The Structure Of The Prayer Of Thanksgiving

The following examples are intended to provide the reader with a sense both of the structure and of the content of the prayer of thanksgiving. For more examples, see Models of Renewing Worship in Sunday Morning Worship. The Prayer of Thanksgiving Structure and Commentary The Lord be with you Sursum Corda And also with you. Lift up your hearts This ancient opening dialogue is now used universally We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give Him thanks and praise. Minister: The Preface Prayer It is right, and a good an joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. Here the minister continues with a Preface The content of the preface prayer is Prayer suited to the particular occasion of Trelated to the Sunday in the church worship. This prayer ends with words such as: year or to the theme of the celebration. And so, with your people on earth, and all the company …