Text:What You Gave Us for Our Taking
Translator:John J. Ryan, 1893-1983
Tune:TUA MUNERA FUERUNT
Harmonizer:David Kraehenbuehl, 1923-1997

571. What You Gave Us for Our Taking

1 What you gave us for our taking,
Now as works of human making
Let us, Lord, give back to you;
Let us, Lord, give back to you.

2 These our gifts, by Christ made royal,
Come from hearts contrite and loyal;
Take them, Father, with our love;
Take them, Father, with our love.

3 May this bread and may this wine, then,
Born of earth, be made divine, when
They become Christ's sacrifice;
They become Christ's sacrifice.

4 So may foods that quench and nourish
Change to make the spirit flourish,
Pledge of heaven's feast of joy,
Pledge of heaven's feast of joy.

Text Information
First Line: What you gave us for our taking
Title: What You Gave Us for Our Taking
Latin Title: Tua munera fuerunt
Translator: John J. Ryan, 1893-1983 (alt.)
Meter: 88 77
Language: English
Publication Date: 2015
Topic: Eucharist
Tune Information
Name: TUA MUNERA FUERUNT
Harmonizer: David Kraehenbuehl, 1923-1997
Meter: 88 77
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Neues...Kirchen-und Hauss Gesang der...Tochter Sion, Cologne, 1741
Copyright: Harm. © 1969, WLP



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