Eastern Rite Eucharist - Side A

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Master, give the blessing.
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Blessed is the kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and always and forever and ever.
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Amen.
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In peace let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord have mercy
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For peace from on high and for the salvation of our souls
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Let us pray to the Lord
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Lord have mercy
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For peace in all the world, for the well-being of all the churches of God
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And for the union of all
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Let us pray to the Lord
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Lord have mercy
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For our holy churches and for all who enter with faith, reverence and a fear of God, let us pray to the Lord
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Lord have mercy
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For our holy ecumenical pontiff Paul, the Pope of Rome, let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord have mercy.
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For their Beatitudes, the patriarchs and major archbishops, the most reverend metropolitan archbishops,
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archbishops and bishops of the Catholic Church, for the venerable priest of the Academy of Christ,
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Let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord have mercy.
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For our civil authorities and those in the service of our country, let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord have mercy.
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For this city for every city and countryside and for those living within them in faith, let us pray
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For a seasonable weather for an abundance of the fruits of the earth and for a peaceful time
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So let us pray
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For those who travel by sea or in land, for the sick, the suffering, the captive, and
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for their safety and salvation, let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord have mercy.
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That we be delivered from all affliction, wrath, and need,
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let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord, have mercy.
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Protect us, save us, have mercy on us, and preserve us,
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O God, by your grace.
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Lord have mercy
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Remembering our most holy, most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, the Mother of God, and every Virgin Mary,
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with all the saints, let us commend ourselves and one another, and our whole life to Christ our God.
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to you, O Lord.
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For to you is due all glory and honor and worship,
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Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever.
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forever.
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Amen.
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The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
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In burdened pastures He gives me refuge.
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Through the prayers of the Mother of God,
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O Savior, save us.
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Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil.
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For you are at my side, through the prayers of the Mother of God, O Savior, save us.
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You have spread the table before me
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In the sight of my foes
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With the praise of the Mother of God
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In this the day of glory.
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And the Holy Spirit.
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God be with us, God be with us.
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Again and again in peace, let us pray to the Lord.
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Lord have mercy.
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Take to save us, have mercy on us and preserve us,
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O God, by your grace.
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Lord have mercy.
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In the name of our most holy, most pure, most blessed
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and glorious lady, the mother of God and ever Virgin Mary,
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with all the saints, let us commend ourselves
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and one another and our whole life to Christ, our God.
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to you, O Lord.
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For you, O God, are gracious and you love mankind.
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And to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
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we are under glory now and ever and forever.
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of God.
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All remembrance of you, O Christ, our God,
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hath given of peace to the world.
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From you the fishermen have learned
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To offer a sacrifice of bread and wine.
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In this they made your new bond of memoration.
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In the same way we explain glory be to you.
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Wisdom be attentive.
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God grant you many years, God grant you many years,
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God rend you many happy years.
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Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
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God save our sinner, God save our sinner,
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God protect thee, death, thee, all thy glory, all thy glory.
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Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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I shall offer you praise as my sacrifice,
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and call upon the name of the Lord.
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I shall offer you praise as my sacrifice,
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and go upon the gate of the Lord.
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the remembrance of you, O bright star-god,
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have given a feast to the world.
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From you the fishermen have learned
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to offer a sacrifice of bread and wine.
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In this day, may your divine commandment shine.
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In the same way we explain, glory be to you.
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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
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Now and ever and forever, Amen.
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Here is Christ, truth for all.
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Let us commend the Lord, Christ our God.
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We have been living in this mystery,
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Let us hope we'll change.
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Oh, war do not come to us when we are prone,
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The plains are safe, and your will be done, my soul.
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For you are holy, O our God, and we render glory to you,
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Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever.
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♪ And become your own art.
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♪ Adios, O Theos.
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♪ Adios, Isidros.
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Give glory to Christ our God.
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the holy water
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and on the banks of the river
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we will live.
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Holy, holy, and immortal
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our Lord is with us.
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Holy Father, Holy Spirit
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and holy, and immortal
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Let us be attentive, peace be to all, let us be attentive.
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We fed them from the heart of the wheat, and filled them with honey from the loam.
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Let us rejoice in God who is our help.
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We fed them from the heart of the wheat,
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and fill them with holy promise.
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Wisdom.
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Reading from the epitome of the epistle to the Corinthians.
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Let us be attentive.
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Brethren, I receive from the Lord what I handed unto you,
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♪ Gave me that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed
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♪ Took bread and after he had given thanks
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♪ Broke it and said
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♪ This is my body which is for you
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♪ Do this in remembrance of me
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♪ In the same way after the supper he took the cup saying
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♪ This cup is for you, brother, that delightful
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Do this whenever you drink it, it remembrances me.
