Eucharistic Prayer for Advent.

Invitation to the Lord’s Table

This is the holy meal of the future

where we share now

in the life of the One-Who-Is-to-Come,

Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, God-with-us.

It is a foretaste of his coming to make all things new.

It is a sign of the way God transforms us from within.

In this sacrament

the One who becomes flesh to dwell among us

becomes our flesh, 

and we become him,

sharing in the divine nature.

This is the Lord’s table.

Our Savior invites those who trust in him

to share in the feast which he has prepared.

Communion Preface

Open our hearts, O God, to your coming.

Broaden our vision to embrace your whole creation.

For at this table we see from the perspective 

of your promised Kingdom of peace,

where violence and inequality are banished,

and all races and nations, families and tongues,

gather in joy.

Sanctus

And so we lift up our hearts, O God,

joining with all your people

of every time and place

in the angels’ song of grateful praise.

Holy, holy, holy….

Eucharistic Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer

God of tomorrow:

daily we pray for the coming of your Kingdom,

when debts are remitted,

wealth redistributed,

reparations made,

and the earth and her people

enjoy a blessed sabbath rest.

You created the universe 

by your overflowing love,

and you declared it all very good.

Your unstoppable love

continued to overflow

until the time came

and you emerged among us

as one of us

in Jesus Christ.

You invite us to place our trust in him

and share in the life of eternity.

As the ultimate expression of love

Jesus gave himself up

to death on a cross

for blasphemy and sedition,

identifying fully with our brokenness and shame.

And your love finally triumphs over death

in his resurrection

revealing our true nature and destiny.

Your love now continues to overflow,

spreading your life over the whole world,

by the power of the Holy Spirit

with, within, among, and around us.  

Send your Spirit, O God, upon us, your people 

whom you call out from the world and gather together,

and upon these holy gifts,

of bread and the cup,

fashioned from the fruits of the Earth,

revealing here and now 

the living and saving Presence of Jesus Christ

with us, within us, around us, and among us.

Let this meal be our medicine,

healing our souls and bodies,

opening our eyes to the truth of your love,

shining in all the world.

O God,

like a mother who will not forget her nursing child,

you love us forever.

And so we are bold to pray in the words Jesus taught us,

saying: Our Father….