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Where the words of Christ are spoken,
Bread is shared, the wine is poured,
There the Presence of the Lord is,
God the Christ, th'incarnate Word.
Where the Blood of our Redeemer,
Too the Body of our Lord:
All his saints fore'er assembled
Round the sacred banquet board.

If your children ask a bread-loaf
Would you give to them a stone?
How much more our heav'nly Father
Gives to those who are his own.
Jesus taught us how to pray thus:
“Father, give our daily bread.”
Who would dare deny his children
Access to the table spread?

O! great myst'ry, who can know it?
Christ is here in loaf and cup.
God all elements created,
Yet in them is lifted up.
Rightly then let us discern here
Christ's true Presence as we eat:
Christ is present in each other
As in gift of wine and wheat.

Communion V Substance Glimpse