The Canon of Hippolytus
We give you thanks, O God, through your beloved Servant
Jesus Christ, whom at the end of time you did send to us a Saviour and
Redeemer and the Messenger of your counsel. Who is your Word, inseparable
from you; through whom you did make all things and in whom you are well
pleased. Whom you did send from heaven into the womb of the Virgin,
and who, dwelling within her, was made flesh, and was manifested as
your Son, being born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin. Who, fulfilling
your will, and winning for himself a holy people, spread out his hands
when he came to suffer, that by his death he might set free them who
believed on you.
Who, when he was betrayed to his willing death, that
he might bring to nought death, and break the bond of the devil, and
tread hell under foot, and give light to the righteous and set up a
boundary post, and manifest his resurrection, taking bread and giving
thanks to you said: Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for
you. And likewise also the cup, saying: This is my blood, which is shed
for you. As often as you perform this, perform my memorial. Having in
memory, therefore, his death and resurrection, we offer to you the bread
and the cup, yielding you thanks, because you have counted us worthy
to stand before you and to minister to you. And we pray you that you
would send your Holy Spirit upon the offering of your holy church; that
you, gathering them into one, would grant to all your saints who partake
to be filled with the Holy Spirit, that their faith may be confirmed
in truth, that we may praise and glorify you. Through your Servant Jesus
Christ, through whom be to you glory and honor, with the Holy Spirit
in the holy church, both now and always and world without end. Amen.
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Eucharistic Prayer II
Lord, you are holy indeed, the fountain of all holiness.
Let your Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy, so that they
may become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Before he was given up to death, a death he freely
accepted, he took bread and and gave you thanks. He took the bread,
gave it to his disciples, and said: Take this, all of you, and eat it:
this is my body which will be given up for you. When supper was ended,
he took the cup. Again he gave you thanks and praise, gave the cup to
his disciples, and said: Take this, all of you, and drink from it: this
is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant.
It will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be forgiven.
Do this in memory of me.
Let us proclaim the mystery of faith. [Four options
for response.]
In memory of his death and resurrection, we offer
you, Father this life-giving bread, this saving cup. We thank you for
counting us worthy to stand in your presence and serve you. May all
of us who share in the body and blood of Christ be brought together
in unity by the Holy Spirit.
Lord, remember your Church throughout the world; make
us grow in love, together with N. our Pope, N. our bishop, and all the
clergy. Remember our brothers and sisters who have gone to their rest
in the hope of rising again; bring them and all the departed into the
light of your presence. Have mercy on us all; make us worthy to share
eternal life with Mary, the virgin Mother of God, with the apostles,
and with all the saints who have done your will throughout the ages.
May we praise you in union with them, and give you glory through your
Son, Jesus Christ. Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, almighty Father, for ever
and ever. Amen.
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