A banquet is prepared with my cup running over; my head is anointed with oil. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall want nothing. He leads me to rest in green fields; he leads me always on the path of fidelity to waters of cool refreshment. If I have to wander through the valleys of … Read more
The earth is his and all it holds, its wealth and boundless harvest his, the bright sun his, the moon and stars that burn in fiery ritual. Bright gold of wheat, the purple grape, earth’s gift to us, his gift to earth, in symbol of our gratitude with bread, with wine, we worship him. Accept … Read more
O God, we give ourselves today with bread and wine to thee, the self-same gift which thy dear Son gave once on Calvary. Entire and whole, our life and love with heart and soul and mind, for all our sins and faults and needs thy Church and humankind. With humble and with contrite heart this … Read more
Lord, we offer you these gifts. Look with favour, heavenly Father, on these simple gifts we bring. Bread and wine we place before you, make of them the food of life. Make them that true bread from heaven promised by your only Son; living bread that is his body, wine that is his saving blood.
Take this bread, take this wine as a promise as a sign. The life is yours, the love is mine let our life and love combine. Take this heart, it is yours, every struggle it endures, all the love it’s made to hold, all the warmth all the cold. Come among us in return, in … Read more
O Lord, my God, in the simplicity of my heart, joyfully I come to give you all, amidst your people gathered here: God of Israel, keep us ever faithful. O Lord, you do not ask for sacrifice and offering, then I said: “Here I am, I am coming.” In the scroll of the book, am … Read more
Lift up your hands and offer to the Lord. Lift up your hands and offer to your God. all that your life may hold of joy and care, lift up your hands unto the Lord. Lift up your eyes and see the works of God. Lift up your eyes to the glory of the Lord. … Read more
Reap me the earth, as a harvest to God, gather and bring it again, all that is his, to the maker of all. Lift it and offer it high. Bring bread, bring wine, give glory to the Lord. Whose is the earth but God’s, whose is the praise but his? Go with your song and … Read more
Father, take the gifts we bring, listen to the prayer we sing. Sanctify our sacrifice from heaven above. Draw us close to you, we pray, by the bread, we give this day. May we live by this great mystery of love. Take this bread and take this wine, offered to you, Lord divine, take our … Read more
Almighty Father, Lord most high, who madest all, who fillest all, thy name we praise and magnify, for all our needs on thee we call. We offer to thee of thine own ourselves and all that we can bring, in bread and cup before thee shown, our universal offering. All that we have we bring … Read more