Post-Eucharistic Thanksgiving and Prayers

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The community has just finished the Eucharist meal and now speaks the set prayers of thanksgiving after being filled.

When you have eaten your fill, give thanks like this:

"We give you thanks, holy Father, for your holy name, which you have made to dwell in our hearts, and for the knowledge, faith and immortality you have revealed to us through Jesus your servant. Glory to you for ever.

Almighty Master, you created all things for your name's sake. You gave people food and drink to enjoy, so that they would give you thanks; but to us you have freely given spiritual food and drink, and eternal life, through your servant.

Above all, we thank you because you are mighty. Glory to you for ever.

Remember your church, Lord: rescue her from all evil and make her perfect in your love. Gather her, made holy, from the four winds into your kingdom, which you have prepared for her. For yours are the power and the glory for ever.

May grace come, and may this world pass away. Hosanna to the God of David. Whoever is holy, let him come; whoever is not, let him repent. Maranatha. Amen."

But let the prophets give thanks as much as they wish.

Greek

Μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἐμπλησθῆναι οὕτως εὐχαριστήσατε:

Εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, πάτερ ἅγιε, ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγίου ὀνόματός σου, οὗ κατεσκήνωσας ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν, καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς γνώσεως καὶ πίστεως καὶ ἀθανασίας, ἧς ἐγνώρισας ἡμῖν διὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ παιδός σου: σοὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

σύ, δέσποτα παντοκράτορ, ἔκτισας τὰ πάντα ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου, τροφήν τε καὶ ποτὸν ἔδωκας τοῖς ἀνθρώποις εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν, ἵνα σοι εὐχαριστήσωσιν, ἡμῖν δὲ ἐχαρίσω πνευματικὴν τροφὴν καὶ ποτὸν καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον διὰ τοῦ παιδός σου.

πρὸ πάντων εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι, ὅτι δυνατὸς εἶ; σοὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

μνήσθητι, κύριε, τῆς ἐκκλησίας σου, τοῦ ῥύσασθαι αὐτὴν ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ καὶ τελειῶσαι αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ σου, καὶ σύναξον αὐτὴν ἀπὸ τῶν τεσσάρων ἀνέμων, τὴν ἁγιασθεῖσαν, εἰς τὴν σὴν βασιλείαν, ἣν ἡτοίμασας αὐτῇ: ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

ἐλθέτω χάρις καὶ παρελθέτω ὁ κόσμος οὗτος. Ὡσαννὰ τῷ θεῷ Δαυείδ. εἴ τις ἅγιός ἐστιν, ἐρχέσθω: εἴ τις οὐκ ἔστι, μετανοείτω: μαρὰν ἀθά: ἀμήν.

τοῖς δὲ προφήταις ἐπιτρέπετε εὐχαριστεῖν ὅσα θέλουσιν.

About this text

This work was written by Anonymous (Didache) (c. 100).

This work was written by Anonymous (Didache) (c. 100). It is addressed to Christian communities, called 'children' and treated as a congregation.

The work opens with the Two Ways, a way of life and a way of death, and urges the reader to follow the way of life by loving God and neighbor and obeying commandments. It then gives instructions for baptism, fasting and prayer, including the Lord's Prayer three times daily, and the Eucharist with set prayers. It offers rules for receiving and testing apostles, prophets, and teachers, and for supporting true prophets with first fruits. It closes with instructions to appoint bishops and deacons, to practice mutual correction, and to stay watchful for the Lord's coming amid the final tribulation.

The author quotes sayings of the Lord and gives liturgical prayers for the community to speak. The author cites the gospel and the Lord's Prayer in forms close to Matthew, and quotes material resembling Malachi in section 14.

New English from the Greek base text; no published English used as wording.

Printed text used

Translated from Anonymus Kirsopp Lake The Apostolic Fathers William Heinemann The Macmillan Company London New York 1912 1 Hathi Trust (Greek)

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