Come to the Feast / Ven al Banquete

This is bi-lingual (English / Spanish) hymn about the Eucharist. There are separate Spanish and English language versions of the lyrics. But these are often arranged in bi-lingual versions, taking part of each verse / chorus from each language.

It was written by American Roman Catholic liturgical musician Bob Hurd, Salvadorian Spanish-speaking liturgical musician Jamie Cortez, and Pia Moriarty. It is dedicated to St Teresa's Parish in San Francisco, and was first published by OCP Publications, in 1994.

The tune has a 3/4 time signature, and in the key of C the first few notes of the melody are G EFG A G.

Sheet music is available for purchase (immediate download) from OCP's website /

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Choral arrangement

Examples

Solo singer self-accompanied on keyboard

Group with backing band, professional recording

Instrumental - flute

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here.

Spanish lyrics

These are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

1 Ven, ven al banquete. Ven a la fiesta de Dios ...

Chorus:
Ven, ven al banquete. Ven a la fiesta de Dios.
Ven a la cena de Cristo.

2 ¿Quién le puede dar de comer a la multitud? ...

3 Hay que darse a morir para cosechar ...

4 Los desamparados vendrán a partir el pan ...

English lyrics

These are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

Chorus:
Come, come to the banquet, come, come to the feast.
Here the hungry find plenty,
here the thirsty shall drink,
Here at the supper of Jesus, come to the feast.

1 Like the child whose fishes and loaves fed the multitude ...

2 ‘Til the seed is given to earth, it is just one grain ...

3 In the stranger by our side, In the least and last ...