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Eat This Bread

Eat This Bread


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Eat this Bread
Jacques Berthier

Sung on this track by the LIME cantor.

Refrain:
Eat this bread, drink this cup, come to me and never be hungry.
Eat this bread, drink this cup, trust in me and you will not thirst.

Verse 1:
I am the bread of life,
the true bread sent from the Father.

Verse 2:
Your ancestors ate manna in the desert,
but this is the bread come down from heaven.

Verse 3:
Eat my flesh and drink my blood,
and I will raise you up on the last day.

Verse 4:
Anyone who eats this bread,
will live for ever.

Verse 5:
If you believe and eat this bread,
you will have eternal life.

TEXT: JOHN 6; ADAPT. BY ROBERT J. BATASTINI, B.1942, AND THE TAIZÉ COMMUNITY, © 1984, LES PRESSES DE TAIZÉ, GIA PUBLICATIONS, INC., AGENT