Eucharist Invitation: Holy God, Holy One, Holy Three…

My pastor at the local UCC church lead us in this invitation to the Eucharist yesterday morning, and I thought it was just too beautiful to neglect posting.  Here it is abridged, as it was responsive, and I’ll leave out the language you’re familiar with, directly related to the communion itself:

Holy God, Holy One, Holy Three!

Before all that is, You were God.  Outside all we know, You are God.  After all is finished, You will be God.  Archangels sound the trumpets, angels sing their song, the saints join us in Your presence, and this is our song…

Holy God, Holy One, Holy Three!  You beyond the galaxies, You under the oceans, You inside the leaves, You pouring down rain, You opening the Flowers, You feeding the insects, You giving us Your image, You carrying us through the waters, You holding us in the night.

Your smile on Sarah and Abraham, Your words through Deborah and Isaiah, You lived as Jesus among us, healing, teaching, dying, rising, inviting all to your feast…

Holy God, we remember your Son, His life was humble, His vision of Your kingdom, His death among the wretched, His resurrection for us all: Your wisdom, our guide, Your justice, our strength, Your grace, our path to new life.  And so we cry mercy!

Holy God, we need Your Spirit:

Enliven this bread, awaken this body, pour us out for each other.  Transform our minds, ignite Your church, nourish the life of the earth.  Make us, while many, united.  Make us, though broken, whole.  Make us, despite death, alive.

Amen.

The original piece was written by Gail Ramshaw.