Preface: Holy Thursday (from the Missal)
Words and music taken from the Missal and (c) ICEL. Recorded by Gerry Fitzpatrick at St Leo’s, Dumbreck.
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The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks and praise.
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,
we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
He is the true and eternal priest
who established this unending sacrifice.He offered himself for our deliverance
and taught us to make this offering in his memory.
As we eat his body which he gave for us,
we grow in strngth.
As we drink his blood which he poured out for us
we are washed clean.
Now with angels and archangels,
and the whole company of heaven,
we sing the unending hymn of your praise:
