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Chapter X.2461 —Prayer After Communion.
1. But after ye are filled,2462 thus give thanks: 2. We thank Thee, holy Father, for Thy holy name which Thou didst cause to tabernacle in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality, which Thou madest known to us through Jesus Thy Servant; to Thee be the glory for ever. 3. Thou, Master almighty, didst create all things for Thy name’s sake; Thou gavest food and drink to men for enjoyment, that they might give thanks to Thee; but to us Thou didst freely give spiritual food and drink and life eternal through Thy Servant.2463
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This last clause has no parallel in Apostolic Constitutions, and points to an earlier and more spiritual conception of the Eucharist. Verse 4 also is peculiar to this passage. | 4. Before all things we thank Thee that Thou art mighty; to Thee be the glory for ever. 5. Remember, Lord, Thy Church, to deliver it from all evil and to make it perfect in Thy love, and gather it from the four winds, sanctified for Thy kingdom which Thou hast prepared for it;2464 for Thine is the power and the glory for ever. 6. Let grace come, and let this world pass away.2465 Hosanna to the God (Son)2466 of David! If any one is holy, let him come; if any one is not so, let him repent.2467
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This exhortation indicates a mixed assembly; comp. Apostolic Constitutions. [If so, it belongs to the Foreign" id="viii.iii.x-p8.2">Agape.] | Maran atha.2468
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Cor. xvi. 22, Revised Version, margin: “That is, our Lord cometh.” Comp. Rev. xxii. 20. | Amen. 7. But permit the prophets to make Thanksgiving as much as they desire.2469
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A limitation as compared with 1 Cor. Xiv. 29, 31, and yet indicating a combination of extemporaneous devotion with the liturgical form. The verse prepares the way for the next chapter. |
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