O GOD, WE GIVE OURSELVES TODAY

O God, we give ourselves today\nWith this pure host to thee,\nThe selfsame gift which thy dear Son\nGave once on Calvary.\n2. Entire and whole, our live and love\nWith heart and soul and mind,\nFor all our sins and faults and needs,\nThy church and all mankind.\n3. With humble and with contrite heart\nThis bread and wine we give,\nBecause thy Son once gave himself\nAnd died that we might live.\n4. Though lowly now, soon by thy word\nThese offered gifts will be\nThe very body of our Lord,\nHis soul and deity.\n5. His very body, offered up,\nA gift beyond all price,\nHe gives to us, that we may give\nIn loving sacrifice.\n6. O Lord, who took our human life,\nAs water mixed with wine,\nGrant through this sacrifice that we\nMay share thy life divine.