love one another

- OFFERTORY -

Refrain

Love one another as I have loved you.

Care for each other. I have cared for you.

Bear each other’s burdens.

Bind each other’s wounds;

and so you will know my return.

1. My friends, do you know what I have done for you?

I have washed your feet with my hands.

If I, your Lord, have knelt at your feet,

you should do at each other's feet

as I have done for you.

2. When the world will hate you and revile you,

when they laugh at your care for the poor,

when they hold you in darkness

and imprison your tongues,

remember how they listened to me.

3. Let not your hearts be troubled.

Put your trust in God and in me.

In my Father’s home I prepare your room,

that where I am you may be.

4. This bread which I give is my body.

This cup holds the blood of my life.

And all will be broken that you may have life,

that you may learn to forgive.

5. I am the vine, you are the branches.

Remain in my love and bring forth fruit.

6. For love is patient, love is kind,

love is always there to forgive, to endure.

All the world will crumble, but love will remain;

for Love’s own self is God.

7. You will weep in pain while the world rejoices,

but your grief will be changed into joy.

For the world will forget you,

but have courage, my friends,

for I have overcome the world.

Text based on John 14–16; I Corinthians 13. Text and music © 1987, Robert J. Dufford, SJ. Published by OCP. All rights reserved.