | 20:48 | |
| and strengthening their faith. | 20:50 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. | 20:53 |
| - | That the leaders of this nation and the world | 20:57 |
| may govern with justice and mercy. | 20:59 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. | 21:03 |
| - | That all our work may be done for the common good, | 21:06 |
| that it be done in safety, | 21:10 | |
| and that all may be spared from grinding toil, | 21:12 | |
| which destroys fullness of life. | 21:15 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. | 21:18 |
| - | That those who work on frontiers of truth | 21:22 |
| and those who enrich our lives with beauty and joy | 21:25 | |
| may be free to follow their vocations. | 21:29 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. | 21:32 |
| - | That those who suffer disease or poverty | 21:36 |
| or loneliness or grief may be healed and comforted, | 21:38 | |
| that those who are oppressed or persecuted | 21:42 | |
| may be strengthened and delivered. | 21:45 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. | 21:48 |
| - | That those whom we have known and loved | 21:52 |
| who have died in the faith may be a glorious memory to us | 21:54 | |
| and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints. | 21:58 | |
| - | Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer | 22:03 |
| through Jesus Christ, our Lord. | 22:06 | |
| Amen. | 22:08 | |
| - | Christ our Lord invites to this table all who love him | 22:15 |
| and who desire to live in peace with one another. | 22:23 | |
| May the peace of the Lord be with you always. | 22:28 | |
| - | And also with you. | 22:34 |
| - | My sisters and brothers in Christ as forgiven | 22:38 |
| and as reconciled and reconciling people, | 22:42 | |
| let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God. | 22:46 | |
| (gentle music) | 22:53 | |
| (choir sings in foreign language) | 24:10 | |
| (bright organ music) | 28:32 | |
| ♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪ | 28:52 | |
| ♪ Praise him all creatures here below ♪ | 28:58 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 29:05 | |
| ♪ Praise him above ye heavenly host ♪ | 29:13 | |
| ♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪ | 29:19 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 29:26 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah, Hallelujah ♪ | 29:33 | |
| ♪ Hallelujah ♪ | 29:40 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 29:48 | |
| - | Receive O Lord, these our gifts | 29:59 |
| as but tokens of our commitment to that kingdom | 30:02 | |
| transcending all divisions of nation and race | 30:07 | |
| and class and sex, | 30:12 | |
| indeed that kingdom wherein justice and mercy do reign. | 30:16 | |
| Amen. | 30:23 | |
| - | Will you join with us now | 30:38 |
| in the prayer of thanks-giving and consecration? | 30:39 | |
| The Lord is with you. | 30:43 | |
| - | And with you also. | 30:46 |
| - | Lift up your hearts. | 30:47 |
| - | We lift them to the Lord. | 30:49 |
| - | Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. | 30:51 |
| - | It is right to give God thanks and praise. | 30:54 |
| - | O God, it is right that we should always | 30:57 |
| and everywhere give you thanks and praise, | 31:00 | |
| only you, O God, you created all things | 31:04 | |
| and called them good. | 31:07 | |
| You made us in your own image. | 31:09 | |
| Even when we rebelled against your love, | 31:12 | |
| you did not desert us. | 31:14 | |
| You delivered us from captivity, | 31:16 | |
| made covenant to be our God and King, | 31:18 | |
| and spoke to us through your prophets. | 31:21 | |
| Therefore, we join the entire company of heaven | 31:25 | |
| and all your people now on earth | 31:28 | |
| in worshiping and glorifying you: | 31:30 | |
| Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, | 31:33 | |
| heaven and earth are full of your glory. | 31:38 | |
| Hosanna in the highest. | 31:41 | |
| Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. | 31:43 | |
| Hosanna in the highest. | 31:47 | |
| - | We thank you, Holy God, | 31:50 |
| that you loved the world so much | 31:53 | |
| you sent your only Son to be our Savior. | 31:56 | |
| The Lord of all life came to live among us. | 32:00 | |
| He healed and taught men, ate with sinners, | 32:04 | |
| and won for you a new people by water and the Spirit. | 32:09 | |
| We saw his glory. | 32:15 | |
| Yet he humbled himself in obedience to your will, | 32:17 | |
| freely accepting death on a cross. | 32:22 | |
| By dying, he freed us from unending death; | 32:25 | |
| by rising from the dead, he gave us everlasting life. | 32:30 | |
| We remember that on the night | 32:36 | |
| in which he gave himself up for us, | 32:39 | |
| the Lord Jesus took bread. | 32:42 | |
| After giving you thanks, he broke the bread | 32:45 | |
| and gave it to his disciples, and said: | 32:49 | |
| "Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you." | 32:53 | |
