Continuing Communion

orchidee



Tune: Veni Emmanuel

('O come, O come, Emmanuel')

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Though in person meeting we not

Yet still it be our happy lot

To join in Communion here

Until we meet each other dear

 

Chorus

Bread, wine, fare fine, share in spirit

Way to salvation you have lit

 

At church or home these gifts divine

You give us, we to you align

Give grace to continue, go on

Formed by degrees to Christ your Son - Chorus

 

This bread and wine at your Supper

You did gracious to us confer

To eat, to drink, your family

Your witnesses on earth we be - Chorus

 

Awaiting your return, may we

Ready, alert, diligent be

Not sleep at wrong time, but our part

Take in your service with good heart - Chorus

 

So sustain us, you bread of life

Through all our earthy trouble, strife

And water of life, full supply

Your Spirit in and with us nigh - Chorus

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 29th, 2020 03:31
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem with everything in 8 metre - every line of verses and chorus. We may 'DIY' Holy Communion or Mass now, or partake of it via online church service. Or follow it reading from a Service Book, if you have one at home. Having our bread and wine ready. A prayer 'sanctifies' it, or 'blesses' it' in some way.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments3

  • orchidee

    I'm catching up - 5th Century hymn yesterday; 12th Century hymn today. Will I ever get to the 21st Century?!

  • Michael Edwards

    Fine work O. Will you ever get to the 21st Century?

    • orchidee

      Thanks M. Well, I try to get there. It's them metres in some modern hymns, all over the place. Otherwise known as 'Irregular Metre'. Call in Miss Berles to deal with any irregularities.

    • RDS

      Another rolling adoration you've penned orchidee.
      I imagine communion is more solemn alone while appreciating yourself as one participant in a celebration spanning millenia

      • orchidee

        Thanks RDS. Yes, it can be meaningful alone also. But best if truly alone - other things can become distractions - telly and/radio on, for example.

        • RDS

          Yes the space for contemplation and connection must be vast across the span of time and lives. I meditate and have learnt to do it under a barrage of noise. In some ways the noise enhances the focus, it rarely disrupts the moment.

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