606 - Christian Responsibility

Antiphon:

Where true charity and love dwell,

God himself is there.

1. Since the love of Christ has joined us in one body,

let us all rejoice and be glad now and always.

And as we hear and love our Lord, the living God,

so let us in sincerity love all people. [Ant.]

2. As we are all of one body, when we gather

let no discord or enmity break our oneness.

May all our petty jealousies and hatred cease

that Christ the Lord may be with us through all our days. [Ant.]

3. Now we pray that with the blessed you grant us grace

to see your exalted glory. O Christ our God,

our boundless source of joy and truth, of peace and love,

for ever and forever more, world without end. [Ant.]

Words: Latin; tr. Joyce MacDonald Glover (b. 1923) Music: Ubi caritas, plainsong, Mode 6