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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 564 · Words: Ancient liturgical text (Agnus Dei)
For the Unity of Christ's Body
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →The Agnus Dei ('Lamb of God') is one of the oldest texts in Christian worship, originating in the 7th-century Latin Mass and drawn from John 1:29. This English setting is used as a congregational prayer invoking Christ's mercy and peace, often in communion or ecumenical contexts.
Help each of us, gracious God,
to live in such magnanimity
and restraint
that the Head of the church may never have cause to say to any one of us,
“This is my body, broken by you.”
Amen.
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