Offertory Hymns Lyrics
B.1 BEHOLD THE BREAD, O LORD
Chorus:
Behold the bread, O Lord, we offer unto you,
O take our hearts as well and consecrate them too.
Before you, loving Father, le tour offering rise,
The symbol of a pure and holy sacrifice.
O let us be your harvest, Harvester Divine,
We offer you the sheaves, Lord, full of grain so fine.
O nurture all your grape vines, let their branches stretch
That they may spread afar, Lord over all the earth.
B.2 TAKE THOU THE OFFERING
Chorus:
Take thou the offering thy children make,
all united for thy name’s sake.
Heavenly Father, almighty God,
We offer Thee this sacrifice.
Show to us thy mercy, O Lord,
Forgive us the sins of all our life.
To thee, O Lord, our joy we give,
Our weariness, our work and woe,
Thy anxious moments that we live;
Lighten our burden as we go.
For all the living take Thou this gift,
For our brothers and sisters who join in prayer,
The absent ones our hearts we lift,
Keep them all in Thy loving care.
BB.6 OUR GIFTS OF BREAD AND WINE
Chorus:
Our gifts of bread and wine, which once were
wheat and grape, will be your flesh and blood.
Blest are you, Lord, God of Creation:
Through your goodness here is bread,
Fruit of the earth and work of our hands
It will become the bread of life.
Blest are you, Lord, God of creation:
Through your goodness here is wine,
Fruit of the vine and work of our hands
It will become our cup of joy.
B.9 UNITED IN ONE BODY
Chorus
United in one body with Jesus Christ the Lord,
we bring to You our offering
of bread and wine, O God.
We are the wheat of Christ:
If we be ground in the mill of life,
May we be found pure bread.
We are the grape of Christ:
If we be crushed in the wine-press of suffering,
May we be found pure wine.
We are the Body of Christ:
We must expect a share in His sorrow,
If we must rise with Him.
B.10 IN THE SIMPLICITY OF MY HEART
Chorus:
O Lord, my God, in the simplicity of my heart,
joyfully I come to give you all,
amidst your people gathered here:
God of Israel, keep us ever faithful.
O Lord, you do not ask for sacrifice and offering,
Then I said: here I am, I am coming!
In the scroll of the book, am I not commanded
That I should obey your will, O Lord?
Of your faithfulness and salvation I shall speak,
And not hide your love and your truth from the people.
B(B).11 ALL THINGS ARE THINE
Chorus:
All things are Thine, O Lord:
We offer Thee what we receive from Thy hand.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, Israel’s God for all ages.
Thine is the power and glory and splendour.
Thou art the ruler, Lord, over the earth and the heavens,
Only thy hand gives greatness and strengthens.
Therefore, this day, O Lord, praises and thanks
do we give thee;
Thy name be blessed for ever and ever.
B.13 LIFT UP YOUR HANDS
Lift up your hands and offer to the Lord.
Lift up your hands and offer to your God.
All that your life may hold of joy and care,
Lift up your hands unto the Lord.
Lift up your eyes and see the works of God.
Lift up your eyes to the glory of the Lord.
See all the beauty he has spread for you:
Lift up your eyes unto the Lord.
Lift up your heart unto the heart of God.
Offer your love with his love to accord.
Eager is he to have this gift from you;
Lift up your heart unto the Lord.
BB.13 LIFT UP YOUR HANDS
Chorus:
Lift up your hands and offer to the Lord,
Lift up your eyes and see the works of God,
Lift up your heart unto the heart of God,
Offer your love with his love to accord.
Through your goodness, Lord, we bring
gifts of bread and wine,
which will soon become for us
life-giving food and drink.
Take this drop of water too:
our humanity.
By its mingling make us share
in your divinity.
Lord, we ask you, please accept
this, our sacrifice.
Sinners all, we bring to you
humble and contrite hearts.
B.20 HUMBLY WE COME
Chorus:
Humbly we come before your face, O Lord:
Take the gifts we offer you!
Humbly we come before your face, O Lord:
Grant us peace and salvation.
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
Thanks to your goodness, here is bread,
Bread which our hands have made and earth has given.
It will become the Bread of life.
Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.
Thanks to your goodness, here is wine,
Fruit of the vine and work of human hands, O Lord.
Wine to become your precious blood.
