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916. I Receive the Living God

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Text Information

• First Line: Jesus says: I am the Bread
• Title: I Receive the Living God
• Author (vss. 1-3, 5-9): Bernard Geoffroy, b. 1946
• Translator: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946
• Author (v. 4): Anonymous
• Refrain First Line: I receive the living God
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  John 6:51
  ;
  John 8:12
  ;
  John 8:32
  ;
  John 14:6
  ;
  John 14:27
  ;
  John 15:5
  ;
  John 15:9
• Topic: Eucharist; Funeral; Children's Hymns; Church; Discipleship; Homecoming; Hunger and Thirst; Jesus Christ; Joy; Lamb of God; Light; Love of God for Us; Peace; Presence of God; Way, Truth, and Life; Word of God
• Copyright: Vss. 1-3, 5-9 © 2011, GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune Information

• Name: LIVING GOD
• Composer: Dom Clément Jacob, OSB, 1906-1977 (adapt.)
• Harmonizer: Richard Proulx, 1937-2010
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 with refrain
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © 1986, GIA Publications, Inc.