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A LITURGY FOR THE EUCHARIST WHEN CELEBRATED
This rite is based within an understanding of the priesthood
of all believers.
God is with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to God.
Let us give thanks to our God.
It is good to give our thanks and praise.
It is good and fulfilling of our humanity
to praise God with thanksgiving. God is
our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer.
The Holy One, Holy Almighty, Holy Immortal,
is worshipped and glorified by the great
cloud of witnesses and all the hosts of heaven,
along with the communion of saints.
With them we join our voice in the eternal
song of praise:
Holy, Holy, Holy One, God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are filled with your glory.
Come, O God, to help us.
Make haste to save us, O God.
For blessed is the One who comes in the
Name of God.
Glory to God in the highest and peace to all on
earth.
Your redeeming acts, O God, began in creation.
You fashioned a universe and a people.
In your image you made us and called us good.
Our image became blurred, O Redeeming God,
when we chose to turn from you and follow our
own desires and way.
In selfishness and our seeking of material things
and power, we separated ourselves from You
and each other.
To save your creation, you sent your Anointed One
to show us the way to justice and peace.
Yet, even in your loving us, our love failed.
We have not done all the good we could have.
We have done the harm and harming
we should not have done.
(Silence)
We are not worthy to receive You, O God.
But your character is to be merciful and
compassionate.
Forgive us, O God, and make us fitting vessels
to be filled to overflowing with your love and
to share that love with all people.
In that hope, we witness to the mystery of
faith into which we were baptized,
and by which our lives have been shaped.
When we were as dead in our own way,
you sent the Anointed One, Jesus, to show us
the way of life.
He lived among us, as human as we are, yet
as divine as You are, teaching and healing
people of all that ailed them.
His loving care was scandalous within this
world and for it he was arrested, beaten,
and crucified—dead on a cross.
The powers of death, however, could not
hold him. His death became new life.
In that life we now live.
On the night before his life was taken from
him, he was at table with his disciples.
He took the loaf of bread, gave thanks,
broke it, and gave it to them, saying:
This my body given for you.
Eat this all of you.
Likewise, he took the cup, gave thanks,
and gave it to them, saying:
This my blood of the new covenant poured
out for you and for all that redemption,
healing, and reconciliation may come.
Drink this all of you.
Send forth your creating, redeeming, and
perfecting Spirit, O God, upon these gifts
of bread and wine; and upon us and all
your people. Make us one in You, one in
each other, and one in whatever shall be.
Receive this sharing of bread and wine
as a proclamation of your love and as an
offering of praise and thanksgiving.
This we ask in You, with You, and through
You—one God, Blessed Trinity. Feed us
the bread of heaven and five us drink from
the cup of salvation.
Blessed are You and blessed is Your Kin-Dom
forever. Amen.
(The bread is received with these or like words)
The Body of Christ, the bread of heaven, keep you in
everlasting life.
Take, eat, do this for the remebrance of Christ—
God's all sufficient love.
And be thankful. Amen.
(The cup is received with these or like words)
The Blood of Christ, the cup of salvation, keep you in
everlasting life.
Take, drink, do this for the remebrance of Christ—
God's all sufficient love.
And feast in your heart by faith with thanksgiving. Amen.
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