[Magdalen] Two questions for the assembled multitude
ME Michaud
michaudme at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 21:26:00 UTC 2016
I like this alot, too.
However ... it belongs before, not after, the confession & absolution.
-M
On Monday, November 28, 2016, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> I love this line: But thou art the same Lord, whose property is
> always to have mercy. Our God is just that kind of God.
>
> The one I really love is this alternative given in the New Zealand prayer
> book:
>
> Most merciful Lord,
> your love compels us to come in.
> Our hands were unclean,
> our hearts were unprepared;
> we were not fit
> even to eat the crumbs from under your table.
> But you, Lord, are the God of our salvation,
> and share your bread with sinners.
> So cleanse and feed us
> with the precious body and blood of your Son,
> that he may live in us and we in him;
> and that we, with the whole company of Christ,
> may sit and eat in your kingdom.
> Amen.
>
>
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