When from Bondage we are Summoned

This is a hymn about God's call to repentance.   It was written by American Roman Catholic religious sister Delores Dufner, OB (1939-). It was first published in 1984

With meter 8.7.8.7 D, tunes it has been set to include:

• GENEVA (Day) by George Henry Day (1940)
• HAYWOOD'S HOME by Carl Haywood (1949-)
• GRID, by Thomas Pavlechko (1962-)

Books it has been published in include:

• Wonder, Love, and Praise: a supplement to the Hymnal 1982 - available from Church Publishing
• The Collegeville Hymnal, 1990 - available from Amazon
• Liturgical Hymns Old and New, 1999 edition - available from Amazon (UK and Ireland)

and these are the best sources of sheet music for it today.

Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time By Joshua Koffman
[CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Downloads

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Examples

Singer, self-accompanied on piano:

Singer with piano - virtual choir style video:

Instrumental - piano:

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But the words are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

1 When from bondage we are summoned ... Walk by faith and not by sight.

Chorus:
Let us throw off all that hinders.
Let us run the race to win,
Let us hasten to our homeland,
And rejoicing, enter in.

2 When our God names us his people ...

3 At all stages of the journey ...

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• Hymns about repentance
• Lenten hymns

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1 When from bondage we are summoned
Out of darkness into light,
We must go by hope and patience,
Walk by faith and not by sight.

Chorus:
Let us throw off all that hinders;
Let us run the race to win!
Let us hasten to our homeland
And, rejoicing, enter in.

2 When our God names us his people,
Then he leads us by the hand
Through a lonely, barren desert,
To a great and glorious land.