EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).
1. #ALL-OF-US FEEL HUNGRY.
WE NEED HELP-us FEEL STRONG.
WE HURT HOMOGENOUS.
THAT MAKE US UNITED.
YOU SEND GRACE THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT
HELP-us (<) OUR SUFFER, (>) OUR SADNESS.
HOLY SPIRIT SEND POWER.
WE FIND WHERE? HERE (2h)THIS PLACE.
Refrain: WE ASSEMBLE AROUND ALTAR.
LORD CAUSE US UNITED.
WE HIS-rt,hi PEOPLE ASSEMBLE.
FOR-FOR? FOLLOW HIS-rt WORD.
HIS-rt GRACE NURTURE
(<) OUR HEART, (>) OUR SPIRIT.
JESUS HELP-us OUR NEED SATISFIED.
HE-lf WITH US HERE (2h)THIS PLACE.
2. OUR LIFE BIG-QUESTION.
PREDICT OUR FUTURE, CAN'T.
GOD ASK US TRUST HIM.
WE KNOW-THAT WE MUST BELIEVE.
WE WALK SAME WAY CHRIST WALK.
WE GO-AHEAD WITH HIS-lf GRACE.
HOLY SPIRIT SEND POWER.
WE FIND WHERE? HERE (2h)THIS PLACE. Refrain
3. OFTEN WORLD alt.TELL-us US,
WE NEED ANALYZE-self OURSELVES,
BUT WE DEPEND OUR SAVIOR.
HE-lf KNOW SUFFER DEEP.
WE TRY DO MORE
LIKE CHRIST HIMSELF-lf DO.
HIS GRACE CAUSE US HEAL.
HOLY SPIRIT SEND POWER.
WE FIND WHERE? HERE (2h)THIS PLACE. Refrain
4. HAPPEN WE CELEBRATE EUCHARIST
CHRIST MAKE US FEEL STRONG.
WHILE WE FEAST TOGETHER,
L-O-V-E BECOME OURS FOREVER.
BREAD BECOME HIS-lf BODY,
WE SATISFIED HIS-lf GRACE.
HOLY SPIRIT SEND POWER.
WE FIND WHERE? HERE (2h)THIS PLACE. Refrain
Notes: #ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.
HOMOGENEOUS - (2h)[Y], POs down, FOs away, circle horizontally. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - standard.
UNITED - COOPERATE.
YOU - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.
GRACE - [O^] or [S], held high and PO > Heaven, supinates and opens to [5] while being brought towards head. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Grace.
HOLY - H-CLEAN. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Holy - 1.
HERE - (2h)[B], POs up, FOs away, circle horizontally and symmetrically.
(2h)THIS - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, descend 2x.
ASSEMBLE - (2h)[S], POs down, FOs ><, move > each other while opening to (2h)[5wg].
ALTAR - (2h)[S], POs down, FOs ><, strike the whole length of the forearms together like TABLE.
NURTURE - (2h)[B], PO down are held high and swoop down while supinating and then rise up again as if helping something mature.
BIG-QUESTION - like the sign QUESTION-MARK but both hands and all fingers (not the thumb) form a symmetric shape that is a question mark in the right hand and a reversed question mark in the left hand.
KNOW-THAT - Starts like KNOW but twists and descends, looking almost like DON'T-KNOW except the hand twists down at the end.
GO-AHEAD - (2h)[B^ dot], POs ><, FOs away, move forward in a jerk.
EUCHARIST - [F], PO > signer's face, FO up, makes the sign of the cross at the mouth.
FEAST - (2h)alt.EAT. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Feast.
Lyrics:
1. We are all hungry people,
We need shelter and strength.
We are one in our hurting,
We are one in our pain.
In our suff'ring and sadness,
We are saved by the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place.
Refrain: We are gathered at table
As one in the Lord.
We are gathered as people
Who are living the Word.
Our hearts and our spirits
Are nurtured by grace.
It is Jesus who fills us.
He is here in this place.
2. All our lives are a Myst'ry;
We see not where they lead.
We are asked now to trust you
And we know we must believe.
As our feet become Christ's feet,
We go forth with the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place.
3. Though the world may tell us
To look at ourselves,
We reach out to another
Where suffering dwells.
As our hands become
Christ's hands,
We are healed by the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place.
4. In the bread that is broken
Is the Christ that restores.
As we take, now receive him,
We find love evermore.
As the bread becomes Body,
We are filled with the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place.