Take, Lord, receive - John Foley

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 11 February 2007, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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

1. REMOVE, LORD, ACCEPT ALL MY DESIRE STRAY.
MY MEMORY, MY WHOLE WILL, BECOME YOURS.

Antiphon: GIFT-TO-me ME ONLY ||: YOUR-rt LOVE
AND YOUR-rt GRACE. THEN ME SATISFIED. :||

2. REMOVE, LORD, ACCEPT EVERYTHING ME HAVE, INDEX-LIST.
YOU-rt alt.GIFT-TO-me ME SO-MUCH.
NOW ME OFFER-UP #BACK-TO YOU-rt. Antiphon

3. REMOVE, LORD, ACCEPT EVERYTHING NOW YOURS-rt.
USE WHAT ME USED-TO CONTROL, FOLLOW YOUR-rt WILL. Antiphon


Notes: STRAY

WILL - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

GIFT-TO-me - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands alt. flip thumb sides > signer.

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

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

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.

INDEX-LIST - index finger of DH points to thumb, then index finger, then middle finger of NDH [5], PO > signer, FO > DS.

SO-MUCH - (2h)[5:], POs ><, FOs away, separate while "so much" is mouthed.

OFFER-UP - (2h)[B], POs down, descend while twisting PO to up and lift up hands moving them towards God.

#BACK-TO-rt - (2h)[B], POs > rt, FOs up; the hands transition to a C and then a K while rushing towards rt.

Lyrics:

1. Take, Lord, receive all my liberty,
my memory, understanding, my entire will.

Antiphon: Give me only your love and your grace: that's enough for me.
Your love and your grace are enough for me.

2. Take, Lord, receive all I have an possess.
You have given all to me; now I return it.

3. Take, Lord, receive, all is yours now;
dispose of it wholly according to your will.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to Bob Sorem's hymn MIDI sequences and click on "Take, Lord, Receive (J. Foley)."

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