Eucharistic Prayer from Constellation Ministry Sleepover

During our recent Constellation Sleepover at St Mary's Kerrisdale, the youth had the opportunity to learn about and contribute to a Eucharistic Prayer which was then used for the Sunday service the next morning. The prayer was assembled by the Rev. Jeremy Clark-King, Rector at St Mary's Kerrisdale. Here is what they came up with.

God of life, you nurture and sustain your people.
You made everything and bless us with abundance;

you lead us into freedom.

In the birthing forth of creation you made us in your image
You gift us with friends and family,
with love and with talents to serve you and each other.
You feed your hungering people.

You have given us enough food and shelter, fun, friends and all we need;
call us to work for justice, to share our table with all creation,
to feed the needy at our door, to see nobody left in need.

For the blessing of your gifts, and the challenge of your call to us,
we lift our voices as we praise you with all our heart:

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of power and might,

Heaven and earth are full of your glory,

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord,

Hosanna in the highest.

The table we share is adorned with the gifts of creation,
gifts given for all to share in equality and justice, a table where all are welcome,
and from which nobody is to be excluded, from the greatest even to the least.

On the night he was betrayed,

Jesus, at supper with his friends,
took bread, gave you thanks, broke the bread,
gave it to them, and said, “Take and eat:
this is my body which is given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.”

After supper he took the cup of wine,
and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them,
and said, “Drink this all of you:
this is my blood of the new covenant
which is shed for you and for many
for the forgiveness of sins.
Whenever you drink it,
do this for the remembrance of me.”

Called anew to be your people we celebrate this Eucharistic feast, we call to mind that we have been helped on our way by friends and by strangers. Like Joseph, you have helped us understand our dreams; like Noah you show us how to care for all around us.

Nurtured by your word, nourished by your food;
Called anew to be your people, we proclaim your praise.

Send your Holy Spirit on us
that as we receive this bread and this cup
we may partake of the body and blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and feed on him in our hearts
by faith with thanksgiving.
May we be renewed in his risen life,
filled with love,
and strengthened in our will to serve others;
and make of our lives, we pray,
a pure and holy sacrifice, acceptable to you,
knitting us together as one in your Son, Jesus Christ.

In the spirit of this celebration, we rejoice and thank our God for all
we have received; but we do so in remembrance of all who are excluded from the table of God’s abundant life.

Awaken in us, O God, a passion for equality and generosity of spirit,
that all may be brought to the table of abundance, forgiveness and love
from which our God wants no one to be excluded.

This prayer we make in union with all God’s people, living and dead,
and particularly with those laboring for justice in our world.
May we all know the blessing of our loving God,
Creator, Liberator, and Holy Spirit, in whose power we gather here,
nourished and sustained, now and forever.  Amen.