All singers and audience:
O, blessed the One who lives
for bread and the life it gives,
for wine in which freedom flows,
the Word and the love it brings.
Yes, blessed the One who lives.
Together as one we stand,
pass freedom from hand to hand,
let love go from mouth to mouth,
let life grow from land to land,
'till all of the world is spanned.
This table could never fit
all those who've been called to it.
The sharing goes on and on,
with everyone, bit by bit,
a flow that will never quit.
So, blessed the One who lives
for bread and the life it gives,
for wine in which freedom flows,
the Word and the love it brings.
Yes, blessed the One who lives!
Text: Hendrik Jan Bosman, 2013
Music:
Willibrord Huisman, 2013
Translation: Hendrik Jan Bosman, 2018