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Every time then you eat this bread and drink this cup,
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you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
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This means that whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord
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unworthily sins against the body and blood of the Lord.
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A man should examine himself first.
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Only then should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
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He who eats and drinks without recognizing the body
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eats and drinks a judgment on himself.
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That is why many among you are sick and infer
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and why so many are dying.
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If we were to examine ourselves, we would not be falling under judgment in this way.
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But since it is the Lord who judges us, he chastens us to keep us from being condemned
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with the rest of the world.
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being condemned with the rest of the world.
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Peace be with you.
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Wisdom be attentive.
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Alleluia, alleluia.
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Alleluia, alleluia.
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Alleluia, alleluia.
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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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The eyes of all look to you, and you give them food in due time.
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Hallelujah, hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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You open your heart and fill every living thing with gold.
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Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
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Master, bless the announcer of the gospel of the holy apostle
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and evangelist John.
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May God, through the prayers of the holy, glorious, and illustrious apostle and evangelist,
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John, grant that you announce the world with great power for the fulfillment of the gospel of his beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Let us stand and listen to the reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint John.
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God's book according to Saint John.
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Be with you.
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And with your spirit.
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A reading from the holy gospel according to Saint John.
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At that time Jesus said I am the bread of life your fathers ate a man in the desert
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and have died.
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This is the bread that comes down from heaven,
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so that if anyone eat of it, he will not die.
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I am the living bread that has come down from heaven.
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If anyone eat of this bread, he shall live forever.
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And the bread that I will give is my flesh
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for the life of the world.
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The Jews on that account argued with one another, saying,
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how can this man eat of his flesh to eat this flesh to eat?
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And Jesus therefore said to them,
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amen, amen, I say to you, unless you
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eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
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you shall not have life in you.
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He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life everlasting,
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and I will raise him up on the last day.
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Glory be to you, O Lord.
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Glory be to you.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.
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Beatitudes, the Patriarchs and Major Archbishops, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Archbishops,
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Archbishops and Bishops, Brother Priests, Religious, my Brothers and Sisters in Christ.
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You should not be working for perishable food, but for food that remains unto life eternal,
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food which the Son of Man will give you.
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These are the words of Jesus Christ our Lord as recorded in the Gospel of John, chapter
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6, verse 27.
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This food shall become present upon this altar during the course of this Divine Liturgy.
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As you come forth to receive the body and blood of the Son of God in the sacrament of
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the Holy Eucharist, you will be invited to join us in the recitation of the Communion
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Prayer, the text of which has been distributed to you and which I now read.
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O Lord, I believe and profess that you are truly Christ, the Son of the living God, who
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came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the first.
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Accept me as a partaker of your mystical supper, O Son of God, for I will not reveal your mystery
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to your enemies, nor will I give you a kiss as did Judas,
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but like the thief I confess to you.
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Remember me, O Lord, when you shall come into your kingdom.
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Remember me, O Master, when you shall come
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into your kingdom.
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Remember me, O Holy One, when you shall come
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into your kingdom.
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May the partaking of your holy mysteries, O Lord,
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be not for my judgment or condemnation,
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but for the healing of soul and body.
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O Lord, I also believe and profess
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that this which I am about to receive
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is truly your most precious body
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and your life-giving blood, which I pray,
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make me worthy to receive for the remission of all my sins
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and for life everlasting. Amen.
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O God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
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O God, cleanse me of my sins and have mercy on me.
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O Lord, forgive me, for I have sinned without number.
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Our belief in the mystery of the Holy Eucharist, our desire and purpose to receive the Eucharistic
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Christ, our profession of faith in the Real Presence, and our sentiments with which we
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the Holy Table of the Lord are all included in this communion prayer.
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This prayer, developed between the 4th and 14th centuries and composed of five short prayers,
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is very suitable to the rite of Holy Communion.
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It contains all the necessary elements for pious reception of the Holy Eucharist.
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It prepares us for the great encounter with the Eucharistic Christ.
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In this communion prayer, just as Peter in Caesarea Philippi professed Christ,
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calling him the Son of the Living God,
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so we too profess our belief in the divinity of Christ.
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At times, it is not enough to believe only in the depths of our hearts.
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A public profession is required.
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Saint Theophilactus tells us,
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for God is not satisfied merely with belief in the soul.
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He requires the belief in the mouth.
