Father Who Dost Thy Children Feed

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Father Who Dost Thy Children Feed

STELLA-Easy Hymns for Catholic Schools, 1851

Father, Who Dost Thy Children Feed
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Father, Who dost Thy children feed
With Manna rained from above;
Who dost the saving chalice give,
Fill'd by Thy hand in wondrous love:
We praise Thee for Thy mercies sent
To us in this great Sacrament.

O Word-made-flesh, Whom we adore,
The living Bread sent down from heav'n
Whose wondrous passion here shown forth
Is the great pledge of sin forgiven;
We praise Thee for Thy mercies sent
To us in this great Sacrament.

O Holy Spirit, Who dost deign
These earthly elements to bless,
Making the bread His flesh to be,
The wine His blood, as we confess;
We praise Thee for Thy mercies sent
To us in this great Sacrament.

Ye holy Angels, who, with us,
Around God's altar lowly bow,
Adoring there the crucified,
Whose precious death is pleaded now,
O praise Him for His mercies sent
To us in this great Sacrament!

Ye blessed saints, enthroned on high,
Who once the paths of earth did tread,
Who reach'd in safety God's abode,
As strengthen'd by this living bread;
O praise Him for His mercies sent
To us in this great Sacrament!

O Holy Father, Holy Son,
And Holy Spirit, Whom we love,
Guide, strengthen, save us here below,
And bring us to our home above,
To praise Thee for Thy mercies sent
To us in this great Sacrament!