Author: Fred Kaan, 1929- Meter: 10.11.11.6 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Lord of the living, in your name assembled Lyrics: 1 Lord of the living, in your name assembled,
we join to thank you for the life remembered.
Hold us, enfold us, to your children giving
hope in believing.
2 Help us to treasure all that will remind us
of the enrichment in the days behind us.
Your love has set us in the generations,
God of creation.
3 May we, whenever tempted to dejection,
strongly recapture thoughts of resurrection.
You gave us Jesus to defeat our sadness
with Easter gladness.
4 God, you can lift us from the grave of sorrow
into the presence of your own tomorrow;
give to your people for the day's affliction
your benediction. Scripture: Joshua 4:5-7 Used With Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM
Lord of the Living