Offertory
Prayer (All together)
Receive O God, this offering of bread and wine and our
alms, representing the fruits of your creation as token of our love. Accept also the offering of our lives that we
may serve the cause of our kingdom and fulfillment of your will. Amen.
The
Thanksgiving (All Stand)
Minister: The Lord is here
All: His Spirit is with us
Minister: Then lift up your hearts
All: We lift them to the Lord
Minster: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
All: It is right give thanks and
praise
Minister: Truly it is right and good to glorify
you, at all times and in all places, to offer you our thanksgiving O Lord, Holy
Father, Almighty and Everlasting God, through your living word you created all
things, and pronounced them good. You
made human beings in your own image, to share your life and reflect your
glory. When the time had fully come, you
gave Christ to us as the life of the World.
He accepted baptism and consecration, as your servant to announce the
good news to the poor. At the last
Supper, Christ gave to us the Eucharist, that we should celebrate the memorial
of the cross and resurrection and received His presence as the bread, of life
therefore, Lord, with the angel and saints, we proclaim and sing your glory.
All: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of
power and might heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Minister: We praise you Lord, King of universe,
you are holy, and Your glory is beyond measure. Upon this Eucharist, send your
life-giving spirit. May the out-pouring of this spirit make this meal of bread
and wine become for us the body and blood of Christ. May this creator spirit
accomplish the words of Your beloved Son, who in the night in which he was
betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks to you, broke it and gave it
to his disciples saying; Take, eat; This is my body, which is given for
you. Do this in remembrance of me. After
supper he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them and
said; Drink this, all of you: This is my
blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the
forgiveness of sins. Do this in
remembrance of me.
All: Your death Lord Jesus we
proclaim. Your resurrection we celebrate. Your coming in glory we await.
Minister: Therefore, Lord, as he has commanded us
we do this in remembrance of Him, and we ask you to accept our sacrifice of
praise and thanksgiving. Grant by the power of your Holy Spirit that we who
receive your gifts of bread and wine may share in the body and blood of Christ,
and grant to people every where the benefits of Christ’s redemptive work.
As we partake of Christ’s body and blood fill us with the Holy Spirit
that we may be one single body, and one single spirit in Christ, a living sacrifice
to the praise of your glory. We ask this
through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
All: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, all honour and glory is yours,
Almighty God and Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen
Adesegun Akitoye
http://www.spiritualhymnsong.blogspot.com
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