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Does the church make sense or do we make it too hard for people to come in? I think yes and yes and the task then is to make it easier. Maybe for someone out there, this will be the case. I write as a Lutheran (or, perhaps a Lutherpalian) although I might seem out of the mainstream from time to time. That's okay, isn't it? Let's blog on.

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

The Eucharistic Prayer for the Feast of Mary, Mother of Our Lord (August 15)

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. 

In the fullness of time you sent your Son to be born of Mary, your favored one. 
From that day forth all generations have called her blessed. 

And so with the Church on earth, 
with Mary and all the hosts of heaven, 
we praise your name and join their unending
hymn:
The Sanctus is said or sung.

You are indeed holy, O God, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. 
Born of lowly estate, he was the Son most High. 

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: 
Christ has died. 
Christ has risen.
Christ will come again.

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 our souls proclaim the greatness of our Lord 
and may our spirits rejoice in God our Savior. 

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. 
Amen

And now, as God’s confident children,
we boldly pray:
Our Father in heaven...

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