Robert T. Osborn - Communion Meditation (March 27, 1975)

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	(soft organ music plays)	0:04
	(soft organ music continues)	0:51
	(soft organ music ends)	4:19
	♪ Beautiful Savior ♪	4:27
	♪ Lord of creation ♪	4:35
	♪ Son of God and Son of Man ♪	4:45
	♪ Glory and honor ♪	5:02
	♪ Praise, adoration, ♪	5:09
	♪ Now and forevermore be Thine ♪	5:17
	♪ Now and forevermore be Thine! ♪	5:28
	(uplifting organ music plays)	5:52
	♪ 'Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow ♪	6:28
	♪ The star is dimmed that lately shone ♪	6:38
	♪ 'Tis midnight in the garden now ♪	6:45
	♪ The suff'ring Savior prays alone ♪	6:54
	♪ 'Tis midnight, and from all removed ♪	7:06
	♪ The Savior wrestles lone with fears ♪	7:15
	♪ E'en that disciple whom He loved ♪	7:23
	♪ Heeds not his Master's grief and tears. ♪	7:32
	♪ 'Tis midnight, and for other's guilt ♪	7:42
	♪ The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood; ♪	7:51
	♪ Yet He that hath in anguish knelt ♪	8:00
	♪ Is not forsaken by His God. ♪	8:09
	♪ 'Tis midnight, and from ether-plains ♪	9:09
	♪ Is borne the song that angels know ♪	9:17
	♪ Unheard by mortals are the strains ♪	9:28
	♪ That sweetly soothe the Savior's woe ♪	9:35
-	If your neighbor is without a bulletin,	10:07
	would you be so kind as to share yours, please?	10:09
	When we gather to praise God,	10:14
	we remember that we are the people of God,	10:16
	who have preferred our wills to the Divine Will.	10:19
	Accepting the power of God offers to us	10:23
	to become new persons in Christ.	10:26
	Let us confess our sin before God and one another.	10:29
	Let us pray together.	10:33
-	Most merciful God,	10:35
	we confess that we have sinned against you	10:38
	in thought, word and deed,	10:41
	we have not loved you with our whole heart.	10:44
	We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.	10:48
	We pray you of your mercy.	10:52
	Forgive what we have been and mend what we are	10:54
	direct what we shall be,	11:00
	that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways	11:02
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.	11:08
	Hear the good news Christ died for us	11:12
	while we were yet sinners.	11:16
	That is God's own proof of his love toward us.	11:18
	In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven,	11:22
-	In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven.	11:26
	Glory to God,	11:30
	Amen.	11:32
	(optimistic organ music plays)	11:35
	♪ What wondrous love is this ♪	11:56
	♪ O my soul, O my soul! ♪	12:02
	♪ What wondrous love is this ♪	12:07
	♪ O my soul! ♪	12:12
	♪ What wondrous love is this ♪	12:16
	♪ That caused the Lord of bliss ♪	12:20
	♪ To bear the dreadful curse ♪	12:26
	♪ For my soul ♪	12:31
	♪ For my soul ♪	12:34
	♪ To bear the dreadful curse ♪	12:38
	♪ For my soul! ♪	12:43
-	Let us affirm our faith.	12:59
-	We believe in God who has created and is creating,	13:02
	who has come in the true man, Jesus,	13:08
	to reconcile and make new	13:11
	who works in us and others by His spirit.	13:14
	We trust Him, He calls us to be His church,	13:18
	to celebrate His presence,	13:23
	to love and serve others,	13:26
	to seek justice and resist evil,	13:28
	to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen.	13:32
	Our judge and our hope	13:36
	in life in death, in life beyond death,	13:38
	God is with us,	13:43
	we are not alone.	13:45
	Thanks be to God.	13:48
-	Lord, open our hearts and minds	13:58
	by the power of Your Holy Spirit,	14:01
	that, as the scriptures are read and the word proclaimed,	14:04
	we may hear with joy what You say to us today.	14:08
	Amen.	14:12
	The Old Testament lesson is from the book of Exodus,	14:15
	chapter six verses two through nine	14:18
	"And God said to Moses, I am the Lord.	14:23
	I appeared to Abraham,	14:27
	to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty.	14:29
	But by my name, the Lord,	14:33
	I did not make myself known to them.	14:35
	I also established my covenant with them	14:38
	to give them the land of Canaan,	14:41
	the land in which they dwelt as sojourners.	14:44
	Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel,	14:47
	whom the Egyptians hold in bondage,	14:51
