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The copyright of the text is under Creative Commons 2009 by Vincent Wm Uher III,
reprint permission granted with author attribution.
First a bit of historical background on the hymn printed above:
Jeffrey Tucker expressed a desire for the tune 'Rendez-a-Dieu' to receive a fully Catholic text. The first verse of 'Bread of the world in mercy broken' by Reginald Heber is beautiful and well known.
Unfortunately, the Heber hymn text as it appears today in hymnals is a posthumous one finished by a Protestant friend who did not share Heber's perspective on the Eucharistic theology.
Being asked to try to do something with the text, I kept the one verse that was clearly by Reginald Heber. I provided three verses that would echo the 'official' version found in many hymnals but would speak in terms fully acceptable for Roman Catholics and Anglo-Catholics.
When printed with the tune 'RENDEZ-A-DIEU' the text appears as though it is two verses in length though it consists for four verses.
The following is a .jpg image file. Click on the hymn below to see it in larger format. You may, dear Reader, need to double click on the image and then resize it if you wish to print it out.
Jeffrey Tucker expressed a desire for the tune 'Rendez-a-Dieu' to receive a fully Catholic text. The first verse of 'Bread of the world in mercy broken' by Reginald Heber is beautiful and well known.
Unfortunately, the Heber hymn text as it appears today in hymnals is a posthumous one finished by a Protestant friend who did not share Heber's perspective on the Eucharistic theology.
Being asked to try to do something with the text, I kept the one verse that was clearly by Reginald Heber. I provided three verses that would echo the 'official' version found in many hymnals but would speak in terms fully acceptable for Roman Catholics and Anglo-Catholics.
When printed with the tune 'RENDEZ-A-DIEU' the text appears as though it is two verses in length though it consists for four verses.
The following is a .jpg image file. Click on the hymn below to see it in larger format. You may, dear Reader, need to double click on the image and then resize it if you wish to print it out.
