God who brings transformation beyond that which we can imagine
You created the universe from nothing
By your spirit you breathe life into us
You form us
You transfigure us
Today we remember how your disciples glimpsed your glory in Jesus your Son and we remember how you transfigure us, how, if we will allow it,
your glory might be shown in us.
We remember your faithfulness down the generations
Of how your light is revealed in the dark places
Where your people lacked sight, where they suffered oppression
and of how you promised that in time you would come to save them
We thank you for the gift of Jesus truly human and truly God
Who died for us
We thank you for transfiguration
for change in this life
and we thank you for resurrection
the promise of life after death
when our ageing bodies
battered by a faithful life well lived
and our faces,
marked with the blemishes of compassion and worry
for those we love
will be renewed.
But for now
in the presence of the saints who have gone before us
and the angels that gather alongside us
we sing the eternal hymn
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord
God of Power and might
Heaven and earth are full of your glory
Hosanna in the highest
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
Hosanna in the highest
We remember how, on the night before he died…..
After supper he took the cup….
And so, in remembrance of his mighty acts,
we offer you these gifts
and with them ourselves,
as a holy living sacrifice.
You send forth your spirit
You bind us in love
You renew the face of the earth.
Pour out your Holy Spirit
That these gifts of bread and wine
May be for us the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Help us to taste your glory
as we unite and share with one another.
Help us to remember our shared mission to all the world
and bring us with the whole creation to your heavenly kingdom.
Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all blessing and honour and glory and power
be yours for ever and ever, Amen
The bread is broken in the sight of the people.
We break this bread to share in the body of Christ
Though we are many, we are one body
because we all share in the one bread.