Life with the Lord involves an ongoing, reciprocal exchange of gifts.Gain for us the prize of eternal redemption. The Almighty elicits our cooperation in our own transformation so that by the gift of God we are deemed worthy to possess the heavenly kingdom.Īccept, we pray, O Lord, these offerings we make,Īnd may what you grant us to celebrate devoutly here below, The Almighty elicits our cooperation in our own transformation so that by the gift of God we are deemed worthy to possess the heavenly kingdom.Then we process again, bringing our financial offerings so that with these the Church might continue its good works in society. Our humble service of others in their need provides the righteous needs that accompany us to his coming. We are gathered at Christs right hand every time we journey to this encounter with Christ who comes to us not only in the liturgy but also in the least of our brothers and sisters.Even as we are on the way to this encounter, Christ is coming to meet us.Not only does this prayer describe our lifelong journey, but it also describes our journey this Sunday to come to the church building where Christ encounters us in his body the living Church, in the word proclaimed, in the ministers, and especially in the communion we share. Along the way we accomplish righteous deeds by the grace of God.Our journey through life is described as running forth to meet Christ. Then the prayer offers a poetic reflection on our Christian lives.At the beginning of the prayer we are described as Gods faithful.The Almighty elicits our cooperation in our own transformation. The prayer begins with the gift of almighty God, but the way in which God gives is part of the gift.The increasing activity of the faithful comes to the fore in this translation, revealing the richness of the Latin prayer that dates to seventh-century Rome and Gaul.Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, They may be worthy to possess the heavenly Kingdom. The resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God, Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation.
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