The Eucharistic Prayers for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (September 29) (A twofer)

 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 praising your faithful angels and archangels, we also praise your glory, 

for in honoring them, we honor you, their creator.
Their splendor shows us your greatness,

which surpasses in goodness the whole of all creation.
Through Christ our Lord the great army of angels rejoices in your glory.

And so with the Church on earth,
with angels and archangels, 

cherubim and seraphim 

and with 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.
You sent your messenger Gabriel to announce his incarnation.
Through the heavenly host, his birth was proclaimed to a world that dwelt in darkness.
When our Lord was tempted in the wilderness, you sent your angels to minister to him.

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.

As they serve you in heaven, may your holy angels watch over and protect us here on earth.

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…

 OR

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.
Fountain of all life and source of all goodness,
you made all things and fill them with your blessing;
you created them to rejoice in the splendor of your radiance.
Countless throngs of angels stand before you to serve you night and day 

and, beholding the glory of your presence, they offer you unceasing praise.

And so with the Church on earth, with Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Ariel,
with all the angels and archangels 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.
When Israel, your chosen people, was captive in Egypt
You sent your angel to deliver them
When they wandered in the wilderness,
You sent your angel to watch over them.
In the fullness of time, you sent your Son into the world that all may be redeemed though him.
Your heavenly host announced his coming

and when, in preparation for his mission on earth, he endured temptation in the wilderness,
you sent your angels to minister to him.

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.

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…