This Table, A Sonnet of Communion ~Corpus Christi~ lyrics by Malcolm Guite (Gregorian Chant)

Song: This Table, A Sonnet of Communion (Gregorian Chant Version)
Lyrics: Malcolm Guite
Music: AI
Poem Link: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/corpus-christi-three-sonnets-on-communion-7/

[Verse 1]
The centuries have settled on this table
Deepened the grain beneath a clean white cloth
Which bears afresh our changing elements.
Year after year of prayer, in hope and trouble,
Were poured out here and blessed and broken, both
In aching absence and in absent presence.
[chorus]
Because another tree can bear, unbearable,
For us, the weight of Love, so can this table
[verse2]
This table to the earth herself has given
And human hands have made. Where candle-flame
At corners burns and turns the air to light
The oak once held its branches up to heaven,
Blessing the elements which it became,
Rooting the dew and rain, branching the light.
[chorus]
Because another tree can bear, unbearable,
For us, the weight of Love, so can this table
Because another tree can bear, unbearable,
For us, the weight of Love, so can this table