Sunday, May 11, 2014

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Check out this hymn, great for use in before/during communion.  Also, its an appropriate topic, given the frequency with which I've posted in the past few months:

Let all mortal flesh keep silence
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth
Our full homage to demand 

King of kings, yet born of Mary, 
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture, 
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of Light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.

At His feet the six winged seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye, 
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!


Silence to praise, fall to redemption, confession to assurance, the cross to the table.