Tuesday, July 24, 2012

July 24, 2012 -- THE OFFERING

We give you thanks Almighty Father, for what you have done, are doing, and will do through your Word and your Spirit:



The creation of the world,

The patience and longsuffering with humanity,

The promises and the covenants,

The sending and returning of your Beloved Son,

The pouring forth of your Holy Spirit upon all peoples, nations, tongues and tribes,

And the worship that all creation offers to you.

Father, may we offer to you an acceptable offering, oblation, in union with Christ’s body and blood, offering to you what is your own.  May we offer to you the body and blood, the soul and divinity of your dearly Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and for the sins of the whole world.

God of creation, may we offer to you the first fruits of the bread and wine, through the first fruits of the risen Christ, through his power and presence in the Holy Spirit.  May we offer to you our whole heart, mind, soul and strength (Mk 12:28-34), as a holy, living, reasonable, spiritual and perfect sacrifice (Rom 12:1-2).  

Father, may we praise you through, with and in the glory of your name that you have caused to dwell among us through the working of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Through him, with him and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory of the kingdom is yours Almighty Father, both now and forever.  Amen!

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