	and I have remembered my covenant.	14:54
	Say, therefore, to the people of Israel, I am the Lord.	14:56
	And I will bring you out from under the burdens	15:01
	of the Egyptians and I will deliver you from their bondage	15:04
	and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm	15:08
	and with great acts of judgment	15:11
	and I will take you for my people	15:14
	and I will be your God.	15:17
	And you shall know that I am the Lord, your God,	15:20
	who has brought you out from under the burdens	15:23
	of the Egyptians.	15:25
	And I will bring you into the land,	15:28
	which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob,	15:29
	I will give it to you for a possession.	15:34
	I am the Lord.	15:37
	Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel,	15:39
	but they did not listen to Moses	15:43
	because of their broken spirit and their cruel bondage."	15:45
	(paper rustling)	15:50
	The epistle lesson is from First Corinthians chapter 11,	16:03
	verses 23 through 32.	16:07
	"For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you,	16:13
	that the Lord Jesus on the night	16:17
	when he was betrayed took bread.	16:19
	And when he had given thanks, he broke it	16:22
	and said, 'this is my body, which is for you.	16:24
	Do this in remembrance of me.'	16:28
	In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying	16:31
	'this cup is the new covenant in my blood.	16:36
	Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.	16:39
	For, as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,	16:44
	you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.'	16:48
	Whoever therefore eats the bread	16:52
	or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner	16:55
	will be guilty of profaning, the body and blood of the Lord.	16:59
	Let a man examine himself.	17:03
	And so, eat of the bread and drink of the cup	17:06
	for anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body	17:10
	eats and drinks judgment upon himself.	17:14
	That is why many of you are weak and ill and some have died.	17:17
	But if we judged ourselves truly, we should not be judged.	17:23
	But when we are judged by the Lord,	17:28
	we are chastened so that we may not be condemned	17:31
	along with the world."	17:34
	Let the congregation rise for the reading of the gospel.	17:36
	The gospel lesson is from Mark chapter 6	17:45
	verses 30 through 44.	17:49
	"The apostles returned to Jesus and told Him all	17:55
	that they had done and taught.	17:59
	And He said to them,	18:01
	"Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while"	18:02
	For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure	18:07
	even to eat.	18:10
	And they went away in the boat to a lonely place	18:12
	by themselves.	18:15
	Now, many saw them going and knew them,	18:17
	and they ran there on foot from all the towns	18:20
	and got there ahead of them.	18:23
	As He landed,	18:26
	He saw a great throng and He had compassion on them	18:27
	because they were like sheep without a shepherd.	18:32
	And He began to teach them many things.	18:35
	And when it grew late, His disciples came to Him and said,	18:38
	"This is a lonely place and the hour is late.	18:43
	Send them away to go into the country and villages	18:47
	roundabout and buy themselves something to eat."	18:49
	But He answered them, "You give them something to eat."	18:54
	And they said to Him,	18:58
	"Shall we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread	19:00
	and give it to them to eat?"	19:04
	And He said to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see."	19:06
	And when they had found out, they said, "Five and two fish."	19:12
	Then He commanded them all to sit down by companies	19:18
	upon the green grass.	19:20
	So, they sat down in groups,	19:23
	by hundreds and by fifties	19:25
	and taking the five loaves and the two fish,	19:28
	he looked up to heaven and blessed and broke the loaves	19:31
	and gave them to the disciples to set before the people.	19:36
	And he divided the two fish among them all	19:40
	and they all ate and were satisfied.	19:43
	And they took up 12 baskets full of broken pieces	19:47
	and of the fish.	19:50
