"Dank sei dir, Vater, für das ewge Leben" (Thanks be to you, Father, for Eternal Life) is a Christian hymn by Maria Luise Thurmair, set to a 1640 melody by Johann Crüger.
[3] It is part of the current Gotteslob as GL 484, in the section "Kirche – Ökumene" (Church - Ecumene).
The fourth stanza compares the unity of those gathering with the one bread from many grain kernels.
The fifth stanza prays for unity in faith and love, compared to the berries of one grape.
The final stanza requests the church to be protected from evil, and the congregation to be sent as witnesses of God's love, to be completed.