Loving God, as we come to your table, we remember the sacrifice of your Son, Jesus Christ. May this bread and wine be for us a means of grace, drawing us closer to you and to one another. In His name, we pray.

Through the anguish of your Son at Gethsemane, when He asked the Eternal Father to remove from Him, if possible, the bitter cup of His Passion and Cross (Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary).

Thank You, Lord Jesus, that You not only died on the cross for our sins, but You rose again from the dead so that we could have a victorious, overcoming, Christian life here on earth as it is in heaven.