We Come to Your Feast (m. Joncas) [Score]

We Come to Your FeastGather 617 Michael Joncas  G C C     G                 1. We place up - on your ta - ble a gleam -ing cloth of white: 2. We place up - on your ta - ble a hum - ble loaf of bread: 3. We place up - on your ta - ble a sim - ple cup of wine: 4. We ga - ther 'round your ta - ble, we pause with - in our quest,      5 C C   C D                the weav -ing of our sto - ries, the fab - ric of our lives; the gift of field and hill - side, the grain by which we're fed; the fruit of hu - man la - bor, the gift of sun and vine; we stand be -side our neigh - bors, we name the stran - ger "guest."           9 D G Em C            the dreams of those be - fore us. the an -cient hope -ful cries, we come to taste the pres - ence of him on whom we feed, we come to taste the pres - ence of him we claim as Lord, The feast is spread be - fore us; you bid us come and dine:  C  13     G              the prom - ise of our fu - ture: our need - ing and our to strength - en and con - nect us, to chal - lenge and cor - his dy - ing and his liv - ing, his lead - ing and his in bless - ing we'll un - cov - er, in shar - ing we'll dis -   15 Am7 G           nur - ture lie here be - fore our eyes. rect us, to love in word and deed. giv - ing, his love in cup out - poured cov - er your sub - stance and your sign. the fright . . we come to your feast:  G Em A A7               21 3 3       the young and the old. the bold. We come to your feast. we come to your feast.ened. the great -est and the  D D C C       24 3 3           least.2 Refrain  G C C G           17 3 3      We come to your feast. we come to your  28 G G Am7        3        3 feast with the fruit of our lands and the work of our  3      31 Am7/D G                    hands.