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Adoring the Ineffable
posted 10/01/1994 12:00AM
Before the scripture is read, a copy of the gospels is carried to the congregation and back to the altar (symbolizing the entrance of the Logos, Christ, into the world), and the priest prays:
O Lord and Master, our God, who in heaven has established the orders and armies of angels and archangels to minister to your majesty, grant that the holy angels may make the entrance with us and with us serve and glorify your goodness. For to you belongs all glory, honor, and worship, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and always and for ever and ever. Amen.
As the liturgy moves to Holy Communion, the priest prays:
It is fitting and right to sing of you, to praise you, to thank you, to adore you in all places of your dominion. For you are the ineffable God, inconceivable, invisible, incomprehensible, existing forever and yet ever the same, you and your only-begotten Son and your Holy Spirit. You brought us into being out of nothingness, and when we had fallen, you raised us up again. You have not ceased ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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