Acclamations
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w: Fred Pratt Green, 1972
m: Jack Schrader, 1980

[Verse 1]
This is the threefold truth
on which our faith depends,
and with this joyful cry
worship begins and ends:

[Refrain]
Christ has died!
Christ is risen!
Christ will come again!

[Verse 2]
Made sacred by long use,
new minted for our time,
our liturgies sum up
the hope we have in him:

[Refrain]

[Verse 3]
On this we fix our minds
as, kneeling side by side,
we take the bread and wine,
take him the Crucified:

[Refrain]

[Verse 4]
By this we are upheld
when doubt or grief assails
our Christian faith and love,
and only grace prevails:

[Refrain]

[Verse 5]
This is the threefold truth
which, if we hold it fast,
changes the world and us
and brings us home at last:

[Refrain]