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Christ is the heavenly food that gives
Staff Notation • Sacred, Hymns
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Christ is the heavenly food that gives by Thomas Jackson — Lyrics
Christ is the heavenly food that gives
to every famished soul
new life and strength, new joy and hope,
and faith to make them whole.
We all are made for God alone,
without him we are dead;
no food suffices for the soul,
but Christ, the living bread.
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About Christ is the heavenly food that gives
This setting of Christ is the heavenly food that gives is suitable for services of Holy Communion. The text celebrates Christ as the spiritual sustenance that nourishes the soul, granting new life, strength, and wholeness. It emphasizes that only Christ can satisfy our deepest spiritual needs, comparing him to the living bread. The lyrics further explore how sharing in Christ's divine life unites believers into one fellowship, both on earth and in the hereafter, binding us together in a profound, mystical unity at his altar. This SATB arrangement in English offers a rich harmonic setting for these devotional thoughts.
