Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Love is the law that Jesus taught
And prophets struggled to impart,
A love for God, sincerely sought
With soul and strength and mine and heart.
2 For God is Love: the love that gave
A fallen race his only Son,
A love embracing cross and grave,
To see a world's salvation won.
3 That love of God, in Jesus known,
Transfigures ev'ry thought and deed;
The love we show ourselves, be shown
In friendship to our neighbors' need.
4 If love be all we need to know
In earth beneath or heav'n above,
Enlist us, Lord, while here below,
As learners in your school of love. Topics: Love; Ordinary Time, Thirtieth Sunday A; Ordinary Time, Thirty-First Sunday B Used With Tune: BEATUS VIR
Love Is the Law That Jesus Taught