Bread of Life From Heaven

(Susan Briehl, Marty Haugen - GC2 803)

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Refrain
Bread of life from heaven,
your blood and body given,
we eat this bread and drink this cup
until you come again. Verse 1
Break now the bread of Christ’s sacrifice;
Giving thanks, hungry ones gather round. 
Eat, all of you, and be satisfied;
In Christ’s presence the loaves will abound.

Verse 2
Seek not the food that will pass away;
Set your hearts on the food that endures.
Come, learn the true and the living way,
That the fullness of life may be yours.

Verse 3
Love as the One who, in love for you,
Gave himself for the life of the world. 
Come to the One who is food for you,
That your hunger and thirst be no more.

Verse 4
Take in the light that will never dim,
Taste the life that is stronger than death.
Live in the One who will come and then
Raise you up at the last with the blest.

Verse 5
Dwell in the One who now dwells in you;
Make your home in the life-giving Word. 
Know only Christ, Holy One of God,
And believe in the truth you have heard.

Verse 6
Drink of this cup and declare his death;
Eat this bread and believe Easter morn;
Trust his return and, with ev’ry breath,
Praise the One in whom you are reborn.

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