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 disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is my Body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

Likewise, after supper, he took the cup; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink ye all of this;  for this 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.”

Wherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution of thy dearly beloved Son our Savior Jesus Christ,  we, thy humble servants, do celebrate and make here before  thy divine Majesty, with these thy holy gifts, which we now  offer unto thee, the memorial thy Son hath commanded us to  make; having in remembrance his blessed passion and precious  death, his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension;  rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the innumerable  benefits procured unto us by the same.

And we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and, of thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless  and sanctify, with thy Word and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts  and creatures of bread and wine; that we, receiving them  according to thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ’s holy institution,  in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers  of his most blessed Body and Blood.

And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most  humbly beseeching thee to grant that, by the merits and  death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood,  we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our  sins, and all other benefits of his passion.