The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is right and a good and joyful thing to give thanks to our God, creator of all things.
God’s Breathe swept over the waters of chaos, bringing forth life.
God’s Spirit entered into the water of the womb,
bringing forth the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
God’s Breathe swept over the waters of chaos, bringing forth life.
God’s Spirit entered into the water of the womb,
bringing forth the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
A newborn child, water, breathe, bread, cup, wine -
God’s presence fills and speaks to us through the ordinary.
God’s presence fills and speaks to us through the ordinary.
When Jesus was baptized, he took his place among us,
sinners and your Spirit anointed him to bring Good News
of life, love, salvation, healing, and freedom to the world.
sinners and your Spirit anointed him to bring Good News
of life, love, salvation, healing, and freedom to the world.
And so, on the night before he gave himself up for us,
he was gathered together with his disciples at a table like this,
he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples and said:
"Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you,
do this in remembrance of me."
he was gathered together with his disciples at a table like this,
he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples and said:
"Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you,
do this in remembrance of me."
When the supper was over, he took the cup, blessed it, gave it to his disciples and said:
"Drink from this, all of you. This is my blood of the New Covenant,
poured out for you and for many, for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
It is in awe and wonder, praise and thanksgiving
that we offer ourselves up as a holy and living sacrifice,
in union with Christ’s sacrifice for us as we proclaim the mystery of faith:
that we offer ourselves up as a holy and living sacrifice,
in union with Christ’s sacrifice for us as we proclaim the mystery of faith:
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
God of our Baptism, pour out your Spirit on us gathered here
And on these gifts of bread and juice.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ
That we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed and reconciling.
By that same Spirit, remind us of our shared identity as Christ’s Beloved Children,
bestowed upon us by our Baptism.
bestowed upon us by our Baptism.
Through your Son Jesus Christ,
With the Holy Spirit in your holy church,
All honor and glory is yours, Almighty God,
Now and forever, Amen.
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