	And those who ate the loaves were 5,000 men."	19:52
	May God bless this reading of his holy word.	19:57
	(optimistic organ music plays)	20:01
	(congregation sings indistinctly)	20:11
	In the name of the Father and of the Son	20:59
	and of the Holy Spirit.	21:03
	Amen.	21:05
	2,000 years ago,	21:10
	about 1,970 years be to be more exact.	21:13
	History records that a Jew known as Jesus was born	21:18
	and that He preached briefly among the Jews of Palestine.	21:24
	And some 30 years later, died on a cross	21:28
	and was buried.	21:32
	History also witnesses that this absolutely singular	21:36
	and unique man	21:41
	and the unrepeatable events of His life,	21:43
	mark the beginning of a new era.	21:46
	In His last supper with His disciples,	21:51
	He summed up His life's word and work	21:53
	as on no other occasion.	21:58
	And therefore, I must say it is rather tempting for me,	22:02
	who rarely has the privilege of preaching	22:06
	to attempt to present, in this one brief meditation,	22:09
	the entire fullness of that word that Jesus spoke and lived.	22:15
	And while this cannot be done, of course now,	22:22
	or in any number of sermons,	22:24
	I find on the other hand that I cannot confine myself to the	22:27
	traditional three points.	22:31
	And I'ma share with you four or five.	22:34
	First, I would underline my introductory remarks	22:39
	by reminding us that we are celebrating Jesus' last supper,	22:41
	none other.	22:46
	We are recalling a singular occasion when Jesus invited His	22:48
	disciples to share with Him his final meal.	22:53
	He was the host and He was the food.	22:58
	So whatever else we celebrate	23:02
	or bring into focus in this hour of remembering,	23:04
	it is Jesus above all.	23:08
	He offered the bread and wine,	23:11
	and the bread and wine that He offered,	23:14
	were His self.	23:16
	He did not present, nor are we invited to receive	23:19
	some general or eternal truths about God,	23:23
	ourselves or our world.	23:27
	Only Jesus and the truth that is the mystery	23:31
	of His own personal life.	23:35
	We're not realizing a unique opportunity	23:39
	of communion with one another,	23:42
	but opportunity of unique communion with him.	23:44
	In a word, we are offered here in the Holy Communion,	23:50
	but we can in no way offer ourselves.	23:54
	We are being presented by God Himself,	23:59
	the man, Jesus Christ.	24:02
	We are being introduced again to Him,	24:06
	whose name is above every name.	24:08
	If there is anything new, anything true here tonight,	24:12
	it is in Him and it bears His name, Jesus.	24:17
	Therefore, and this is my second point,	24:24
	The Eucharist, the Holy Communion is a remembrance.	24:27
	A grateful, backward look.	24:31
	"Do this," He said, "In remembrance of me."	24:34
	Christian faith,	24:39
	the Christian's faith in God	24:41
	and his faithful life in the world	24:43
	have their beginning and their continuing source	24:45
	here in Jesus.	24:49
	In the remembrance of him.	24:52
	In 1976, as Americans, we will be looking backward,	24:55
	remembering the birth of our nation and renewing and	25:01
	recovering our identity as citizens.	25:04
	The Christian American will also be looking back then,	25:09
	but he will do so in the freedom and hopefulness	25:13
	of the one who first looked back to Jesus	25:17
	and is found in Him and in the remembrance of him,	25:21
	the decisive and determinative event,	25:26
	the context in which he remembers everything else,	25:29
	including the history of his land.	25:33
	He is free to be a Christian	25:37
	before he is free to be an American.	25:39
	His primmer is the Bible and only then,	25:42
	the textbook of American history.	25:46
	And this is good news.	25:49
	At the beginning,	25:51
	not only of our history as Americans,	25:53
	but of the history of all men is this man, God's man,	25:57
	Jesus Christ.	26:02
	And this is good news.	26:04
	And I turn to my third point.	26:06
	Because when God gave Jesus to us	26:08
	to be the beginning of our way He gave in and with Him	26:11
	a warrant and promise of our future.	26:15
	He offered to us all a new covenant,	26:19
	promising us, His coming again.	26:23
	He said, "This cup is the new covenant of my blood.	26:27