| When the supper was over, he took the cup. | 32:59 | |
| Again he returned thanks to you, | 33:02 | |
| gave the cup to his disciples, and said: | 33:04 | |
| "Drink from this, all of you, | 33:07 | |
| this is the cup of the new covenant in my blood, | 33:10 | |
| poured out for you and many, for the forgiveness of sins." | 33:15 | |
| When we eat this bread and drink this cup, | 33:22 | |
| we experience anew the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ | 33:25 | |
| and look forward to his coming in final victory. | 33:31 | |
| - | Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. | 33:36 |
| - | We remember and proclaim with gratitude: | 33:43 |
| Holy God, what your Son has done for us | 33:46 | |
| in his life and death, in his resurrection and ascension. | 33:49 | |
| Accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving | 33:54 | |
| in union with Christ's offering for us, | 33:57 | |
| as a reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves. | 34:01 | |
| Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us. | 34:05 | |
| gathered here out of love for you, and on these gifts. | 34:08 | |
| Help us know in the breaking of this bread | 34:13 | |
| the presence of Christ | 34:16 | |
| who gave his body and blood for people. | 34:17 | |
| Make us one with Christ, one with each other, | 34:21 | |
| and one in service to all mankind. | 34:26 | |
| - | Through your Son Jesus Christ, | 34:30 |
| with the Holy Spirit in your Holy Church, | 34:32 | |
| all glory and honor is yours, God Almighty. | 34:35 | |
| In unity with Christ and with each other, we pray, | 34:40 | |
| Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, | 34:44 | |
| your kingdom come, your will be done, | 34:49 | |
| on earth as in heaven. | 34:52 | |
| Give us today the bread we need. | 34:55 | |
| Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. | 34:58 | |
| Save us in the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. | 35:04 | |
| For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, | 35:09 | |
| now and forever. | 35:13 | |
| Amen. | 35:15 | |
| - | Because there is one loaf, | 35:19 |
| we, many as we are, are one body; | 35:23 | |
| for it is one loaf of which we all partake. | 35:28 | |
| When we break the bread, is it not a means of sharing | 35:33 | |
| in the body of Christ? | 35:38 | |
| - | When we give thanks over the cup, | 35:45 |
| is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ? | 35:48 | |
| (gentle uplifting music) | 36:54 | |
| - | Take your time when others are receiving communion, | 38:32 |
| we invite you to listen prayerfully and meditatively | 38:38 | |
| to the singing by the choir. | 38:44 | |
| You may also wish to turn to number 742 and following | 38:47 | |
| for prayers appropriate to you and to all of us | 38:55 | |
| as is our custom in the Chapel now | 39:00 | |
| and has been for some time. | 39:02 | |
| We invite those of you who are worshiping with us | 39:05 | |
| this day together round the Lord's table | 39:07 | |
| as the choir is now doing, | 39:11 | |
| so we ask you to do in two circles. | 39:13 | |
| Join together spiritually and close together | 39:16 | |
| in the love of Christ as we receive his body and his blood. | 39:19 | |
| And go forth to serve others in his name. | 39:26 | |
| (gentle uplifting music) | 39:32 | |
| Sometimes we feel overjoyed at the fullness of life | 43:10 | |
| because of the goodness of life at home and at work, | 43:15 | |
| or wherever we may be. | 43:17 | |
| And because of satisfaction with our individual lot in life. | 43:20 | |
| Expressing that joy to God | 43:25 | |
| makes us aware of the source of that goodness and happiness. | 43:26 | |
| As you have communed with Christ, | 43:32 | |
| my dear sisters and brothers, | 43:34 | |
| may you now know that joy and that goodness | 43:37 | |
| through the Spirit of Christ. | 43:42 | |
| Arise and go in peace. | 43:45 | |
| Amen. | 43:48 | |
| (gentle uplifting music) | 43:49 | |
| (choir sings indistinctly) | 45:53 | |
| (gentle uplifting music) | 48:05 | |
| - | Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted, | 50:51 |
| go with the comfort of the acceptance of your sorrow | 50:58 | |
| and a willingness to share the sorrows of others. | 51:03 | |
| Amen. | 51:08 | |
| (gentle organ music) | 51:11 | |
| (choir sings indistinctly) | 52:15 | |
| (soft somber organ music) | 56:22 | |
| - | By their fruits shall you know them, | 57:33 |
| if they love one another. | 57:37 | |
| Beloved in Christ as you have now and before | 57:41 | |
| received so freely of the love of God, | 57:47 | |
| rise and go with the peace of God | 57:51 | |
| and may the love of God be felt by you and given to others. | 57:55 | |
| Amen. | 58:01 | |
| (gentle music) | 58:03 | |
| ♪ Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness ♪ | 58:11 | |
| ♪ Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness ♪ | 58:21 | |
