This English translation was made by Irish Roman Catholic priest, scholar (and later disgraced bishop) Donal Murray (b 1940). Another translation in use is John Mason Neale's “Draw Nigh and Take the Body of the Lord”.
Hymn books where it has been published include:
- The Veritas Hymnal, Veritas Publications, Ireland, 1977
- Hymns Old and New for the Irish Church, Kevin Mayhew Publications, England, 1977
- Celebrations during the visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Ireland, 1979.
This version is sometimes used with a chorus, as shown in the slides below.
It is set to the tune GARTEN, a traditional Irish tune, composer unknown, collected by Charles Villiers Stanford, and better known as the tune of Christ be Near at Either Hand.
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Examples
Instrumental - organ - with introduction:
Instrumental - guitar with bagpipes
Lyrics
Chorus:One in body, heart and mind
We are one by love united
Christ be love within this sign
Shared for all as bread and wine.
1. Come and take the flesh of Christ
Which he gave to be our bread.
Drink the chalice of his blood
Which upon the cross he shed.
2. We who are redeemed and saved,
By his body and his blood,
Hail the saving sacred Host
Which he gave to be our food.
3. Giver of salvation,
Christ, the Son of God most high,
Sacrificed to save the world,
Raised with him, we will not die.
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