2025 Maundy Thursday Hymn: Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (LSB 637)

This post is the second of my 2025 Holy Week posts, this time with one of my favorite hymns for Maundy Thursday:

Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord (LSB 637)

1 Draw near and take the body of the Lord,
And drink the holy blood for you outpoured;
Offered was He for greatest and for least,
Himself the victim and Himself the priest.

2 He who His saints in this world rules and shields,
To all believers life eternal yields;
With heav’nly bread He makes the hungry whole,
Gives living waters to the thirsting soul.

3 Come forward then with faithful hearts sincere,
And take the pledges of salvation here.
O Lord, our hearts with grateful thanks endow
As in this feast of love You bless us now.