B.23 LORD, ACCEPT THIS BREAD AND WINE
Lord, accept this bread and wine;
Take our hearts and make them thine,
Take our work and our anxiety,
Give us life and liberty.
Change this bread into your body
And this wine into your blood;
Change our lives, make us united, Lord,
To spread the love of Christ, the Lord.
B.27 IN BREAD WE BRING YOU, LORD
In bread we bring you, Lord, our bodies' labour.
in wine we offer you our spirit’s grief.
We do not ask you, Lord, who is my neighbour?
But stand united now, one in belief.
Oh we have gladly heard your Word, your holy Word
And now in answer, Lord, our gifts we bring.
Our selfish hearts make true,
Our failing faith renew.
Our lives belong to you, our Lord and King.
The bread we offer you is blessed and broken,
And it becomes for us our spirit’s food.
Over the cup we bring, your Word is spoken:
Make it your gift to us, your healing blood.
Take all that daily toil plants in our heart’s poor soil,
Take all we start and spoil, each hopeful dream,
The chances we have missed, the graces we resist,
Lord, in this Eucharist, take and redeem.
B.28 OFFERING
Blest are you, Lord God of all creation,
Thanks to your goodness, this bread we offer:
Fruit of the earth, work of our hands,
It will become the bread of life.
Chorus:
Blessed be God (2), blessed be God for ever, Amen.
Blessed be God (2), blessed be God for ever, Amen.
Blest are you, Lord, God of all creation,
Thanks to your goodness, this wine we offer:
Fruit of the vine, work of our hands,
It will become the cup of joy.
B.30 BREAD AND WINE WE BRING TO YOU
Bread and wine we bring to you, Lord,
Work of our human hands.
Soon to become your body and blood, Jesus yourself.
May all who share this meal divine be one.
Humbly we bring ourselves to you, Lord.
Take our hearts, take our wills.
All that we have and all that we do, we give to you:
All for you, our Saviour and our God.
B.33 ON THIS DAY OF JOY
Chorus:
On this day of joy, on this day of hope,
we come to you in love, O Lord. (2)
With this bread and wine, we come
To this Eucharistic feast.
On this day of joy, on this day of hope,
We come to you in love.
Bread to be your body, Lord
Wine to be your saving blood.
On this day of joy, on this day of hope,
We come to you in love.
B.34 COME TO THE LORD
Chorus:
Come to the Lord, come, join us in this offering.
Come to the Lord, come with us as we go...
Come to the Lord, this bread and wine we'll offer Him,
Bread for his body, wine to be his blood.
He is our Maker, He is our God.
He is our Father, He is our Saviour and our Lord.
New life He’ll give us, our strength renew.
And by his presence, his Spirit in our lives will grow.
He’s paid our ransom, the price of sin.
He’s opened heaven that we might enter in, so…..
B.35 WE OFFER YOU
We offer you, O Lord divine,
Our humble gifts of bread and wine.
We place them on your alter, Lord, today.
Make them worthy of your love.
Send your blessings from above,
Sanctify these gifts, O Lord, we pray.
Chorus:
O take our hearts, take our minds,
Take all we have, make them Thine.
B.36 ABBA, FATHER, LET US BE YOURS
Chorus:
Abba, Father, let us be yours and yours alone.
Set our hearts, are spirits free.
Make us, Lord, your own.
Through your goodness, Lord, we bring
Bread of our Labour and wine to cheer the heart
Which will soon be filled for us
With the life of your Son.
Take this drop of water, too,
Sign of our weakness, yet symbol of our love.
By its mingling may we share
Your divinity.
Please, accept our sacrifice
Offered to honour the glory of your name.
Sinners all, we bring to you
Humble, contrite hearts.
From the rising of the sun
Unto it setting, how great is your name.
All the nations bring you, Lord,
Fragrant sacrifice.
B.39 TAKE OUR BREAD
Yours as we stand at the table you set,
Yours as we eat the bread our hearts can’t forget,
We are the signs of your life with us yet:
We are yours, we are yours.
Chorus:
Take our bread, we ask you, take our hearts,
We love you, take our lives,
O Father, we are yours, we are yours.
Your holy people stand washed in your blood,
Spirit filled, yet hungry we await your food,
Poor though we are we have brought ourselves to you:
We are yours, we are yours.