	Do this as often as you eat this bread	26:31
	and do this, as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.	26:34
	For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,	26:38
	you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes"	26:42
	Thus, Jesus ave to his disciples and to the world,	26:47
	their future. The future that God himself has for them.	26:51
	So, the return to this particular past is a homecoming,	26:57
	which ,paradoxically, does not allow us to come home again.	27:01
	It is the return that places us firmly on our feet	27:05
	and establishes us	27:10
	in the responsibility for the future	27:11
	in the promise of which God himself is the guarantor.	27:15
	As we look back	27:22
	in 1976, we will remember in a special way, our past	27:23
	and our cherished tradition of individualism and freedom	27:29
	private enterprise and capitalism,	27:33
	the frontier spirit of growth and development,	27:36
	and of scientific and technological achievement.	27:39
	And there will be three ways we may relate to this tradition	27:44
	We may seek to maintain it and serve it	27:50
	and let it be as our past, determine our future,	27:54
	regardless of what the future may bring or demand of us.	27:59
	Or we may throw off the tradition, and try to at least,	28:05
	and free ourselves for the future, regardless of our past.	28:09
	We may seek to have an America with no future	28:14
	or equally, inconceivably, a future with no America.	28:17
	But if we claim our tradition	28:25
	in the light of our memory of Jesus,	28:27
	then I think a third option is open to us.	28:30
	Namely, to claim America for God's future.	28:34
	A future in which America can let go, and yet live.	28:39
	In this future, it can let go of what is unworthy and unjust	28:44
	in order to find itself in the pursuit	28:50
	of what is truly worthy and just.	28:52
	Justice for the oppressed,	28:56
	food for the needy,	28:59
	resources for all and unity with all peoples and all nations	29:00
	Whatever the American way of life may be,	29:07
	or may have been, you and I,	29:10
	as we received this evening,	29:14
	the gift of Christ, we see this freedom	29:15
	to take up our American heritage,	29:19
	not as a millstone that would weigh us down,	29:21
	but as the stuff with which to claim the future	29:24
	and meet its demands.	29:28
	A fourth point,	29:32
	the last supper is known as communion.	29:34
	It is a common meal.	29:37
	It was shared by all the disciples in token and promise	29:40
	that Christ gave himself and his future to all.	29:44
	The future of the American Christian	29:50
	cannot be simply an American future.	29:52
	The future does not belong to the Christian,	29:56
	to the church nor to America,	29:58
	rather both belong to the future.	30:01
	The future of all.	30:05
	The man in Christ is the man who is free and privileged	30:08
	and could find himself in every man.	30:14
	And now, one last point	30:19
	I stated in the beginning that we celebrate at this,	30:23
	that what we celebrate at this time has its reality in,	30:25
	and as Jesus.	30:30
	The most visible and concrete token of that reality is the	30:33
	bread and wine we were about to share.	30:38
	You and I know very well that such freedom from our past	30:44
	and the deadly ruts we are in,	30:49
	such openness to our future	30:52
	and such community with our fellow man	30:55
	as Jesus speaks of and he himself embodied,	30:57
	is not the reality or truth	31:03
	either of our own lives or the life of our nation.	31:05
	Indeed, apart from the reality of Jesus	31:11
	and the reality of this wine and bread we're about to eat	31:16
	There, reality simply does not appear	31:22
	except perhaps as the projection of our wishes	31:25
	or as the object of our speculation	31:30
	or as the fantasy of our sentimentality	31:34
	or as the compromised product of our morality.	31:38
	But Jesus was real.	31:42
	And in the reality of these, this bread and wine,	31:45
	he is present.	31:49
	And in him, the reality of our freedom,	31:51
	our hope and our co-humanity.	31:54
	As he offered himself	31:59
	and the reality of his life to his disciples,	32:02
