ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // The name of Jesus is “sweet” not simply because it has been set to pleasing music, but because by Christ’s name, we are given faith. In Holy Baptism, Christ removes all sorrow and fear in this world with His promise.

Stanza 2 // In what can sound like a long list of blessings, Jesus’ name is always extended to meet the needs of those in the world. It is wholeness for the wounded, calm for those without rest, manna to those who are hungry, and rest for the weary.

Stanza 3 // The name of Jesus is a “shield and hiding place” from all the world would hurl at us. Where the world runs out of grace and favor, Christ’s treasury is filled and overflowing with mercy.

Stanza 4 // Though not perfect by the standards of the world, our prayers and requests are accepted by God through the name of Jesus Christ, who names all children of God.

Stanza 5 // The prophet, priest, and king of the universe accepts the praise we bring in faith. In faith, Jesus is our sheprhd, guardian, and friend - who walks with us through life, death, and beyond the grave.

Stanza 6 // This weekend’s Gospel reading proves how weak the efforts of our heart and how cold the thoughts of the human mind can be. We see only Christ’s disdain for the “dogs” of the world, and resist the reality this text shares. Even those named a dog by the world [and Christ Himself] receive the full blessings of Jesus’ mercy.

Stanza 7 // Such great love is proclaimed whenever and wherever possible, as we trust Jesus’ name will refresh our soul in death. This is music to our ears, and refreshment to our souls, for we have been joined to Jesus’ sweet name now and forever.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 620 - How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds // ST. PETER

ELW 434 - Jesus Shall Reign - DUKE STREET

ELW 520 - How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - ST. PETER

ELW 587 - There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy - ST. HELENA

ELW 610 - O Christ, the Healer We Have Come - DISTRESS

ELW 675 - O Christ Our Light, O Radiance True - O JESU CHRISTE, WAHRES LICHT

ELW 714 - O God of Mercy, God of Light - JUST AS I AM

ELW 716 - Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace - BEATUS VIR

ELW 886 - Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - AZMON

LBW 290 - There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy - LORD, REVIVE US

LBW 345 - How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - ST. PETER

LBW 360 - O Christ, the Healer We Have Come - DISTRESS

LBW 380 - O Christ Our Light, O Radiance True - O JESU CHRISTE, WAHRES LICHT

LBW 419 - Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace - BEATUS VIR

LBW 425 - O God of Mercy, God of Light - JUST AS I AM

LBW 530 - Jesus Shall Reign - DUKE STREET

LBW 559 - Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - AZMON

LSB 524 - How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - ST. PETER

LSB 528 - Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - AZMON

LSB 839 - O Christ Our True and Only Light - O JESU CHRISTE, WAHRES LICHT

LSB 832 - Jesus Shall Reign - DUKE STREET

LSB 844 - Lord of All Nations, Grant Me Grace - ANGELUS

LSB 852 - O God of Mercy, God of Might - JUST AS I AM

RH 30 - Oh, for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - AZMON

RH 186 - There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy - LORD, REVIVE US

RH 195 - How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - ST. PETER

RH 268 - Jesus Shall Reign - DUKE STREET

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // The book of Hebrews says we make a continual sacrifice to God. This means each day is one lived in the grace of God’s great sacrifice - one in which we sleep and rise in joy - for Christ has paid the price for our sin, and calls us to awake each day in His forgiveness.

Stanza 2 // Just as Christ raises us from death to life in Jesus Christ, so we are given the gift of each day [and the many traditions and routines we enjoy] that God’s work mgiht be done in the refreshment of His promise.

Stanza 3 // This hymn directs our focus to the Lord, who has promised to take away our sin, guard our thoughts, and remove our will by His Spirit, with which we are filled and given forgiveness of sin, new life, and salvation.

Stanza 4 // The confusion of human tradition with God’s commandments and promise are easily seen today - both inside and outside the Church. This prayer asks that all we “design, do, or say” would be offered that God’s glory would be known. Any earthly power or tradition should be united with Christ’s promise.

