The Eucharistic Prayer for the Feast of St. Barnabas, Apostles

P: It is truly right and a good and joyful thing

that we should at all times and in all places,

offer our thanks and praise to you,

Holy God through Christ our Lord;

Throughout the ages you have been a God of second chances,

ever willing to forgive your children who hesitate or fall short of your expectations.

We glorify you for Jesus,

who after his resurrection sent forth his apostles

to preach the gospel and teach all nations,

and promised to be with them always,

even to the end of the age.

And so with the Church on earth,

with Barnabas and all the hosts of heaven,

we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

The Sanctus is said or sung.

P: You are indeed holy, O God, and blessed

is your Son Jesus Christ.

Your never failing love for your children has been revealed in him

as he lived and died to reconcile us to you.

By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection,

you gave birth to your church,

delivered us from slavery to sin and death,

and made with us a new covenant by water

and the Spirit.

On the night before he suffered death,

our Lord Jesus gathered his friends around

the table and as he took bread, he offered thanks to you;

breaking it, and giving it to all of them, saying:

“Take and eat; this is my body, given for

you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After all of them had eaten,

he again took the cup and offered thanks to you,

and gave it for all to drink, saying:

“This cup is the new covenant in my blood,

shed for you and for all people for the forgiveness

of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”

And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,

we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving

as a holy and living sacrifice,

in union with Christ’s offering for us,

as we proclaim the mystery of faith:

C: Christ has died. Christ has risen.

Christ will come again.

P: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered

here and on these gifts of bread and wine.

As they are the body and blood of Christ for us,

so may we be for the world the body of Christ,

redeemed by his blood.

May we, like Barnabas, be ready to freely give of our own

to maintain what you have established.

By your Spirit bind us to Christ,

one to another,

together in ministry to all the world,

until Christ comes in final victory and we

feast at the heavenly banquet.

Through your son Jesus Christ,

with the Holy Spirit in your holy church,

all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God,

now and forever.

C: Amen

P: And now, as God’s confident children,

we boldly pray:

C: Our Father in heaven...