Jesus is the Bread of Life

Jesus is the Bread of Life

Uyai Mose/Come all you people

Uyai mose – tinamate Mwari (x3)Uyai mose zvinoCome All You People, Come praise your maker (x3)Come now and worship the Lord

(from Zimbabwe)

God, who made all that is by the power of your Word, We come to be re-created in Christ’s image Jesus, who stands with open arms and nail-scarred hands,We come to be held in your love Holy Spirit, breath of God and power of resurrectionWe come to find life in all its fullnessWe come to be inspired, challenged, strengthened and disturbedWe rejoice that you are here, the Living God, moving among us

Father, we love you

Father, we love you,We worship and adore you!Glorify your name in all the earth.Glorify your name,Glorify your name,Glorify your name in all the earth!

Jesus, we love you,We worship and adore you!Glorify your name in all the earth.Glorify your name,Glorify your name,Glorify your name in all the earth!

Spirit, we love you,We worship and adore you!Glorify your name in all the earth.Glorify your name,Glorify your name,Glorify your name in all the earth!

(Ralph van Manen)

Blessed are you, Lord God,Earth-maker, star-lighter, world-lover.You sang creation into being by the power of your Word;Yet not a sparrow falls to the ground without you knowing it,And the very hairs on our heads are numbered!Praise you for the mind-blowing scale of your greatnessAnd the searing intimacy of your love.

Blessed are you, Jesus Christ,Truth-teller, bread-giver, Kingdom-bringer.You are Emmanuel – ‘God with us’;You whispered words of love and welcome, and we howled for your crucifixion,Yet instead of judgement, we hear your plea for us: ‘Father, forgive them!’Praise you for the shocking generosity of your graceAnd the New Creation you bring to birth.

Blessed are you, Holy Spirit,Dead-raiser, joy-bringer, heart-dweller.You are the voice of justice that inspired the prophets and the Power that raised Jesus from the dead,Yet you make us your dwelling place, intimately, filling us with the very Life of God.Praise you for the abundant Life that you bringAnd your presence with us, moment by moment.

Glory to you, God our Father!Glory to you, God our Brother!Glory to you, God our Life! Amen!

I come with joy

I come with joy to meet my Lord,forgiven, loved, and free,in awe and wonder to recallhis life laid down for me.

I come with Christians far and nearto find, as all are fed,the new community of lovein Christ's communion bread.

As Christ breaks bread and bids us share,each proud division ends.That love that made us makes us one,and strangers now are friends.

And thus with joy we meet our Lord.His presence, always near,is in such friendship better known:we see and praise him here.

Together met, together bound,we'll go our different ways,and as his people in the world,we'll live and speak his praise.

(Brian Wren)

‘I am the Bread of Life’

‘Give us this day our daily

bread’

Put peace into each other’s hands

Put peace into each other's handsand like a treasure hold it;protect it like a candle flame,with tenderness enfold it.

Put peace into each other's handswith loving expectation;be gentle in your words and ways,in touch with God's creation.

Put peace into each other's hands,like bread we break for sharing;look people warmly in the eye:our life is meant for caring.

As at communion, shape your handsinto a waiting cradle;the gift of Christ receive, revere,united round the table.

Put Christ into each other's hands,he is love's deepest measure;in love make peace, give peace a chanceand share it like a treasure.

(Fred Kaan)

Gloria

Glory to God, glory to God!Glory to God in the highest!Glory to God, glory to God!Alleluia, alleluia!

(Taizé)

Sanctus

Holy, holy, holy is the LordHoly is the Lord God almighty (x2)Who was, and is, and is to come.Holy, holy, holy is the Lord!

(Hillsong)

We pray for peace

We pray for peace, but not the easy peace built on complacency and not the truth of God. We pray for real peace, the peace God's love alone can seal.

We pray for peace, but not the cruel peace, leaving God's poor bereft and dying in distress, we pray for real peace, enriching all the human race.

We pray for peace, and not the evil peace, defending unjust laws and nursing prejudice, but for the real peace

of justice, mercy, truth and love

We pray for peace: holy communion with Christ our risen Lord and every living thing; God's will fulfilled on earth and all his creatures reconciled

We pray for peace, and for the sake of peace, look to the risen Christ who gives the grace we need, to serve the cause of peace and make our own self-sacrifice

God, give us peace: if you withdraw your love, there is no peace for us nor any hope of it. With you to lead us on, through death or tumult, peace will come

(Alan Gaunt)

Dear GodHelp us to treat others, as we would like to be treated.

For those who are in trouble,in prison,or trapped by their own weakness and hurts.(Silence.)We pray for understanding and forgiveness.As we are forgiven,Help us to forgive others.

For those who are poor, and suffer injustice,who are hungry and homeless and filled with despair.(Silence.)We pray for justice and a fair distribution of the world's resources.As we are advantaged,Help us to give to others.

For those who mourn, and have lost people they love,who are sad and feel lonely and unsure of tomorrow.(Silence.)We pray for them to comforted, and given new hope.As we are loved,Help us to love others.

For the family of the Church, in its joy and its pain,for its struggle to be the body of Christ, and a sign of the Kingdom that comes.(Silence.)We pray for direction, and love, for confidence and care.As we are accepted,Help us to accept others.Amen.

This is the truth we hold

This is the truth we hold,source of the joy we share,hope that can make us boldtrusting the name we bear;that ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,in Christ shall all be made alive’.

This is the song of praiseechoing down the years,true for our present days,through all our doubts and fears;for ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,in Christ shall all be made alive’.

Christ is the Living BreadChrist is the Word to speak,Christ is the way to tread,Christ is the goal to seek;for ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,in Christ shall all be made alive’.

One in the faith we share,out in his name we go;Jesus awaits us there,longing that all should knowthat ‘Christ has died’ and ‘Christ is risen,in Christ shall all be made alive’.

(Basil E Bridge)