Stanza 5 // This familiar stanza was part of this morning hymn from its inception. We recognize it today as the “doxology.” In the original context, it was praise for God at the start of the day.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 557 - Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun // MORNING HYMN

ELW 328 - Restore In Us, O God - BAYLOR

ELW 517 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word - ERHALT UNS, HERR

ELW 520 - Dearest Jesus, at Your Word - LIEBESTER JESU, WIR SIND HIER

ELW 527 - Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now - HERR JESU CHRIST, DICH ZU UNS WEND

ELW 557 - Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun - MORNING HYMN

ELW 772 - Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways - EVAN

ELW 806 - O God, My Faithful God - WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT

LBW 230 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word - ERHALT UNS, HERR

LBW 248 - Dearest Jesus, at Your Word - LIEBESTER JESU, WIR SIND HIER

LBW 253 - Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now - HERR JESU CHRIST, DICH ZU UNS WEND

LBW 269 - Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun - MORNING HYMN

LBW 480 - Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways - EVAN

LBW 504 - O God, My Faithful God - WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT

LSB 655 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word - ERHALT UNS, HERR

LSB 696 - O God, My Faithful God - O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT

LSB 707 - Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways - EVAN

LSB 868 - Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun - MORNING HYMN

LSB 902 - Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now - HERR JESU CHRIST, DICH ZU UNS WEND

LSB 904 - Blessed Jesus, at Your Word - LIEBESTER JESU, WIR SIND HIER

RH 44 - Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now - HERR JESU CHRIST, DICH ZU UNS WEND

RH 60 - Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun - MORNING HYMN

RH 71 - Lord, Keep Us Steadfast In Your Word - ERHALT UNS, HERR

RH 203 - Dearest Jesus, at Your Word - LIEBESTER JESU, WIR SIND HIER

RH 235 - Oh, That the Lord Would Guide My Ways - EVAN

RH 238 - O God, My Faithful God - WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // The world God has made gives us many great gifts - all of which leave us unfilled apart from Jesus Christ. The call of Christ comes from one who has the “words of eternal life” - greater than all gifts of the world, even the most miraculous manna given to God’s people in the Old Testament.

Stanza 2 // Those who know Jesus Christ have nowhere else to go! When we “taste the ever-living bread” and quench our “thirsting souls” with our Lord’s mercy and forgiveness, we cling to these words in faith.

Stanza 3 // Our “changing lot” in life is the seemingly random decisions and happenings in life we experience apart from Christ. “Where is God in all of this?” is solved in this hymn when Christ “smiles on us in love” and “holds us fast in faith.”

Stanza 4 // The final stanza is a prayer. When Christ promises to be with us in flesh and blood, the “night of sin” is “chased away” by the holy, perfect light of our Lord, by which we have eternal life today - here and now.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 658 - O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts // WALTON

ELW 474 - Bread of Life from Heaven - ARGENTINE SANTO - BREAK NOW THE BREAD OF LIFE

ELW 476 - Thee We Adore, O Savior - ADORO TE DEVOTE

ELW 658 - O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts - WALTON

ELW 758 - You are the Way - DUNDEE

LBW 199 - Thee We Adore, O Hiden Savior, Thee - ADORO TE DEVOTE

LBW 356 - O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts - WALTON

LBW 464 - You Are the Way - DUNDEE

LSB 526 - You Are the Way; through You Alone - DUNDEE

LSB 640 - Thee We Adore, O Hiden Savior, Thee - ADORO TE DEVOTE

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // Christ’s words are sung by Christians to one another - perhaps most effectively when led by a choir, cantor, or small group of singers. Jesus gives us these words, and we come to Christ because God calls us to Himself.

Stanza 2 // The bread Jesus gives is Himself for your life, which promises us life forever in God’s promise of resurrection.

Stanza 3 // If we question the veracity of these words, Jesus points to those given truly miraculous, heavenly food as an example of those given a great gift from God - who nonetheless were left in death! When we have Christ, we have all we need for life today and life forever in God’s Son.

Stanza 4 // In contrast with those who ate manna in the wilderness and died, Christ gives us Himself that we might live forever through death. This is the promise which leads us to the repeated refrain - He who is the resurrection and life will raise us up on the last day, for we have Christ as our living bread!

Stanza 5 // If the first four stanzas of this hymn have been sung by a leader, the final stanza might be appropriately sung in response. This is both practical - the congregation will have learned how to track notes and text - and personal - as these words move from quotation to response. This leaves us not in question [as with those in the opening verses of this weekend’s Gospel reading] but in faith. Christ will raise us on the last day!

