The Eucharistic Prayer for the Feast of St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles (October 28)

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; 
who after his resurrection sent forth his apostles to zealously 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 Simon, Jude, 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.
Your love for your children has been revealed in him. 
He was the cornerstone and his apostles the foundation of your church.
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 we, like Simon and Jude, make your word known in all the entire world.  

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...