Gift Bearer

You are the living vine

You are the cup of wine

Manna of heaven by which we are fed

You are the living bread.

You are the honey sweet

Gift of the rock from which we eat

You are the open gate

The door by which I wait.

You are the water pure

You are the double cure

You are the truth, the way

Great priest to whom we pray.

You are the living stone

The rock of flesh and bone

The pure and lowly lamb

The Righteous Great I Am

You are the gift bearer and freely you give

Give of your bounty so that we may live

And for our sakes you became poor

So that we in our poverty become rich

Anthony Foster

August 21, 2007