The priest, with hands extended, says:
You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you have
created rightly gives you praise, for through your son our Lord Jesus Christ,
by the power and working of the Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and
make them holy, and you never cease to gather a people to yourself, so that
from the rising of the sun to its setting a pure sacrifice may be offered to
your name.
He joins his
hands and, holding them extended over the offerings, says:
Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you: by the
same Spirit graciously make holy these gifts we have brought to you for
consecration,
He joins his
hands and makes the Sign of the Cross once over the bread and chalice together,
saying:
that they may become the Body and Blood of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose
command we celebrate these mysteries.
For on the night he was betrayed
(he takes the bread
and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues)
he
himself took the bread, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing, broke the
bread and gave it to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL
OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT,
FOR THIS IS MY
BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.
He shows the consecrated
host to the people, places it again on the paten, and genuflects in adoration.
In a similar way, when supper was ended, (he takes the bread
and, holding it slightly raised above the altar, continues) he took
the chalice, and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing, and gave the chalice
to his disciples, saying:
TAKE THIS, ALL
OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT,
FOR THIS IS THE
CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE
NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT,
WHICH WILL BE POURED
OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.
He shows the chalice to
the people, places it on the corporal, and genuflects in adoration. Then he
says:
The mystery of faith.
And the people continue,
acclaiming:
When
we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you
come again.
Then the priest, with
hands extended, says:
Therefore, O Lord as we celebrate the memorial of
the saving Passion of your Son, his wondrous Resurrection and Ascension into
heaven, and as we look forward to his second coming, we offer you in
thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice.
Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your church and,
recognizing the sacrificial Victim by whose death you willed to reconcile us to
yourself, grant that we, who are nourished by the Body and Blood of your Son
and filled with his Holy Spirit, may become one body, one spirit in Christ.
May he make of us an eternal offering to you, so
that we may obtain an inheritance with your elect, especially with the most
blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with your blessed Apostles and glorious
Martyrs (with saint N: the saint of the day or patron saint) and with
all the saints, on whose constant intercession in your presence we rely for
unfailing help.
May this sacrifice of our reconciliation, we pray, O
Lord, advance the peace and salvation of all the world. Be pleased to confirm
in faith and charity your pilgrim church on earth, with your servant N. our
Pope and N. our Bishop, the Order of Bishops, all the clergy, and the entire
people you have gained for your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this family,
whom you have summoned before you: in your compassion, O merciful Father,
gather to yourself all your children scattered throughout the world.
*To our departed brothers and sisters and to all who
were pleasing to you at their passing from this life, give kind admittance to
your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your glory
(He joins his hands)
through Christ our Lord, through whom you bestow on the world all
that is good.
He takes the chalice and the paten with
the host and raising both, he says:
Through him, and with him, and in him, O God,
almighty Father,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all glory and honour is
yours, for ever and ever. Amen