The Eucharistic Prayer for the Feast of the Holy Cross (September 14)

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.
You decreed that all creation should be saved through the wood of the cross.
The tree of humanity’s defeat became the tree of victory;where life was lost, there life has been restored through the Christ our Lord.
And so with the Church on earth, 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.
He was lifted high upon a cross so that all who believe in him might not perish but live eternally with 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

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. 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.
Illumine our lives, O God, with the radiance of Christ’s love,
and inspire us to shine in faith and witness as his holy disciples.
Transform us into his likeness that we may live for you, as he lived,
and love others, as he loved them.

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...