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503. Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation

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First Line: Lord, we have come at your own invitation
Title: Lord, We Have Come at Your Own Invitation
Author: Fred Pratt Green (1977, alt.)
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Eucharist; Lord's Supper; Communion
Copyright: © 1979 Hope Publishing Company
ONE LICENSE: 03610
Tune Information
Name: O QUANTA QUALIA
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Key: F Major
Source: Paris Antiphoner, 1681; harm. La Feillée’s Méthode du plain-chant, 1808
Notes: (this tune in a higher key, 369)


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St. Augustine spoke of Eucharist as “the repeatable part of Baptism,” and this hymn reminds us that each time we share in the Lord’s Supper we are renewing our baptismal vows. The text is set to a tune that dates to the transition between plainchant and modern tonalities.


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