We are one body - Dana Scallon

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 17 January 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

Refrain: #ALL-OF-US ONE BODY, ONE BODY THROUGH CHRIST.
WE UNITED, NOT ALONE.
#ALL-OF-US ONE BODY, ONE BODY THROUGH CHRIST.
HE-lf COME FOR-FOR? GIFT-TO-us US LIFE FOREVER.

1. JESUS SAYS: (role play) HAPPEN (2h)YOU EAT MY BODY AND DRINK MY BLOOD,
ME LIVE INSIDE-SELF (2h)YOU AND (2h)YOU LIVE WITH MY L-O-V-E.
HAPPEN (2h)YOU EAT MY BODY AND DRINK MY BLOOD,
ME LIVE INSIDE-SELF (2h)YOU AND (2h)YOU LIVE WITH MY L-O-V-E. (end role play) Refrain

2. JESUS SAYS: (role play) CAN (2h)YOU HEAR THEM-rt CRY, CAN (2h)YOU FEEL THEIR-rt PAIN?
WILLING FEED MY HUNGRY? WILLING HELP MY LAME?
PROTECT BABY BORN NOT-YET. MANY PEOPLE DON'T-CARE.
DON'T IGNORE THEM-lf. THEY-lf NEED YOUR LOVE. (end role play) Refrain

3. JESUS SAYS: (role play) ME ONLY WAY, ONLY TRUTH, ONLY LIFE. ME FINAL SACRIFICE.
ME ONLY WAY, ONLY TRUTH, ONLY LIFE.
IF (2h)YOU BELIEVE ME, LIVE FOREVER WILL.
ME ONLY WAY, ONLY TRUTH, ONLY LIFE. ME FINAL SACRIFICE.
ME ONLY WAY, ONLY TRUTH, ONLY LIFE.
IF (2h)YOU BELIEVE ME, LIVE FOREVER WILL. (end role play) Refrain

4. (role play) ME YOUR SAVIOR COME FOR-FOR? GIFT-TO (2h)YOU LIFE.
SOMETIMES (2h)YOU GRIEVE AND CRY, SOMETIMES STRUGGLE AND SUFFER.
PAY-ATTENTION ME CALL. ME KNOW YOUR"all" NEED.
COME-TO ME YOUR SHEPHERD. MY GROUP ME FEED. (end role play) Refrain

5. FUTURE EVERY PERSON WILL KNEEL, WORSHIP JESUS HIS-lf NAME.
JESUS HIMSELF-lf LORD. HE-lf COME AGAIN WILL.
FUTURE EVERY PERSON WILL KNEEL, WORSHIP JESUS HIS-lf NAME.
JESUS HIMSELF-lf LORD. HE-lf COME AGAIN WILL. Refrain

6. (role play) PETER MY FOUNDATION, SUPPORT MY CHURCH.
ACCEPT MY SPIRIT. NEW SKILL TAKE-ADVANTAGE+.
(2h)YOU NOW MY BODY, MY HANDS, MY FEET.
INFORM"all" WORLD MY GOSPEL, EVERYONE (2h)YOU MEET"one by one". (end role play) Refrain


Notes: #ALL-OF-US - [A], PO > NDS, FO up touches DS shoulder then [L^], PO > signer touches NDS shoulder.

HE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands tip back towards signer to show that something is given as a gift.

INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

LAME - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, move in alternate vertical circles at right angles to the chest, with a sideways motion of the body as if limping.

DON'T - (2h)[B], POs down, cross at wrists, then uncross moving horizontally and emphatically. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - don't.

SACRIFICE - - (2h)[B], POs up, lift up hands and move them towards God.

SAVIOR - S-FREE AGENT.

GRIEVE - (2h)[S] twist at heart.

SHEPHERD - SHEEP SUPERVISE AGENT.

KNEEL - Sign begins like STAND and the DHFTs are bent into (2h)[V:]. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Genuflect.

WORSHIP - NDH is clasped over DH [S] and hands circle perpendicular to the chest. For an animated gif of this sign, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Worship.

PETER - P-STONE.

FOUNDATION - NDH [S], PO > signer, FO > DS, is held out with arm parallel to the chest and DH [S], PO > signer, strikes hand from below and then strikes elbow from below.

GOSPEL - G-NEW. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Gospel - 2.

Lyrics:

Refrain: We are one body, one body in Christ;
and we do not stand alone.
We are one body, one body in Christ;
and he came that we might have life.

1. For He tells us: When you eat my body and you drink my blood,
I will live in you and you will live in my love.
When you eat my body and you drink my blood,
I will live in you and you will live in my love. Refrain

2. For He tells us: Can you hear them crying, can you feel their pain?
Will you feed my hungry, will you help my lame?
See the unborn baby, the forgotten one,
they are not forsaken, they are not unloved. Refrain

3. For He tells us: I am the Way, the Truth, the Life, I am the Final Sacrifice,
I am the Way, the Truth, the Life;
he who believes in me will have eternal life.
I am the Way, the Truth, the Life, I am the Final Sacrifice,
I am the Way, the Truth, the Life;
he who believes in me will have eternal life.

4. I have come, your Savior, that you might have life,
through the tears and sorrow, through the toils and strife.
Listen when I call you, for I know your need,
come to me, your shepherd, for my flock I feed. Refrain

5. At the name of Jesus ev'ry knee shall bend;
Jesus is the Lord and he will come again.
At the name of Jesus ev'ry knee shall bend;
Jesus is the Lord and he will come again. Refrain

6. On the rock of Peter, see my Church I build.
Come receive my spirit, with my gifts be filled.
For you are my body, you're my hands and feet.
Speak my word of life to ev'ryone you meet. Refrain

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