Saturday, February 20, 2016

Earth has given, hands have made...

Prayers of holy Mass at Preparation of the Gifts...

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Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation 
for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you:
fruit of the earth and work of human hands,  
it will become for us the bread of life.
All: Blessed be God forever

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"St Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, with his own hands,
 made the altar-bread which was used for the Mass and would become 
the Blessed Sacrament, without any regard to the royal dignity he held.

He who was born to wield the scepter even directed the plowing
and cultivating of the field, the sowing of the seed, and the reaping
of the harvest.  Then he ground the grain, separated the finer flour
for the oven, and made the breads which should afterward be
consecrated; and these he presented, with the lowliest reverence,
to the priests, to be converted into the divine Body of Jesus." 

Louis Kaczmarek
Hidden Treasure,The Riches of the Eucharist

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Priest: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation.  
for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you:
fruit of the vine and work of human hands,
it will become our spiritual drink.
All: Blessed be God forever

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"St Vincentia Gerosa would take care of grapevines that 
supplied wine for Holy Mass.  She cultivated and pruned them with 
her own hands, finding it a tremendous honor and privilege because 
these clusters that she had grown would become the Blood of Christ."

Louis Kaczmarek
Hidden Treasure,The Riches of the Eucharist


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Blessed be God forever!

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