Prayer Of Thanksgiving For Advent Eucharist

The following liturgy for the Lord's Supper features images appropriate to the season of Advent. Other texts are included in the sample services in the next chapter. Leader:The Lord be with you. People:And also with you. Leader:Lift up your hearts. People:We lift them up to the Lord Leader:Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People:It is right to give our thanks and praise. Leader: It is truly right and our greatest joy to give you thanks and praise, O Lord our God, creator and ruler of the universe. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. You set us in this world to love and serve you, and to live in peace with all that you have made. When we turned from you, you did not turn from us. When we were captives in slavery, you delivered us to freedom, and made covenant to be our sovereign God. When we were stubborn and stiff-necked, you spoke to us through prophets who looked for that day when justice shall triumph and peace shall reign over…