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Sweet Sarahnade

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O Zion, praise your Savior
Praise your guide and your shepherd
In hymns and songs
Dare to do as much as you can
For he is greater than all praise
And you do not do enough to praise him
Today there is placed before us
A theme of special praise
The living and life­giving bread
That it was given to that band of twelve brothers
At table during that holy supper
There is no doubt
Let praise be full! Let it resound
Let also the rejoicing of the spirit
Be pleasant and most fitting
For that solemn day is here
In which the first institution
Of this meal is recalled
In this meal of the new King,
The New Passover of the new law
Brings an end to the old Passover
Newness drives away oldness
Truth drives away its shadow
Light puts an end to night
What Christ did in that supper
He commanded to be done
In his memory
We who have been taught his sacred precepts
Consecrate bread and wine
As a saving victim
This dogma is given to Christians
That bread changes into flesh
And wine into blood
What you do not grasp, what you do not see
Courageous faith affirms
Beyond the order of nature
Beneath distinct species
Which are only signs and not realities
Tremendous realities lie hidden
His flesh is food, his blood is drink
Yet the whole Christ remains
Beneath either species
By being received, he is not separated
Not broken, not divided
He is received wholly
One receives, a thousand receive
They as much as he
And the one who is received is not reduced
The good receive, the wicked receive
Yet with an unequal lot
Either of life or of damnation
There is death for the wicked, life for the good
See how from receiving the same thing
There is such a different result
Then once the Sacrament is broken
Do not waver but remember
As much is beneath each fragment
As is hidden in the whole
The reality is not divided
Only the sign is broken
Yet neither the state nor the greatness
Of what is signified is diminished
Behold the bread of angels
Has become the food of wayfarers
Truly the bread of the children
Not to be thrown to the dogs
In figures, it is foreshadowed
When Isaac is offered in sacrifice
A lamb is designated for the Passover
Manna is given to our fathers
O good shepherd, true bread,
Jesus, have mercy on us
Shepherd us, defend us
Make us to see good things
In the land of the living
You, who know everything and can do everything
Who shepherd us here as mortals,
Make us your companions at table
Co­heirs and friends
Of the holy citizens of Heaven

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