EUCHARISTIC PRAYER FOR CHILDREN 2
Priest: God, our loving Father, we are glad to give you thanks and praise because you love us. With Jesus we sing your praise:
All: Glory to God in the highest. or: Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: Because you love us, you gave us this great and beautiful world. With Jesus we sing your praise:
All: Glory to God in the highest. or: Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: Because you love us, you sent Jesus your Son to bring us to you and to gather us around him as the children of one family. With Jesus we sing your praise:
All: Glory to God in the highest. or: Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: For such great love, we thank you with the angels and saints as they praise you and sing (say):
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: Blessed be Jesus, whom you sent to be the friend of children and of the poor.
He came to show us how we can love you, Father, by loving one another. He came to take away sin, which keeps us from being friends, and hate, which makes us all unhappy.
He promised to send the Holy Spirit, to be with us always so that we can live as your children.
All: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Priest: God our Father, we now ask you to send your Holy Spirit to change these gifts of bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
The night before he died, Jesus your Son showed us how much you love us. When he was at supper with his disciples, he took bread and gave you thanks and praise. Then he broke the bread, gave it to his friends, and said:
Take this, all of you, and eat of it:
For this is my body which will be given up for you.
All: Jesus has given his life for us.
Priest: When supper was ended, Jesus took the cup that was filled with wine. He thanked you, gave it to his friends, and said:
Take this, all of you, and drink from it:
this is the chalice of my blood, the blood of the new and eternal covenant which will be poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
All: Jesus has given his life for us.
Then he said to them: do this in memory of me.
Priest: And so, loving Father, we remember that Jesus died and rose again to save the world. He put himself into our hands to be the sacrifice we offer you.
All: We praise you, we bless you, we thank you.
Priest: Lord our God listen to our prayer. Send the Holy Spirit to all of us who share in this meal. May this Spirit bring us closer together in the family of the Church, with {Frances}, our Pope, {name of local bishop}, our bishop, all other bishops, and all who serve your people.
All: We praise you, we bless you, we thank you.
Priest: Remember, Father, our families and friends (…), and all those we do not love as we should. Remember those who have died (…). Bring them home to you to be with you for ever.
All: We praise you, we bless you, we thank you.
Priest: Gather us all together into your kingdom. There we shall be happy for ever with the Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our mother. There all the friends of Jesus the Lord will sing a song of joy.
All: We praise you, we bless you, we thank you.
Priest: Through him and with him, and in him, O God almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever.
All: Amen!