	so he offers himself to us here and now.	32:06
	And of this God Himself attested	32:11
	on that first Easter Sunday.	32:14
	Amen.	32:18
-	Let us pray	32:30
	that the world may live in peace	32:33
	and that the church may achieve unity.	32:35
	Fulfilling it's service here and everywhere.	32:38
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	32:43
-	That all ministers and teachers and the church	32:46
	may be faithful servants of the gospel,	32:49
	leading others in its way of life	32:51
	and strengthening their faith.	32:53
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	32:56
-	That the leaders of this nation and of the world	32:59
	may govern with justice and mercy.	33:03
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	33:05
-	That all our work may be done for the common good,	33:09
	that it'd be done in safety and that all may be spared	33:13
	from grinding toil, which destroys fullness of life.	33:17
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	33:22
-	That those who work on frontiers of truth,	33:26
	and those who enrich our lives with beauty and joy	33:30
	may be free to follow their vocations.	33:34
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	33:37
-	That those who suffer disease or poverty	33:42
	or loneliness or grief may be healed and comforted.	33:46
	That those who are oppressed or are persecuted,	33:52
	may be strengthened and delivered.	33:56
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.	33:59
-	That those whom we have known and loved	34:03
	who have died in the faith may be a glorious memory to us	34:06
	and a source of renewed fellowship with all the saints.	34:11
-	Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer	34:16
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord.	34:19
-	Amen.	34:23
-	Christ, our Lord, invites to his table,	34:27
	all who loved him	34:31
	and who desire to live in peace with one another.	34:34
	May the peace of the Lord be with you always	34:39
-	And also with you.	34:44
-	As we prepare to present an offering to God,	34:48
	may I suggest that you consider the announcement I would	34:54
	like to make at this time.	34:58
	And if you're going to give a dime	35:00
	and can give a dollar do so.	35:01
	I received a call a couple of weeks ago	35:05
	from a lady who works in pediatrics in the hospital	35:08
	saying that there often come to the hospital,	35:13
	women who cannot afford to feed these babies	35:20
	after they leave the hospital.	35:23
	And they're called upon to provide a minimal amount of money	35:27
	$7 a week, as a matter of fact,	35:32
	to provide milk for these infants.	35:34
	And the hospital here, of course, takes care of the babies	35:38
	while they're in the hospital.	35:41
	As you know, D.U.C.C. Committee on Hunger has been working	35:43
	since last October to raise funds for hunger	35:48
	in other parts of the world and here in Durham.	35:52
	What we would like to do tonight is ask you to give	35:55
	and give as generously as you can	35:59
	and every penny that we receive tonight,	36:02
	will be made available to the pediatrics division	36:05
	of the hospital to be used for these particular	36:08
	needy persons in our own community.	36:12
	May the Lord bless you and me as we share in His name.	36:16
	(soft organ music begins)	36:26
	♪ When I survey the wondrous cross ♪	37:26
	♪ On which the Prince of glory died ♪	37:41
	♪ My richest gain I count but loss ♪	37:55
	♪ And pour contempt on all my pride ♪	38:09
	♪ Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast ♪	38:28
	♪ Save in the death of Christ my God! ♪	38:42
	♪ All the vain things that charm me most ♪	38:57
	♪ I sacrifice them to His blood ♪	39:12
	♪ See from His head, His hands, His feet ♪	39:31
	♪ Sorrow and love flow mingled down! ♪	39:44
	♪ Did e'er such love and sorrow meet ♪	40:02
	♪ Or thorns compose so rich a crown? ♪	40:15
	♪ Were the whole realm of nature mine ♪	40:36
	♪ That were a present far too small ♪	40:48
	♪ Love so amazing, so divine ♪	41:02
	♪ Demands my soul, ♪	41:16
	♪ My life, ♪	41:26
	♪ My all! ♪	41:30
	♪ Amen! ♪	41:43
	(uplifting organ music plays)	42:02
	(congregation sings indistinctly)	42:37
-	Lord Jesus,	43:26
