The Holy Eucharist Church Service (Rite One -BCP starting on page 323) (Rite Two-BCP starting on page 355)

OPENING ACCLAMATION

acknowledging God the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit

COLLECT

short formal prayer such as the Collect for Purity or the Collect for the Day which varies according to the church calendar

KYRIE

a prayer for mercy; sung or said. Greek form “Kyrie eleison”; English form “Lord have mercy”

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON
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a reading of an excerpt from the Old Testament by the Lector (lecturer/teacher)

CANTICLE

a song or chant containing words derived from the Bible, a psalm with responses led by the Lector

THE EPISTLE LESSION

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the reading by the Lector of excerpts from a letter from the apostles, Christian writers or others, especially Paul to various Churches for instruction and included as books of the Bible

THE GOSPEL LESSON

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the Priest or Deacon brings the New Testament from the altar to the people reading from the Gospel appointed for the day

THE NICENE CREED

a confession of faith, the dogma or doctrine of the Church and professed by most Christian Churches: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

asking God to protect and hold safe those who are important to our lives and for the well-being of the world

CONFESSION

invitation by the Priest to the people to repent and ask forgiveness

ABSOLUTION

forgiveness for all communicants who have confessed their sins

PEACE

an opportunity for communicants to greet each other with the biblical phrase: (v.)Peace be with you. (r.) and also with you

ANTIPHON

a short piece of biblical or devotional text chanted or sung in alternating parts by the cantor and the communicants

SURSUM CORDA

a cry or exhortation of hope (“Lift up your hearts”)

SANCTUS

musical or spoken phrase of the power and holiness of God (“Holy, Holy, Holy…”)

BENEDICTUS

phrase of the power and holiness of God; Benedictus Statement is “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord”

CONSCERATION

the the Priest consecrates (makes holy) the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ

ANGUS DEI

a lamb depicted with a halo and holding a cross and banner used as a symbol of Jesus Christ; also a tri-fold prayer said during the Consecration (“O Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world…”)

PRAYER OF HUMBLE ACCESS

admission of unworthiness to receive the consecrated bread and wine but asking for permission to do so through Christ’s mercy

ORDINATION

the Rite by which one is admitted into an order of clergy (i.e. Deacon, Priest, or Bishop) which represents the three Clerical Orders in Christ's One Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We believe that Jesus gave the authority to the Apostles and it flows through those who continue in the line of Apostolic Succession

BLESSING AND DISMISSAL

Priest blesses the communicants and exhorts them to remember what they have learned and received and to go out into the world to love and server the Lord