What can we offer you, Lord our God? How can we worship you as you deserve? We can only offer what our lips do proclaim we can only offer you humble acts of praise. But we offer this with Jesus our brother, Jesus your Son. We join with him, glory to you, O God. What … Read more
To you, O Father above, we offer this symbol of love, take our hearts, our lives, all we say and do, make them pure as this bread which we give to you. As our sweat and our tears mingle with the blood of your Son, unite us, Father, make us truely one.
On the paten with the host, I offer up my lowly heart. All my life, my deeds, my thoughts, thine shall be as mine thou art. In the chalice let me be, a drop of water mingled there, lost, O Jesus, in thy love, thy great sacrifice I share. All today and every day, O … Read more
Lord, make us ready now to share this meal: sign of our life in you. We bring you this food which bears the stain of human toil: this bread, hard-won food of slavery, this bread which brings to mind each meal which men have shared in happiness; Lord, give it power to make us free. … Read more
Lift up your hands and offer to the Lord, lift up your eyes and see the works of God, lift up your heart unto the heart of God, offer your love with his love to accord. Through your goodness, Lord, we bring gifts of bread and wine, which will soon become for us life-giving food … Read more
Abba Father, let us be yours and yours alone. Set our hearts, our spirits free. Make us, Lord, your own. Through your goodness, Lord, we bring bread of our labour and wine to cheer the heart which will soon be filled for us with the life of your Son. Take this drop of water, too, … Read more
Humbly we come before your face, O Lord: take the gifts we offer you. Humbly we come before your face, O Lord: grant us peace and salvation. Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Thanks to your goodness, here is bread: Bread which our hands have made and earth has given. It will become … Read more
Behold the bread, O Lord, we offer unto you, O take our hearts as well and consecrate them too. Before you, loving Father, let our offering rise, the symbol of a pure and holy sacrifice. O let us be your harvest, Harvester Divine, We offer you the sheaves, Lord, full of grain so fine.
What can we bring to offer as our gift to you, O Lord, O God, as our gift to you? You are full of kindness for your sinful sons, O Lord, O God, for your sinful sons. Father, all that we have, Father, comes from your hands. So we offer you, Jesus, as our holy … Read more
Take this bread, gift and work of human hands. Take this wine from this branch of your vine. Take our lives as an offering to you, God of mercy, singing “Blessed be our God!”