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KNEEL         [ Praise to the Father ]        Priest extends hands and says:
We come to you, Father,
with praise and thanksgiving,
through Jesus Christ your Son.

Priest joins hands and makes sign of cross once over both bread and wine while saying:

Through him we ask you to accept and bless +
this bread and wine in preparation for their becoming
the living body and blood of your Son.
We ask that our worthy sacrifices of each day
be joined with his one perfect offering.

[Intercessions: For the Church]       Hands are extended:

We ask blessings for your holy catholic Church,
watch over it, Lord, and guide it;
help us accept your peace that there may be
a united people of faith throughout creation.

We offer our sacrifices for faithful priests,
and for all who hold and teach the catholic faith
that comes to us from the apostles.

Remember, Lord, your people,
especially those for whom we now pray, N. and N.

[ The priest may name someone for public prayer and then with joined hands pray briefly during a pause while allowing time for each person in the congregation to have the opportunity to privately name living family members, friends, or others for whom they particularly desire to pray or offer their Mass. ]

Priest's hands are extended and he continues:

Remember all of us gathered here before you.
You know the true believers among us
who dedicate their amenability to you.
We offer you our sacrifices of praise
for our own good, and the good of
those who are dear to us.
We pray to you, our living and true God,
for our well-being and redemption.

[ In Communion with the Saints ]

   In union with the whole Church
   we honor Mary,
   the ever-virgin mother of Jesus Christ our Lord and God.
‡ We honor Joseph, her husband,
   the apostles and martyrs
   Peter and Paul, Andrew,
[James, John, Thomas, James, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude;
we honor Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus,
Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus,
John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian]

and all the saints.
May their merits and prayers serve us today
as they served the people of their own age.
Hands are joined.  [Through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

Priest's hands are extended and he continues:

Father, accept our offerings
and those of your whole family.
Grant us your peace in this life,
the peace that will turn us from final damnation,
and count us among those you have chosen.
Hands are joined.  [Through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

With hands outstretched over the bread and wine, he continues: [Col. 1:24; 1 Pet. 2:5]

Bless and approve our offerings made
for the good of your church, so that they
may be united in spirit and in truth
with this bread and wine
that will become the body and blood
of Jesus Christ, your only Son, Our Lord.
Hands are joined.  [Through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

[The Lord's Supper]

The day before Jesus suffered
Priest takes host and raises it a little above the Altar and continues:
he took bread in his sacred hands
and looking up to heaven,
to you, his almighty Father,
he gave you thanks and praise.
He broke the bread,
gave it to his disciples, and said:

Priest bows slightly and continues:

Take this, you who are participating with Me, and eat:
this is my body which will be given up for you.

The consecrated host is shown to the people, placed on the paten, then the priest either genuflects or kneels in adoration. Then standing he continues:

When supper was ended, he took the cup.

The chalice is taken and raised a little above the altar:

Again he gave you thanks and praise,
gave the cup to his disciples, and said:

Priest bows slightly and continues:

Take this, all of you, and imbibe of me:
for this is the blood of the new covenant
that will be shed for you and for those
whose sins are to be forgiven.
Do this in commemoration of me.

The chalice is shown to the people, placed on the altar and then the priest genuflects or kneels in adoration.

[Memorial Acclamation]        Priest stands and says:

Priest:         Now let us – acknowledge the presence of our Lord Jesus.
                                    – give recognition to our Lord Jesus.
PEOPLE:
A       Lord you have died,
          Lord you have risen,
          Lord you are here again.

Priest:         Now let us give thanks to our Lord
PEOPLE:

B       Lord, thank you for dying for repentant sinners.
          Lord, thank you for attesting to resurrection.
          Thank you, Jesus, for being with us this day.

Priest:         Now let us petition our Lord Jesus.
PEOPLE:

C      Dying you destroyed our death,
         rising you restored our life.
         Lord Jesus, bring us to your glory.

Priest:         Now let us express faith in our Lord Jesus.
PEOPLE:

D      When we eat this bread and share in your life,
         we proclaim your death, Lord Jesus,
         until you return in glory.

Priest:         Now let us honor our Lord Jesus.
PEOPLE:

E      Lord, by your cross and resurrection
        you have set us free.
        You are the Savior of the faithful.

[The Memorial Prayer]        Priest extends his hands and says:

Father, we celebrate the memory of Christ, your Son.
We, your people and your ministers,
recall his passion, his resurrection from the dead,
and his ascension into glory;
and through the many gifts you have given us
we offer to you, God of glory and majesty,
our acts of faith. We ask that they be joined
with your son's holy and perfect offering
that is consummated on Holy Friday and visualized in:,
the bread of life and the cup of eternal salvation.

Look with favor on these offerings
and accept them as once you accepted
the gifts of your servant Abel,
the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith,
and the bread and wine offered by your priest Melchisedech.

Bowing, with hands joined, he continues:

Almighty God,
we pray that your angel may take our offerings
to your altar in heaven to be sanctified.
Then, as we receive Your Son from this altar,
He stands up straight and makes the sign of the cross, saying:
let us be filled with every grace and blessing.
Hands are joined.  [Through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

[For the Dead]        Priest's hands are extended and he continues:

Remember, Lord, those who have died
and have gone before us marked with the sign of faith,
especially those for whom we now pray, N. and N.

[ A brief pause to give each person time to think of some family member or other departed person(s) who may be in Purgatory in need of special encouragement (graces) to more quickly purge their minds and hearts from evil inclinations in order to enter Heaven the sooner. ]
May these, and all who sleep in Christ,
find in your presence light, happiness, and peace.
Hands are joined.  [Through Christ our Lord. Amen.]

Priest's hands are extended and he continues:

For ourselves, too, we ask
some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs,
with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas,
[Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter,
Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia]

and all the saints.

The priest strikes his breast with his right hand, saying:

Do not consider what we truly deserve,
but accept our confessions of sins,
and grant us your forgiveness.

Hands are extended as before, he continues:

We trust in your mercy and love.

He joins his hands and continues:

Through Christ our Lord
you give us all these gifts.
You fill them with life and goodness,
you bless them and make them holy.

[Concluding Doxology]        Both forms of Jesus –on the paten and
                        in the chalice– are taken and lifted while priest sings:

Through him, with him, in him,
in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
all honor and glory is yours,
almighty Father, for ever and ever.

All reply:   Amen.

BACK                Eucharistic Prayer 1 with changes interspersed

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Liturgy of the Eucharist – Introduction
Eucharistic Prayer I        Eucharistic Prayer II
Eucharistic Prayer III        Eucharistic Prayer IV
Communion Rite and Conclusion

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Mass Participation – Prayers and Responses (side 1)

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Father David C. Trosch
10 February 2001
Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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Tridentine Mass Eucharistic Prayer – 1957 revision English translation.

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