The Book of Common Prayer Author:Episcopal Church Subtitle: And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America : Together With the Psalter, or Psalms of David General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: Printed for Peter A. Mesie... more »r Subjects: Music / Religious / Hymns Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christianity / Episcopalian Religion / Prayerbooks / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: HEREFORE, O Lord and heavenly Fa- ther, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here before thy divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to make -, having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension j rendering unto thee most hearty thanks, for the innumerable benefits procured unto us by the The invocation. same. And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and wine; that we, receiving them according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his Death and Passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood. And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving ; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may ob...« less