OneWith Communion Liturgy
ONE: To this table, Christ welcomes all. You who are weighted down by fear, or by shame: Christ invites you to take your place. Take a taste and see. For this is Christ table, set and prepared to receive you as you are, and in love, send you forward into who and what God is calling you to become.
ALL: We come, O Lord. Together, we come.
ONE: Come, beloved. But come unhindered. Lay down that which distances you form God. Confess it before the One who already knows, that you may be set ever freer for joyful obedience.
ALL: We come, O Lord. And together we pray...
Merciful God, we confess to you the truth. At times, we have openly rebelled against you. We have chosen the actions or inactions we knew to be against your best will. At other times we have forgotten that our own strength is insufficient. Even our best efforts and righteous intentions have fallen short of the mark of holy perfection. We need your grace.
Lord, forgive us for the words we have spoken out of petty anger or unchecked fear. Forgive us also for the silence we chose in the very moment when we should have spoken up.
Forgive us our failure to practice the means of grace, just as we failed to be a means of grace to one another. Remind us that to love you means to love one another as you taught us to.
Forgive us for our part in inciting division or demanding peace without first practising compassion. We have received one another and therefore you with hearts of war.
Forgive us for the times we have valued our preference over yours purpose for the Church, when we chose comfort over commission.
Forgive our lack of urgency for the lost, our apathy towards the least, and our indifference to the last. And for the sins of which we are not yet aware, bring an awakening to our heart and mind, that with greater humility we might together be fully yours. This we pray in the name of the One God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Silent confession and reflection)
ONE: Hear the Good News. Christ died for us while we were still sinners. This proves God's love for us. Together, we are forgiven.
ALL: Together we are forgiven. Glory to God. Amen.
ONE: Turn to your neighbor and reassure them of this Good News.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is right, and a good and joyful thing,
. . .
always and everywhere to give thanks to you, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are filled with your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest
Holy are you and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. For by the power of the Holy Spirit,
. . .
now and for ever. Amen.
THE LORD'S PRAYER*
And now, with the confidence of children of God, let us pray:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.
BREAKING THE BREAD
Because there is one loaf,
we, who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf.
The bread is broken that we may be mended.
By the blood of Christ we are made one in glory.
ALL: Together, we come seeking peace. Lord, by your Spirit, make us one as you are One.
RECEIVING OF THE ELEMENTS