	who for our sake did become poor	43:28
	that by your poverty, we might become rich.	43:31
	Grant to your people so to give of our substance,	43:35
	as to acknowledge that we belong wholly to you.	43:39
	As we congratulate ourselves for our offering to you,	43:44
	make us mindful of your sacrifice for us,	43:48
	for your sake and in your name.	43:52
	Amen.	43:55
-	The Lord is with you.	44:09
-	And also with you.	44:11
-	Lift up your hearts.	44:13
-	We lift them up to the Lord.	44:15
-	Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God	44:17
-	It is right to give Him thanks and praise.	44:20
-	Father, it is right that we should always and everywhere	44:24
	give you thanks and praise.	44:27
	Only you are God.	44:29
	You created all things and call them good.	44:32
	You made us in your own image.	44:35
	Even when we rebel against your love, you did not desert us.	44:38
	You delivered us from captivity,	44:42
	made covenant to be our God and king	44:45
	and spoke to us through your prophets.	44:48
	Therefore, we join the entire company of heaven	44:51
	and all your people now on earth in worshiping	44:55
	and glorifying you.	44:57
-	Holy, holy, holy. Lord God of power and might.	45:01
	Heaven and earth are full of your glory.	45:07
	Hosanna in the highest.	45:10
	Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.	45:12
	Hosanna in the highest.	45:16
-	We thank you, Father, that you love the world so much,	45:18
	You sent your only son to be our savior.	45:21
	The Lord of all life came to live among us.	45:25
	He healed and taught people ate with sinners,	45:28
	and won for you, a new people by water and the spirit.	45:32
	We saw his glory. Yet he humbled himself	45:36
	in obedience to Your will,	45:40
	freely accepting death on a cross.	45:41
	By dying, he freed us from unending death	45:46
	by rising from the dead, he gave us everlasting life.	45:49
	We remember that on the night	45:55
	in which he gave himself up for us,	45:56
	the Lord Jesus took bread.	45:58
	After giving you thanks, he broke the bread,	46:00
	gave it to his disciples and said,	46:03
	"Take, eat. This is my body, which is given for you."	46:05
	And the supper was over. He took the cup.	46:11
	Again, he returned thanks to you,	46:13
	gave the cup to his disciples and said,	46:16
	"Drink from this all of you.	46:18
	This is a cup of the new covenant in my blood	46:21
	poured out for you and many for the forgiveness of sin.	46:24
	When we eat this bread and drink this cup,	46:30
	we experience anew, the presence of the Lord, Jesus Christ,	46:33
	and look forward to his coming in final victory."	46:37
-	Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.	46:43
-	We remember and proclaim with gratitude, holy God,	46:49
	what your son has done for us in his life and death,	46:53
	in his resurrection and ascension.	46:56
	Accept our sacrifice of praise and Thanksgiving and union	46:59
	with Christ's offering for us as a reasonable and holy	47:03
	surrender of ourselves.	47:07
	Send the power of your holy spirit on us	47:09
	gathered here out of love for you.	47:13
	And on these gifts, help us know	47:15
	in the breaking of this bread, the presence of Christ,	47:19
	who gave his body and blood for all people.	47:22
	Make us one with Christ, one with each other,	47:27
	and one in service to all mankind.	47:31
	(congregation mutters indistinctly)	47:36
	In unity with Christ and each other, we pray:	47:46
	Our Father in heaven, holy be your name.	47:50
	Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven.	47:55
	Give us today, the bread we need.	48:01
	Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us,	48:04
	Save us in the time of trial and deliver us from evil	48:09
	For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,	48:14
	now and forever.	48:18
	Amen.	48:20
	Because there is one loaf, we many as we are,	48:30
	are one body,	48:37
	For it is one loaf of which we all partake.	48:39
	When we break the bread,	48:44
	Is it not a means of sharing in the body of Christ?	48:47
-	When we give thanks over the cup,	48:54
	is it not a means of sharing in the blood of Christ?	48:57
-	Choir will receive the first table.	51:24
