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 Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever  sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us for yourself; and, when we had fallen into sin and become  subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus  Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human  nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the  God and Father of all.

He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole  world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks  to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take,  eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”