'Long Prefaces' for use with
Eucharistic Prayer E

City. World and Society Preface from Patterns for Worship

The Lord be with you
And also with you.

Lift up your hearts
We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Living God, Father of light,
Hope of nations, Friend of sinners,
Builder of the city that is to come;
your love is made visible in Jesus Christ,
you bring home the lost, restore the sinner
and give dignity to the despised.
In the face of Jesus Christ
your light shines out,
flooding lives with goodness and truth,
gathering into one a divided and broken humanity.
With people from every race and nation,
with the Church of all the ages,
with apostles, evangelists and martyrs
we join the angels of heaven
in their unending song:

Holy, holy, holy Lord....

Incarnation Preface from Patterns for Worship

The Lord be with you
And also with you.

Lift up your hearts
We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Blessed are you, God of all glory,
through your Son Jesus Christ.

He is the heavenly King, born of Mary;
Jesus is the Son of God:
we worship and adore you.

He is the Word of the Father, crying as a baby,
Jesus is the Son of God:
we worship and adore you.

He is robed in glory, wrapped in infant clothes;
Jesus is the Son of God:
we worship and adore you.

Lord of heaven and earth, laid in a manger;
Jesus is the Son of God:
we worship and adore you.

Strong in weakness, glorious in humility,
to him be all praise and glory.
We join with all the company of heaven, saying:

Holy, holy, holy Lord....

A Draft Advent 'Long' Preface

The Lord be with you
And also with you.

Lift up your hearts
We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
It is right to give him thanks and praise.

All glory and honour be yours always and everywhere,
mighty Creator, everliving God.
We give you thanks and praise for your Son,
our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who by the power of your Spirit was born of Mary
and lived as one of us.
By his death on the cross
and rising to new life,
he offered the one true sacrifice for sin
and obtained an eternal deliverance for his people.
And now we watch for that day when he shall come again
in power and great triumph to judge the world,
that we, without shame or fear,
may rejoice to behold his appearing
and with confidence stand before him
who redeems us from sin and death
and makes us heirs of everlasting life.
Therefore we join our voices with angels and archangels
and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn:

Holy, holy, holy Lord….