9 we have received/ the wine we offer you:/ fruit of the vine and work of human hands,/ it will become our spiritual drink. Blessed be God for ever. Invitation to Prayer Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),/ that my sacrifice and yours/ may be acceptable to God,/ the almighty Father. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church. Prayer over the Offerings Be pleased, O Lord, with these sacrificial offerings,/ and grant that we who beseech pardon for our own sins,/ may take care to forgive our neighbor./ Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Eucharistic Prayer The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and just. Preface II of Lent: Spiritual penance The Priest may choose a different Preface. It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,/ always and everywhere to give you thanks,/ Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God./ For you have given your children a sacred time/ for the renewing and purifying of their hearts,/ that, freed from disordered affections,/ they may so deal with the things of this passing world/ as to hold rather to the things that eternally endure./ And so, with all the Angels and Saints, we praise you, as without end we acclaim: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. 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. The Priest has over ten different texts to choose from. During this prayer, he asks the Holy Spirit to transform the bread and wine so that they become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. The Priest then says the words of Jesus: reasons, wine is both a sign of the joy God gives and of our need to work at our tasks patiently. This week’s spotlight
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