Offeratory prayers now and then

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Blessed are you, Lord,
God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have
this bread to offer,
which earth has given and human
hands have made.
It will become for us
the bread of life.

C: Blessed be God forever.

P: Blessed are you, Lord,
God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have
this wine to offer,
fruit of the vine and work
of human hands.
It will become our spiritual drink.

C: Blessed be God forever.

P: Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.

C: May the Lord
accept the sacrifice at your hands
for the praise and glory
of his name, for our good,
and the good of all his Church.

P. O God, + who established the nature of man in wondrous dignity, and still more admirably restored it, grant that by the mystery of this water and wine, may we come to share in His Divinity, who humbled himself to share in our humanity, Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

P. We offer You, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, humbly begging of Your mercy that it may arise before Your divine Majesty, with a pleasing fragrance, for our salvation and for that of the whole world. Amen.

P. In a humble spirit and with a contrite heart, may we be accepted by You, O Lord, and may our sacrifice so be offered in Your sight this day as to please You, O Lord God

P. Come, O Sanctifier, Almighty and Eternal God, and bless, + this sacrifice prepared for the glory of Your holy Name

It always amazed me how the liturical commitee of the Church concluded that the first prayer expresses greater understanding of the Paschal mystery then the latter.

The answer, the holy spirit, but where did the Church come up with it,
I heard it was from a Hebrew prayer.

Fogny
 
Novus Ordo prayers of offeratory
Blessed are you, Lord,
God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have
this bread to offer,
which earth has given and human
hands have made.
It will become for us
the bread of life.

C: Blessed be God forever.

P: Blessed are you, Lord,
God of all creation.
Through your goodness we have
this wine to offer,
fruit of the vine and work
of human hands.
It will become our spiritual drink.

C: Blessed be God forever.

P: Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.

C: May the Lord
accept the sacrifice at your hands
for the praise and glory
of his name, for our good,
and the good of all his Church.


Traditional Prayers of Offeratory
P. O God, + who established the nature of man in wondrous dignity, and still more admirably restored it, grant that by the mystery of this water and wine, may we come to share in His Divinity, who humbled himself to share in our humanity, Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord. who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.

P. We offer You, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, humbly begging of Your mercy that it may arise before Your divine Majesty, with a pleasing fragrance, for our salvation and for that of the whole world. Amen.

P. In a humble spirit and with a contrite heart, may we be accepted by You, O Lord, and may our sacrifice so be offered in Your sight this day as to please You, O Lord God

P. Come, O Sanctifier, Almighty and Eternal God, and bless, + this sacrifice prepared for the glory of Your holy Name​

It always amazed me how the liturical commitee of the Church concluded that the first prayer expresses greater understanding of the Paschal mystery then the latter.

The answer, the holy spirit, but where did the Church come up with it,
I heard it was from a Hebrew prayer.

Fogny
 
Well, the top translation is, of course, an example of “ICEL English,” whose main attribute seems to be to strip from the language any semblance of mystery, beauty, wonder, transcendence, or supplication.

(Thus, instead of “O God, come to my assistance,” we get in ICELese: “God, come to my assistance.” More of a command than a petition.)
 
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