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The humble communicant is mindful of his sins and of his unworthiness.
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He professes openly and unashamedly that among all the sinners who Christ came to save,
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He is the first and perhaps the most undeserving.
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And yet, He does not despair.
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He knows that Christ came to give life to all,
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saints and sinners alike.
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He is encouraged by the words of St. Paul,
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who wrote to Thymidi,
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that Jesus Christ came into the world to save the sinners.
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Of these, I myself am the worst.
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Theodore of Mopsueitia comments that the sins which come to us from human weakness
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are not capable of deterring us from the communion of the Holy Eucharist.
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With deep humility, the Communicant begs Christ to accept him as a partner of his mystical supper.
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He promises to prove himself worthy of this unique distinction and to refrain from doing anything that would render him unworthy.
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He even cites the case of the unfortunate apostle Judas, promising never to give Christ the kiss of treason, deceit, or disloyalty.
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In contrast to Judas's behavior,
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the communicant professes his profound humility
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and his unshaken confidence
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by repeating the words of the repentant thief,
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Remember me, O Lord, when you shall come into your kingdom.
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Humility and confidence
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must take possession of our souls
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before we approach the Eucharistic table.
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The third part of the Communion prayer
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expresses the purpose of partaking of the body and blood of Christ.
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The Holy Eucharist heals the soul and body.
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If we do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood,
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you have no life in you.
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In conditioning eternal life upon the reception
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of his body and blood,
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our Lord obviously meant to give a strict command
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for the reception of the Holy Eucharist.
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The Holy Eucharist is necessary,
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but it should be accepted worthily.
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otherwise it would serve for judgment and condemnation.
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This remark re-echoes the warning of St. Paul
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concerning the worthy partaking of the Holy Eucharist.
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The Apostle of the Gentiles admonished his Corinthian flock
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flock to receive the body and blood worthily, with clean hearts and right disposition.
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Let everyone examine himself before partaking of the heavenly food.
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St. John is rather strict in commenting on this subject.
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We must receive the Holy Eucharist with a pure conscience, with a pure heart, with an
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irreproachable life.
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Otherwise, we receive to ourselves judgment and condemnation, and punishment and vengeance.
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Do not wonder, for as food nourishing our body,
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if received by a person without appetite,
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ruins and corrupts the system
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and becomes an occasion of disease,
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so surely it is also with respect to the great mysteries.
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mysteries. Immediately before receiving the body and blood of Christ, the
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communicant once again professes his belief in the real presence of Christ
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under the Eucharistic species. He states once again that he believes and
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and professes that the Eucharist which he is about to receive
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is truly Christ's most precious body
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and his life-giving blood.
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He is cognizant of this unique privilege of meeting Christ.
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This meaningful and expressive communion prayer
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is concluded with the prayer of the publican.
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Oh God, be merciful to me, a sinner.
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Oh God, cleanse me of my sins and have mercy on me.
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Oh Lord, forgive me, for I have sinned without number.
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As the all important moment of the meeting
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with Christ approaches, the communicant,
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with repentance in heart, with confession of his sinfulness,
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and with hope for God's mercy, bows down in reverence,
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self-forgetfulness, and trust in God.
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He knows that all those who act in this way
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will be justified.
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Today, as you recite this communion prayer, this pearl of Eastern Eucharistic devotion,
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think of the great privilege which is yours when you eat the food of immortality.
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We Christians seek for a deeper and richer life,
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and the key to this life is union with Christ.
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This union we find in the Holy Eucharist.
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We are filled with the sentiments of Christ,
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and being fired with the feelings of Christ,
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we are united with him and find rest in him.
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We are spiritually hungry,
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and the Holy Eucharist satisfies our hunger.
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We have come to this great city of brotherly love,
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where our political freedom was born,
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to freely profess our savor in the Holy Eucharist,
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to receive him and to carry him in our hearts
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to every part of this great land of ours.
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Today, on the threshold of our tricentennial,
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in this historical city of Philadelphia,
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we publicly make cries in the Holy Eucharist,
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our Savior, our Lord, and our life.
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and our life.
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May the Eucharistic Christ inspire us to discover
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and promote effective and upright ways of satisfying
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the hungers of the human family
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and help us
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to bring a new Christian rebirth
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throughout the world.
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Amen.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
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Amen.
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God bless you, God bless you, God bless you, God bless you.
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Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.
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O Lord, O Lord, look down from heaven, and see and visit this vineyard, and see and visit
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with this vineyard and perfect that rich young right hand has planted.
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God have mercy!
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God have mercy!
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God have mercy!