I come with joy

I come with joy to meet my Lord,
Forgiven, loved and free,
In awe and wonder to recall
His life laid down for me.

I come with Christians far and near
to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love
in Christ's communion bfread.

As Christ breaks bread and bids us share,
each proud division ends.
That love that made us made us one,
and strangers now are friends.

And thus with joy we meet our Lord.
His presence, always near,
is in such friendship better known:
we see and praise him here.

Together met, together bound,
we'll go our different ways,
and as his people in the world
we'll live and speak his praise.

I come with joy to meet my Lord,
Forgiven, loved and free,
In awe and wonder to recall
His life laid down for me.

Music: Land of Reset harm. Annabel Morris Buchanan (19thC)
Words: Brian Wren (20thC)
Sequence: Dall Forsythe, Church of St. John the Evangelist