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St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274) composed a Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion that became a classic: I thank You, O holy Lord, almighty Father, eternal God, who have deigned, not through any merits of mine, but out of the condescension of Your goodness, to satisfy me a sinner, Your unworthy servant, with the precious Body and Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
The 1928 Book of Common Prayer [note 1] was the official primary liturgical book of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church from 1928 to 1979. An edition in the same tradition as other versions of the Book of Common Prayer used by the churches within the Anglican Communion and Anglicanism generally, it contains both the forms of the Eucharistic liturgy and the Daily Office, as well as additional ...
Title page of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. The 1979 Book of Common Prayer [note 1] is the official primary liturgical book of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church.An edition in the same tradition as other versions of the Book of Common Prayer used by the churches within the Anglican Communion and Anglicanism generally, it contains both the forms of the Eucharistic liturgy and the Daily Office ...
In describing Cranmer's changes to the communion service in the 1552 Book of Common Prayer, Colin Buchanan writes, "the only 'moment' is reception—and the only point where the bread and wine signify the body and blood is at reception", when the communicants remembered Christ's offering of himself on the cross. [9]
Whereas it is ordered in the book of common prayer, in the administration of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants kneeling should receive the holy Communion: which thing being well meant, for a signification of the humble and grateful acknowledging of the benefits of Christ, given unto the worthy receiver, and to avoid the profanation and ...
The 1918 prayer book [note 2] introduced a large number of new prayers and additional Scripture options relative to prior English and American prayer book revisions. [16]: xii–xiii Imitating the Scottish Episcopal Church and U.S. Episcopal Church, there were several efforts to include an Epiclesis into the Anaphora of the Holy Communion office.
Joseph’s multi-colored coat and dream prophecies. Moses and the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. The pastor asked the group to name some of the plagues that afflicted Egypt.
That said, the Prayer Book does envisage communion being celebrated every Sunday and on feast days. [4] Prior to the movement, the sacrament of Holy Communion was seen as an individual "making his communion" [2] [5] as a private act of devotion. Communion usually occurred on Sunday either at a Eucharist in the early morning (often around 8.00 ...