As We Remember
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w&m: Rory Cooney, 1987

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As we remember, we are becoming;
what we see broken, we hope to be.
Show us your mercy, show us your mercy,
your mercy, harsh and lovely as the sea.

[Verse 1]
Windfall of waybread scattered on sand,
lavished by love we cannot understand.

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[Verse 2]
Passover Lamb, slain and consumed
that we be slaves not to tempter nor tomb.

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[Verse 3]
Here are our hearts marked with blood of the lamb:
death will pass over God's people again.

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[Verse 4]
No one rejoices or suffers alone:
meal of the spirit brings many to one.

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[Verse 5]
Each has been washed, each is anointed,
servant and healer and prophet appointed.

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[Verse 6]
Temple not built by muscle and bone;
house of the heart that God's people call home.

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[Verse 7]
Cup of forgiveness, bread of our peace;
children come home to a Father's embrace.

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[Verse 8]
Feast of belonging, feast for the lost;
banquet eternal where Christ is the host.

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[Verse 9]
Christ in the meal to which we are called
points toward the cross and beyond into God.

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[Verse 10]
Love of the Father, Spirit of Christ,
filling your own with the gift of your life.

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