Refrain // The result of Jesus’ words is resurrection from the dead on the last day - a promise which holds us today and forever.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 485 - I Am the Bread of Life // I AM THE BREAD

ELW 461 - All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly - HOLY MANNA

ELW 472 - Eat This Bread - BERTHIER

ELW 485 - I Am the Bread of Life - I AM THE BREAD

ELW 491 - Come, Let Us Eat - A VA DE

ELW 495 - We Who Once Were Dead - MIDDEN IN DE DOOD

LBW 207 - We Who Once Were Dead - MIDDEN IN DE DOOD

LBW 214 - Come, Let Us Eat - A VA DE

LSB 626 - Come, Let Us Eat - A VA DE

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // This hymn provides remarkable contrast between the questions in this weekend’s Gospel text. Here, Christ - enthroned in heavenly splendor - is the same Lord who comes down from heaven to give us “true and living bread!” This leads to shouts of “alleluia” meaning “praise the Lord!”

Stanza 2 // The contrast between God enthroned in splendor and yet present is given further specificity - we worship not only with saints on earth but those in heaven! Though we may ask many questions, Christ is present in the “lowliest form” of bread and wine to give us Himself.

Stanza 3 // When Jesus gives us Himself, all offering and sacrifice is finished - just as Christ speaks from the cross. The “fullness” of this work remains “undiminished” even today, as our Lord gives us Himself in bread and wine by a Word, that our “souls” might be “cleansed from every stain.”

Stanza 4 // The “life-imparting heavenly manna” and “striken rock with streaming side” are not simply Old Testament images, but here help us sing of Jesus Christ flesh and blood given to sinners. For this reason, heaven and earth rejoice, for our Lord is risen, ascended, and glorified, that all people might have life forever.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 475 - Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor // BRYN CALFARIA

ELW 472 - Eat This Bread - BERTHIER

ELW 475 - Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor - BRYN CALFARIA

ELW 476 - Thee We Adore, O Savior - ADORO TE DEVOTE

ELW 488 - What Feast of Love - GREENSLEEVES

ELW 494 - For the Bread Which You Have Broken - OMNI DIE

ELW 542 - O Living Bread from Heaven - AURELIA

ELW 618 - Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer - CWM RHONDDA

LBW 172 - Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor - BRYN CALFARIA

LBW 197 - O Living Bread from Heaven - AURELIA

LBW 199 - Thee We Adore, O Hiden Savior, Thee - ADORO TE DEVOTE

LBW 200 - For the Bread Which You Have Broken - OMNI DIE

LBW 343 - Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer - CWM RHONDDA

LSB 534 - Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor - BRYN CALFARIA

LSB 640 - Thee We Adore, O Hiden Savior, Thee - ADORO TE DEVOTE

LSB 642 - O Living Bread from Heaven - ACH GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE

LSB 918 - Guide Me, O Thou Redeemer - CWM RHONDDA

RH 221 - Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah - CWM RHONDDA

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // Those who wander hungry and thirsty in the wilderness are given a promise from our Lord. In Him, we neither hunger nor thirst, for Christ comes to feed us continually with His word of truth. When Christ gives heavenly food, we taste and see the goodness of God.

Stanza 2 // Whether lost, scattered, strangers, or seeking answers to questions, all of these come to rest in the promise Jesus gives. We stand firm in the love Christ offers us in Himself - the eternal grace of God and joy in the feast our Lord spreads before us. He is the bread of life!

Stanza 3 // In Jesus Christ, we are fed with living bread which brings peace and gratitude through all our days. The Christian’s response is not unlike those who respond to Jesus’ overflowing generosity in amazement: “Sir, give us this bread always!” This is what it means to be grateful - to long for the gift of holy manna Christ gives without

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 461 - All Who Hunger Gather Gladly - HOLY MANNA

ELW 462 - Now We Join in Celebration - SCHMÜCKE DICH

ELW 480 - O Bread of Life from Heaven - O WELT ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN

ELW 485 - I Am the Bread of Life - I AM THE BREAD

ELW 488 - Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness - SCHMÜCKE DICH

ELW 542 - O Living Bread from Heaven - AURELIA

ELW 618 - Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer - CWM RHONDDA

LBW 197 - O Living Bread from Heaven - AURELIA

LBW 203 - Now We Join in Celebration - SCHMÜCKE DICH

LBW 222 - O Bread of Life from Heaven - O WELT ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN

LBW 224 - Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness - SCHMÜCKE DICH

LBW 343 - Guide Me Ever, Great Redeemer - CWM RHONDDA

LSB 636 - Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness - SCHMÜCKE DICH

LSB 642 - O Living Bread from Heaven - ACH GOTT VOM HIMMELREICHE

LSB 918 - Guide Me, O Thou Redeemer - CWM RHONDDA

RH 84 - O Bread of Life from Heaven - O WELT ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN

RH 221 - Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah - CWM RHONDDA

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // Beyond the now popular stories and miracles of Jesus’ earthly life, this hymn is a prayer seeking Christ’s promise “beyond the sacred page” that we would know God as the Living Word today.

