Refrain:
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love,
show us how to serve the neighbors
we have from you.
1 Kneels at the feet of his friends,
silently washes their feet,
Master who acts as a slave to them. (Refrain)
2 Neighbors are rich folk and poor,
neighbors are black, brown, and white,
neighbors are nearby and far away. (Refrain)
3 These are the ones we should serve,
these are the ones we should love,
all these are neighbors to us and you. (Refrain)
4 Loving puts us on our knees,
serving as though we are slaves:
this is the way we should live with you. (Refrain)
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Kneels at the feet of his friends |
| Title: | Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love |
| Adapter: | Tom Colvin |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Meter: | 779 with refrain |
| Scripture: | Luke 10:25-37; John 13:1-20 |
| Topic: | African |
| Source: | Folk song from Ghana |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love |
| Copyright: | © 1969, Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CHEREPONI |
| Arranger: | Robert Roth |
| Meter: | 779 with refrain |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Copyright: | © 1969, Hope Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |