The Prayer, Very Bread, Good Sheperd, Tend Us

Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us,
Jesus, of Thy love befriend us,
Thou refresh us, Thou defend us,
Thine eternal goodness send us
In the land of life to see.

Thou Who all things canst and knowest,
Who on earth such food bestowest,
Grant us with Thy Saints, though lowest,
Where the heavenly feast Thou shewest,
Fellow-heirs and guests to be.

Amen.