Stanza 2 // When Christ gives us His word of truth, we are both named sinners and named as God’s forgiven people forever. In this promise, we know God’s blessing not only in abundance, but in times of distress and call out to Him as our Lord.

Stanza 3 // Knowing Christ as the bread of life is to know Him as the one who rescues from all that binds us - our doubt, our fear, our questions about daily bread - and turns to Christ in faith as the One who gives all we need in this life and the next.

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 515 - Break Now the Bread of Life // BREAD OF LIFE

ELW 478 - Father, We Thank You - RENDEZ À DIEU

ELW 484 - You Satisfy the Hungry Heart - BICENTENNIAL

ELW 488 - Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness - SCHMÜCKE DICH

ELW 515 - Break Now the Bread of Life - BREAD OF LIFE

ELW 843 - Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness - NETTLETON

LBW 224 - Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness - SCHMÜCKE DICH

LBW 235 - Break Now the Bread of Life - BREAD OF LIFE

LSB 641/641a - You Satisfy the Hungry Heart - BICENTENNIAL

LSB 636 - Soul, Adorn Yourself with Gladness - SCHMÜCKE DICH

LSB 652 - Father, We Thank You - RENDEZ À DIEU

LSB 849 - Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness - BEACH SPRING

RH 85 - Break Thou the Bread of Life - BREAD OF LIFE

ZACHARY'S NOTES:

Stanza 1 // Christ came to earth to make all people part of His Church - His beloved bride - as this hymn [and Scripture] say. Where Jesus’ promise of forgiveness is present, the Church exists, and those who are without a shepherd have the Good Shepherd in Jesus’ promise.

Stanza 2 // When God gives His promise - whether through Christ or those He sends with the good news of the Gospel - those with ears to hear demand to know this promise. The church is “elect from every nation” and “yet one” because it is united in one Lord, one faith, and one birth - the promise of Christ given to sinners.

Stanza 3 // There is no rest in the world, even for those named as part of Christ’s Church. Being drafted as one of Jesus’ apostles did little to help the disciples’ cause - and this is still true today. Whatever “weeping” we suffer in this life, Christ gives us a “song” to sing - that we might know peace and comfort in Chirst, even as we strain to know Him in the struggles of this life.

Stanza 4 // This world does not offer the rest we desire. We long for rest from work, sickness, disease, and death. These are a small slice of the trials and tribulation in which we live. In the midst of these, Jesus promises victorious rest in His promise, that what we long for might be given freely by God’s grace.

Stanza 5 // The rest Christ promises is ours today, for we share the same promise with all who in the past have clamored for the word of the Lord, and now rest from their labors in Jesus Christ. The final cry of this hymn is not unlike the crowds who close in on Christ - “Lord, save us by your grace!”

OTHER SUGGESTIONS:

ELW 654 - The Church’s One Foundation - AURELIA

ELW 332/611 - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - THIRD MODE MELODY // KINGSFOLD

ELW 604 - O Christ, Our Hope - LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN

ELW 607 - Come, Ye Disconsolate - CONSOLATOR

ELW 654 - The Church’s One Foundation - AURELIA

ELW 657 - Rise, O Sun of Righteousness - SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT

ELW 764 - Have No Fear, Little Flock - LITTLE FLOCK

ELW 789 - Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us - BRADBURY

LBW 300 - O Christ, Our Hope - LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN

LBW 369 - The Church’s One Foundation - AURELIA

LBW 476 - Have No Fear, Little Flock - LITTLE FLOCK

LBW 481 - Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us - BRADBURY

LBW 497 - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - THIRD MODE MELODY

LSB 553 - O Christ, Our Hope - ICH SINGE DIR

LSB 644 - The Church’s One Foundation - AURELIA

LSB 684 - Come unto Me, Ye Weary - ANTHES

LSB 699 - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - SARAH-ELIZABETH

LSB 711 - Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us - BRADBURY

LSB 735 - Have No Fear, Little Flock - LITTLE FLOCK

RH 88 - The Church’s One Foundation - AURELIA

RH 185 - Come, Ye Disconsolate - CONSOLATOR

RH 202 - Have No Fear, Little Flock - LITTLE FLOCK

RH 205 - Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us - BRADBURY

RH 241 - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - THIRD MODE MELODY