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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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The foxes have their holes,

the birds their nest,

But I have not a place

to take my rest.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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Whoever loves his life,

will only lose it,

It’s only sacrifice

that brings one gain.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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All you who labour, come

you who are burdened,

Take up my yoke as well

and you’ll find rest.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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The one who holds the plough

and looks behind,

My Kingdom cannot serve,

my peace won’t find.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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A servant surely is less

than his master,

If they have hated me,

they will hate you.

Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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Take nothing for your pay,

no bread, no money,

Your treasure must be one

no moth destroys.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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So let your loins be girt,

your lamps aburning,

And be like those who wait

for my return.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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You who have followed me,

when life is ended,

Will reap a hundredfold

eternally.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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IF YOU WISH TO BE MY DISCIPLE

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If you wish to be my disciple,

Take up your cross and follow me.

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Aniceto Nazareth (1938-2021)

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