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After Receiving Communion

Prayers, Book of Common Prayer (1979), pages 814–836.

Traditional

O Lord Jesus Christ, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy passion: Grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemporary

O Lord Jesus Christ, who in a wonderful Sacrament have left unto us a memorial of your passion: Grant us, we pray, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood, that we may ever perceive within ourselves the fruit of your redemption; who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Contemporary wording adapted by Gracelight from the Book of Common Prayer (1979), The Episcopal Church.

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