HOLY COMMUNION (ENGLISH VERSION)
Introduction
PASTOR: We are experiencing a Holy Communion in a new way today.
Though physically distant from one another, we are still bound together as family through our baptism.
This presence is marked by our shared praises and prayers, our shared hearing and affirming of God’s word, and now our shared eating.
The Great Thanksgiving
PASTOR: The peace and presence of the Lord be with you all.
PEOPLE: The peace and presence of the Lord be with you, too.
PASTOR: So we lift up our hearts.
PEOPLE: We lift them up to God.
PASTOR: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God, because it is the right thing to do, not only now, but always - day after day after day.
PEOPLE: Day after day after day.
PASTOR: We thank you, creator God, that you made us in your image, and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, our love failing, and our bodies diseased, you reached out to us again and again, providing healing, wholeness, and new life.
When the flood came, You provided an ark.
When the plagues came You provided safety.
When evening came, You provided a pillar of fire.
When exile came, You provided a new song.
Day after day after day, Your love remained steadfast.
PEOPLE: Day after day after day.
PASTOR: And so with your people on earth, and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! God of power and might!
PEOPLE: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! God of power and might! Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the Highest!
PASTOR: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. Blessed is your Son who came to preach the good news to the poor, release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, freed the oppressed, and announced that the time had come when you would save your people. He healed the sick.
PEOPLE: He healed the sick.
PASTOR: On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said:
BROKE THE BREAD
“Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
HE TOOK THE CUP
When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said:
“Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
The Breaking of the Bread
PASTOR: This bread reminds us that any life, no matter how broken, or sick, or distorted it may become, can be made whole again.
The cup reminds us that any life, no matter how empty, or lonely, or isolated it may become, can be filled again. These are the gifts of God, for the family of God. I invite you all to prayerfully partake in this Holy Communion.
(Pls fall in line, the pastor and stewards will distribute the elements)
Introduction
PASTOR: We are experiencing a Holy Communion in a new way today.
Though physically distant from one another, we are still bound together as family through our baptism.
This presence is marked by our shared praises and prayers, our shared hearing and affirming of God’s word, and now our shared eating.
The Great Thanksgiving
PASTOR: The peace and presence of the Lord be with you all.
PEOPLE: The peace and presence of the Lord be with you, too.
PASTOR: So we lift up our hearts.
PEOPLE: We lift them up to God.
PASTOR: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God, because it is the right thing to do, not only now, but always - day after day after day.
PEOPLE: Day after day after day.
PASTOR: We thank you, creator God, that you made us in your image, and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, our love failing, and our bodies diseased, you reached out to us again and again, providing healing, wholeness, and new life.
When the flood came, You provided an ark.
When the plagues came You provided safety.
When evening came, You provided a pillar of fire.
When exile came, You provided a new song.
Day after day after day, Your love remained steadfast.
PEOPLE: Day after day after day.
PASTOR: And so with your people on earth, and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! God of power and might!
PEOPLE: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! God of power and might! Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the Highest!
PASTOR: Blessed is the one who comes in the name of our God. Blessed is your Son who came to preach the good news to the poor, release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, freed the oppressed, and announced that the time had come when you would save your people. He healed the sick.
PEOPLE: He healed the sick.
PASTOR: On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said:
BROKE THE BREAD
“Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
HE TOOK THE CUP
When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said:
“Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
The Breaking of the Bread
PASTOR: This bread reminds us that any life, no matter how broken, or sick, or distorted it may become, can be made whole again.
The cup reminds us that any life, no matter how empty, or lonely, or isolated it may become, can be filled again. These are the gifts of God, for the family of God. I invite you all to prayerfully partake in this Holy Communion.
(Pls fall in line, the pastor and stewards will distribute the elements)