Wenn das Brot, das wir teilen

It was written to commemorate St. Elisabeth, and begins with a reference to her Miracle of the Roses.

The song, of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL), is part of German hymnals, including Evangelisches Gesangbuch and Gotteslob, and of songbooks.

The Roman Catholic theologian Claus-Peter März [de] from Erfurt wrote the text of "Wenn das Brot, das wir teilen" in 1981, on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of death of St. Elisabeth who is venerated especially in Thuringia.

It was included in the Gotteslob of 2013 as GL 470, in the section "Gesänge – Schöpfung: Gerechtigkeit und Friede" (Chants – Life in the world: justice and peace).

It is written in the first person plural, speaking in the first stanza of the bread that we share, and in the second of the suffering of the poor that we change, according to Matthew 25:40.