Erwin Cabucos has given as a song for Adoration and Communion.
I like the well expressed sentiment in the third verse and the courage to sing the word “perplexed” in a hymn. He again uses a skipping sort of rhythm in the verses that opens out into a more expansive melody in the chorus.
The opening line of the chorus strikes me as oddly phrased. It could be “You are life in the world” or “You are the life of the world”, but “You are life of the world” offends the pedant in me.
The sheet music is at sheetmusicplus.
1 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, we praise and worship you,
Our sacred nourishment,
For the hunger in our lives.
You are our living bread that came from heaven.
Chorus
You are life of the world,
Our way to the Father.
You gave your life on the cross, so we may live forever.
2 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, we praise and worship you,
Your holy presence.
The cup of life outpoured,
The blood shed for us, so we’ll never thirst.
Chorus
3 Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, hear our cry for peace,
For our present perplexed world.
And grant us courage, to be your loudest voice,
For the quietest among us.
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