	And if you are new to receive communion here,	51:28
	it is our custom to gather around the Lord's table	51:32
	in two concentric circles facing the Lord's table	51:36
	and facing one another and sharing in common,	51:41
	this meal of our Lord.	51:45
	(soft organ music begins)	51:50
	(soft organ music continues)	53:38
	(choir sings indistinctly)	58:25
	♪ Let all mortal flesh keep silence ♪	1:02:47
	♪ And with fear and trembling stand ♪	1:02:55
	♪ Ponder nothing earthly-minded ♪	1:03:03
-	Go with joy and Thanksgiving in your hearts,	1:03:09
	in humility and in celebration,	1:03:14
	remembering that you are disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ	1:03:17
	Amen.	1:03:21
	♪ Christ our God ♪
	♪ to earth descendeth ♪	1:03:22
	♪ Our full homage to demand. ♪	1:03:30
	♪ King of kings, yet born of Mary ♪	1:03:44
	♪ As of old on earth he stood ♪	1:03:52
	♪ Lord of lords, in human vesture ♪	1:03:59
	♪ In the body and the blood ♪	1:04:08
	♪ He will give to all the faithful ♪	1:04:15
	♪ His own self for heavenly food ♪	1:04:26
	♪ Rank on rank the host of heaven ♪	1:04:43
	♪ spreads its vanguard on the way ♪	1:04:51
	♪ as the Light from Light, descending ♪	1:05:00
	♪ from the realms of endless day, ♪	1:05:08
	♪ comes the pow'rs of hell to vanquish ♪	1:05:17
	♪ as the darkness clears away. ♪	1:05:29
	♪ At his feet the six-winged seraph, ♪	1:05:43
	♪ cherubim with sleepless eye, ♪	1:05:51
	♪ veil their faces to the presence ♪	1:06:00
	♪ as with ceaseless voice they cry: ♪	1:06:08
	♪ "Alleluia, alleluia! ♪	1:06:18
	♪ Alleluia, Lord Most High!" ♪	1:06:31
-	Go now in peace.
	The spirit of our Lord be upon you.	1:06:34
	Preach good news to the poor, recovery of sight to the blind	1:06:38
	set at liberty, the oppressed,	1:06:44
	so that this may be a year	1:06:47
	that is truly acceptable to our Lord.	1:06:49
	Go in peace.	1:06:53
	Amen.	1:06:55
	(melancholic organ music plays)	1:06:57
-	If there are those who wish to be served,	1:07:08
	where you're seated, please indicate this.	1:07:10
	And we will serve you.	1:07:13
	(soft melancholic organ music continues)	1:07:16
-	You have given yourself to us, oh, Lord,	1:08:27
	(congregation mutters response)	1:08:31
	Your love has made us a new people.	1:08:34
	(congregation mutters response)	1:08:38
	Your glory has filled our hearts.	1:08:42
	(congregation mutters response) Amen.	1:08:46
	We join in Christians with Christians through the years	1:08:52
	in exchanging the greeting at this time.	1:08:56
	We have celebrated not only God coming to us in Christ,	1:08:59
	but God coming to us in our brothers and sisters.	1:09:04
	And so at this time, let's give thanks. Let's rejoice.	1:09:08
	Let's greet the people who have worshiped with us	1:09:11
	on this very, very holy day in our year.	1:09:14
	All the ministers will exchange the peace	1:09:17
	and you do it in the way that you are most comfortable	1:09:19
	and want to rejoice in. Amen.	1:09:22
	(uplifting organ music plays)	1:09:49
	(congregation sings indistinctly)	1:10:27
-	Never have I been moved as I was	1:13:40
	as by the anthem a few moments ago.	1:13:43
	"When I survey the wondrous cross,	1:13:47
	were the whole realm of nature mine	1:13:51
	that were in offering, far too small.	1:13:53
	Love so amazing,	1:13:57
	So divine, demands my soul, my life, my all."	1:14:00
	Thanks to the choir for a message in song	1:14:09
	to match the message in words,	1:14:16
	word, which has been our privilege to share this evening.	1:14:18
-	Go out in peace to serve God and your neighbor	1:14:24
	in all that you do.	1:14:29
-	We are sent in Christ's name.	1:14:33
-	The blessing of almighty God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit	1:14:35
	is with you always.	1:14:41
	♪ Amen ♪	1:14:47
	♪ Amen ♪	1:14:57
	♪ Amen ♪	1:15:06
	♪ Amen ♪	1:15:13
	♪ Amen ♪	1:15:21
	♪ Amen ♪	1:15:31
	♪ Amen ♪	1:15:46
	(soft organ music plays)	1:16:06

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Title:

Robert T. Osborn - Communion Meditation (March 27, 1975)

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March 27, 1975

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Osborn, Robert T.

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