Above: The Right Reverend Keith Whitmore, Assistant Bishop of Atlanta, at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia, April 28, 2013
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Original Danish Words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634-1703)
English Translation by the Reverend P. C. Paulsen (1881-1948)
Hymn Source = Hymnal for Church and Home, Third Edition (1938), of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, denominations with Danish heritage
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1. Lord Jesus Christ, receive me now,
As with a contrite heart I bow
Before Thine altar, blessed Lamb,
Who bore my sorrow, sin, and shame.
2. I am today my Savior’s guest
Bethink, my soul, the honor blest,
That He, thy lord, will sup with thee,
And will Himself thy nurture be.
3. To thee He offers with the bread
His body which for sin hast paid,
And with the wine, the precious blood,
He shed for thine eternal good.
4. How this is done, I cannot tell,
He did not on its myst’ry dwell.
No mind the secret can perceive;
It is enough that I believe.
5. Rejoice, then, O my soul, today,
That God’s anointed servant may
Extend to thee the gift most free,
Through which the Lord unites with thee.
6. O Lord, I offer Thee my soul
To nourish, strengthen, and make whole.
Uphold me by Thy means of grace,
Until I see Thee face to face.
GATHERED PRAYERS 
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