All Praise and Blessing to Our God
All praise and blessing to our God,
Who hath His table spread,
And offers us His flesh and blood,
A living heavenly bread!
On this, O Lord, we fain would feed;
Have mercy now, we pray
O help us in our guilt and need,
And bless our souls today!
As Thou hast died that we might live,
And wondrous goodness shown,
Help us these mercies to receive,
And seal us for Thine own.
Assist us on our earthly way,
That we may follow Thee,
Nor ever from Thy precepts stray,
But true and faithful be.
And while we journey here below,
Let grace and strength be given;
Union, and love, and peace bestow,
And bring us Lord, to heaven.
Martin Luther 1524
“Hence, since everything we possess, and everything in heaven and on earth besides, is daily given and sustained by God, it inevitably follows that we are in duty bound to love, praise, and thank Him without ceasing, and, in short, to devote all these things to his service.” (Explanation of the First Article of the Apostle’s Creed, Luther’s Large Catechism)
