Christmas Eve Communion Prayers
For those who will be sharing in the Lord's Supper tonight, I have written prayers for the bread and cup. If these should prove useful for you, you are invited to make use of them.
For the Bread:
We come this
Christmas Eve to you O God, the giver of every good and perfect gift, to give
thanks for your provision of the bread of life, Jesus the Christ. We give thanks because you have sustained us
by your Spirit for the journey that we take with you. Even as you sustained the Hebrew people with
manna in the wilderness, you offer us your son, our savior, Jesus the
Christ. As we take this bread, we do so
in remembrance of his life, of his death and of his resurrection, which
provides us with life in its fullness.
Amen.
For the Cup:
We give
thanks to you our God for the gift of the cup of our salvation. We come to remember and receive the healing
and hope that is promised in the story of Christmas. We come in the knowledge that in the one we
call Emmanuel, you are present with us.
As we take this cup, may we fully experience your saving grace,
reconciling us to you and to your creation.
May these elements of bread and juice convey your presence to each and
all of us, so that we might go forth into the world as bearers of your
light. Amen
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