As we break the bread

From Oremus Hymnal

As we break the bread
and taste the life of wine,
we bring to mind our Lord,
Man of all time.

Grain is sown to die;
it rises from the dead,
becomes through human toil
our daily bread.

Pass from hand to hand
the living love of Christ!
Machines and people raise
bread for this feast.

Jesus binds in one
our daily life and work;
he is of humankind
symbol and mark.

Having shared the bread
that died to rise again,
we rise to serve the world,
scattered as grain.

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