"O Jesus, Joy of Loving Hearts” | Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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