| ♪ Come into the daylight's splendor ♪ | 58:33 | |
| ♪ There with joy thy praises render ♪ | 58:43 | |
| ♪ Unto him whose grace unbounded ♪ | 58:54 | |
| ♪ Hath this wondrous banquet founded ♪ | 59:05 | |
| ♪ High o'er all the heavens he reigneth ♪ | 59:15 | |
| ♪ Yet to dwell with thee he deigneth ♪ | 59:27 | |
| ♪ Sun, who all my life dost brighten ♪ | 59:41 | |
| ♪ Light, who dost my soul enlighten ♪ | 59:52 | |
| ♪ Joy, the sweetest heart e'er knoweth ♪ | 1:00:04 | |
| ♪ Fount, whence all my being floweth ♪ | 1:00:15 | |
| ♪ At thy feet I cry, my Maker ♪ | 1:00:26 | |
| ♪ Let me be a fit partaker ♪ | 1:00:36 | |
| ♪ Of this blessed food from heaven ♪ | 1:00:47 | |
| ♪ For our good, thy glory, given ♪ | 1:00:58 | |
| ♪ Jesus, Bread of Life, I pray thee ♪ | 1:01:13 | |
| ♪ Let me gladly here obey thee ♪ | 1:01:24 | |
| ♪ Never to my hurt invited ♪ | 1:01:35 | |
| ♪ Be thy love with love requited ♪ | 1:01:46 | |
| ♪ From this banquet let me measure ♪ | 1:01:58 | |
| ♪ Lord, how vast and deep its treasure ♪ | 1:02:08 | |
| ♪ Through the gifts thou here dost give me ♪ | 1:02:19 | |
| ♪ As thy guest in heaven receive me ♪ | 1:02:30 | |
| (gentle organ music) | 1:02:48 | |
| - | Blessed are they who do hunger | 1:04:40 |
| and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. | 1:04:43 | |
| Go now with a constant search | 1:04:50 | |
| for that which fills the heart and enriches the life. | 1:04:53 | |
| Amen. | 1:04:59 | |
| (gentle organ music) | 1:05:01 | |
| (choir sings in foreign language) | 1:05:15 | |
| - | For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, | 1:07:25 |
| that whoever believes in him should not perish, | 1:07:30 | |
| but have eternal life. | 1:07:33 | |
| To brothers and sisters in Christ, | 1:07:37 | |
| as we have received that quality of life which is eternal, | 1:07:39 | |
| may the love of Christ be in your heart now, | 1:07:44 | |
| guide and direct and sustain you | 1:07:48 | |
| day by day and moment by moment. | 1:07:50 | |
| Arise and go in peace and may the peace of God be with you. | 1:07:53 | |
| Amen. | 1:07:58 | |
| There are those who wish to receive the sacrament | 1:08:10 | |
| where you are seated, please indicate so | 1:08:15 | |
| and we will serve you now. | 1:08:18 | |
| (gentle organ music) | 1:08:21 | |
| Will you join with me now | 1:09:42 | |
| in this responsive prayer of commitment. | 1:09:44 | |
| You have given yourself to us, O Lord. | 1:09:49 | |
| - | Now we give ourselves for others. | 1:09:53 |
| - | Your love has made us a new people. | 1:09:55 |
| - | As a people of love we will serve you with joy. | 1:09:59 |
| - | Your glory has filled our hearts. | 1:10:03 |
| - | Help us to glorify you in all things. Amen. | 1:10:07 |
| - | One of the earliest customs of Christians | 1:10:13 |
| was the exchange of peace, | 1:10:16 | |
| which is simply a greeting of love | 1:10:19 | |
| from one Christian to another. | 1:10:21 | |
| The person beside you may be a stranger | 1:10:24 | |
| or maybe someone with whom you've lived for years, | 1:10:27 | |
| but as we have broken bread | 1:10:31 | |
| and received the cup together this day, | 1:10:32 | |
| we invite you as we sing our recessional hymn | 1:10:35 | |
| to join together in the exchange of peace | 1:10:40 | |
| as you feel the spirit leading you. | 1:10:42 | |
| It may be simply "God be with you," | 1:10:45 | |
| "The peace of Christ be with you," | 1:10:48 | |
| or whatever word of greeting you wish to exchange | 1:10:50 | |
| with those around you. | 1:10:53 | |
| May the peace of God be with you. | 1:10:55 | |
| (bright organ music) | 1:11:00 | |
| ♪ Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness ♪ | 1:11:31 | |
| ♪ Leave the gloomy haunts of sadness ♪ | 1:11:39 | |
| ♪ Come into the daylight's splendor ♪ | 1:11:46 | |
| ♪ There with joy thy praises render ♪ | 1:11:55 | |
| ♪ Unto him whose grace unbounded ♪ | 1:12:03 | |
| ♪ Hath this wondrous banquet founded ♪ | 1:12:11 | |
| ♪ High o'er all the heavens he reigneth ♪ | 1:12:20 | |
| ♪ Yet to dwell with thee he deigneth ♪ | 1:12:28 | |
| ♪ Sun, who all my life dost brighten ♪ | 1:12:37 | |
| ♪ Light, who dost my soul enlighten ♪ | 1:12:45 | |
| ♪ Joy, the sweetest heart e'er knoweth ♪ | 1:12:53 | |
| (bright organ music) | 1:13:01 | |
| (choir sings indistinctly) | ||
| - | Go out in peace to serve God and your neighbor | 1:15:03 |
| in all that you do. | 1:15:07 | |
| (congregation mutters) | 1:15:10 | |
| The blessing of almighty God, creator, redeemer, sustainer | 1:15:13 | |
| is with you always. | 1:15:18 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:15:22 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:15:26 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:15:32 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:15:46 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:15:54 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 1:16:06 | |
| (ceremonious organ music) | 1:16:28 |
