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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Tuesday, March 28, 2023. This week we are talking about the Mass, specifically the Eucharistic prayer. But before we dive into that, please join me in praying the surrender prayer.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Take Lord and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will.

All I have and call my own.

You have given all to me.

To you, Lord, I return it.

Everything is yours.

Do with it what you will.

Give me only your love and your grace.

That is enough for me.

Amen.

So we are going to start talking about the specific parts of the Eucharistic prayer.

Just to review the part leading up to this is the offatory where the gifts are brought forward,

but also when the priest prepares the altar, washes his hands.

So the very first part of the Eucharistic prayer is a part where we offer Thanksgiving. The priest usually starts with words similar to this. The Lord be with you,

and then we respond to end with your spirit. The priest says, lift up your hearts. We say we lift them up

to the Lord. And the priest says,

let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. And we say it is right and just. So a couple of things

around here. First of all, there are four different Eucharistic prayers that a priest can say,

although they all have the same pieces.

Sometimes you might be listening really closely in here.

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