GOING on from strength to strength, and having fulfilled all the Divine service in Thy temple, even now we beseech Thee, Lord our God, make us worthy of perfect loving-kindness, make straight our path, root us in Thy fear, and make us worthy of the heavenly Kingdom, in Christ Jesus our Lord, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thy all-holy and good and quickening Spirit, now and always and unto the ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.152).
Category Archives: 2020 Prayers
Before the Benediction.
I pray that the hand of the truth may be stretched out and blessing given to this people on account of Thy lovingkindness, O God of compassion: May a hand of piety and power and sound discipline and cleanness and all holiness, bless this people, and continually preserve it to advancement and improvement, through Thy Only-Begotten Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151-152).
Concerning the Eucharist, thus give thanks 4:
FINISHED and accomplished as far as in us lieth, O Christ, our God, is the mystery of Thy dispensation; for we have had the memorial of Thy death, we have seen the figure of Thy resurrection, we have been filled with Thine imperishable life, we have had delight in Thy delicacies, in which there is no satiety, and which do Thou be pleased to award to us all in the world to come, by the grace of Thine eternal Father, and of the holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151).
Concerning the Eucharist, thus give thanks 3:
Ah, Jesus, what canst Thou refuse me, when Thou hast given me Thyself and where is the confidence that can be too tender? Why should I envy Thy beloved disciple who leaned on Thy breast at Thy last supper? For dost Thou not at present rest in my heart? O let me, then, be forever inviolably attached to Thee! Let the sweets of Thy presence so captivate my soul, that disgusted with sin, it may be fixed in the contemplation of Thee, and ever listen with ready obedience to Thy holy inspiration; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151).
Concerning the Eucharist, thus give thanks 2:
THOU hast given unto us, O Lord, sanctification in the communion of the all-holy body and precious blood of Thy Only-Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ; give unto us also the grace of Thy Good Spirit, and keep us blameless in the faith, lead us into perfect adoption and redemption, and to the coming joys of eternity; for Thou art our sanctification and light, O God, and Thy Only-Begotten Son, and Thy All-Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.150).
Concerning the Eucharist, thus give thanks 1:
FIRST as to the cup: We give Thee thanks, our Father, for the Holy Vine of David, Thy servant, Which Thou hast made known to us through Jesus, Thy Servant; to Thee be the glory unto the ages. As to the broken bread: We give thanks, our Father, for the life and the knowledge which Thou hast made known unto us through Jesus, Thy Servant; to Thee be the glory unto the ages. As this broken bread was scattered over the hills, and having been gathered, became one, so may Thy Church be gathered, from the ends of the earth into Thy Kingdom; for Thine is the glory and power through Jesus Christ unto the ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.150).
Thanksgiving after the Communion 1.
GLORY be to Thee, my Lord and my God, for thus feeding me with Thy most blessed body and blood! Let This heavenly food impart new life and vigor to me, and to all who communicate with me, that our faith may increase daily, that we may become humble and contrite for our sins, may love Thee, serve Thee, delight in Thee, and praise Thee, more fervently and constantly than we have ever done before; O Thou, Who with the Father livest and reignest, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.149).
Picture: Palm Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)
Before the Holy Communion 5.
WE, do not presume to come to this Thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies : We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table; but Thou art the same Lord, Whose property is always to have mercy; grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh of Thy dear Son, and to drink His blood in these holy mysteries, that we may continually dwell in Him and He in us, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by His body, and our souls washed through His most precious blood. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.141).
Picture: Palm Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)
Before the Holy Communion 1.
O GOD, be merciful to me, the sinner. O HOLY GHOST, sanctify us and purify my heart and lips, that in the Name of the Lord and in the power of His Word, I may worthily receive this holy sacrament; Who with the Father livest and reignest, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.139-140, adapted).
Picture: Palm Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)
Before the Holy Communion 7.
LORD, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof, for it is desolate and ruinous, neither wilt Thou find within me place to lay Thy head; but since Thou hast not disdained to recline in a stable with the brute beasts, nor disdained to be the guest of Simon the Leper, neither hast spurned the woman, who like me, was a great sinner, nor abhorred the washing of her tears: So deign, O Lord, to receive me, the chief of sinners, to the participation of This immaculate and life-giving sacrament. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.142).