esus
Christ, and to drink His Blood, that our sinful bodies may be made
clean by His Body, and our souls washed through His most precious
Blood, and that we may evermore dwell in Him, and He in us. _Amen_.

[Now you are coming to the most solemn part of the whole Service--the
Prayer of Consecration. The Priest is speaking for you to God, and is
consecrating, or making sacred and holy, the Bread and the Wine you are
going to receive. Try to follow every word most reverently, and join
heartily in the "Amen" at the close.]

THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION.

When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread
and Wine that he may with the more readiness and decency break the
Bread before {37} the people, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall
say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth:

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of Thy tender mercy didst give
Thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our
redemption; who made there (by His one oblation of Himself once
offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and
satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and
in His holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that
His precious death, until His coming again; Hear us, O merciful Father,
we most humbly beseech Thee; and grant that we receiving these Thy
creatures of bread and wine, according to Thy Son our Saviour Jesus
Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of His death and passion, may
be partakers of His most blessed Body and Blood: who, in the same night
that He was betrayed, [_Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his
hands:] took bread; and when He had given thanks, [_And here to break
the Bread:] He brake it, and gave it to His Disciples, saying, Take,
eat, [_And here to lay his hand upon all the bread_.] this is My Body
which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of Me. Likewise after
supper He [_Here he is to take to Cup into his hand_:] took the Cup;
and when He had given thanks. He gave it to {38} them, saying, Drink
ye all of this; for this [_And here to lay his hand upon every vessel_
(_be it Chalice or Flagon_) _in which there is any Wine to be
consecrated_.] is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you
and for many for the remission of sins: Do this, as oft as ye shall
drink it, in remembrance of Me. _Amen_.

[You will have some time for private prayer, either before you go up to
rece