Accept, O Father In Thy Love

LM
Text: Omer Westendorf, b. 1916
Music: AUCTORITATE SAECULI
Poitiers Antiphoner, 1746

1
Accept, O Father, in thy love
These humble gifts of bread and wine,
That with ourselves we offer thee,
Returning gifts already thine.

2
Thy Son, the victim and the priest,
Through human hands doth here renew;
The perfect sacrifice of love
To render God our worship due.

3
Behold this host and chalice, Lord,
To thee on high the gifts we raise;
Through them may we our honor pay,
Our adoration and our praise.

4
Into thy precious blood, O Lord,
The priestly word will change the wine;
O may our sins be washed therein,
Our hearts be made like unto thine.

5
No earthly claim to grace is ours
Save what thy sacrifice has won;
Grant then thy grace, fulfill our needs,
And may thy will in ours be done.

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