Lord make us ready now to share this meal

Lord make us ready now to share this meal,
Sign of our life in you. .(repeat)

We bring you this food which bears the stain of human toil,
This bread, hard won food of slavery,
This bread which brings to mind each meal which men
Have shared in happiness,
Lord give it power to make us free.

We bring you this wine the fruit of distant smoky hills
This wine cool & red like evening light
The cause of suffering yet the drink that
Makes our hearts alive & warm
Lord give it power to make us free