Another hymn from Christopher Willcock that sounds as if the the tune is ancient but was published in 1991. The snippet at AOV gives you the idea. It’s not the sort of hymn I’m used to – sort of recent but traditional. The text is a fine one from 2nd Corinthians and makes a subtle eucharistic hymn.
Verse 1
No longer slaves in strange and foreign lands,
Nor children shunned, we build a home with you.
We learn to speak a word that drives out fear.
Refrain
Be reconciled as one, to God in Christ;
Be newly fashoned now, and sent to heal;
Become God’s goodness now to all in need;
Advance the grace of God that you’ve received.
Verse 2
Gathered at bread, and reconciled by blood,
We yield our hate, since life has conquered death.
What is estranged is welcomed and restored.
Refrain
Verse 3
Sent out in peace, we hold within our hands
One Word made flesh, that’s broken and makes whole,
Carried in earthen jars along the way.
Refrain
© Christopher Willcock SJ 1991.