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  Wholeness and Healing
    Confession  
     
    This form of the Kyrie eleison is particularly suitable
     
    Lord Jesus, you heal the sick: 
    Lord, have mercy.
All
  Lord, have mercy.
     
    Lord Jesus, you forgive sinners: 
    Christ, have mercy.
All
  Christ, have mercy.
     
    Lord Jesus, you give yourself to heal us
    and bring us strength: 
    Lord, have mercy.
All
  Lord, have mercy.
     
    The Collect  
     
    On a Sunday or Principal Festival, the Collect of the day is used; otherwise this Collect may be used
     
    Heavenly Father,
    you anointed your Son Jesus Christ
    with the Holy Spirit and with power
    to bring to us all the blessings of your kingdom.
    Anoint your Church with the same Holy Spirit,
    that we who share in his suffering and victory
    may bear witness to the gospel of salvation;
    through Jesus Christ, your Son our Lord,
    who is alive and reigns with you
    in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
    one God, now and for ever. 
All
  Amen.
     
    Introduction to the Peace  
     
    God has made us one in Christ.
    He has set his seal upon us
    and as a pledge of what is to come
    has given the Spirit to dwell in our hearts.
     
    Eucharistic Prefaces  
     
    Short Prefaces
     
    For general use
     
  1
  (contemporary language)
    And now we give you thanks
    because you call us out of darkness into your marvellous light,
    and by the power of your redeeming love you make us whole,
    that we may be the first fruits of your new creation.
     
    (traditional language)
    And now we give thee thanks
    because thou dost call us out of darkness into thy marvellous light,
    and by the power of thy redeeming love dost make us whole,
    that we may be the first fruits of thy new creation.
     
  2
  And now we give you thanks
    that, taking upon himself our human nature,
    he shared our joy and our tears,
    bore all our sickness,
    and carried all our sorrows.
    Through death he brought us
    to the life of his glorious resurrection,
    giving for frailty eternal strength,
    and restoring in us the image of your glory.
     
3
  And now we give you thanks
    that you have shown the greatness of your love for us
    by sending him to share our human nature
    and accomplish our forgiveness.
    He embraces us in our weakness,
    he suffers with the sick and the rejected,
    and, bringing your healing to the world,
    he rescues us from every evil.
     
4
  And now we give you thanks
    that through him the sick are healed:
    the blind regain their sight,
    the deaf hear, the lame walk,
    and the outcast are brought home;
    the poor receive good news
    and the dead are raised to life.
     
5 
  For use in particular sickness
    (especially when the sick have been anointed)
    And now we give you thanks
    because you provide medicine to heal our sickness,
    and the leaves of the tree of life
          for the healing of the nations,
    anointing us with your healing power
    so that we may be the first fruits of your new creation.
     
    Extended Preface
    It is right to give you thanks
    in sickness and in health,
    in suffering and in joy,
    through Christ our Saviour and our Redeemer,
    who as the Good Samaritan
    tends the wounds of body and spirit.
    He stands by us and pours out for our healing
    the oil of consolation and the wine of renewed hope,
    turning the darkness of our pain
    into the dawning light of his kingdom.
    And so we join with saints and angels
    for ever praising you and saying:
     
    The Preface for the Blessing of the Oils is found here.
     
    Post Communion  
     
    The Post Communion of the day or this Post Communion is used
     
    God of all compassion,
    by the dying and rising of your Christ
    you restore us to yourself
    and enfold us in your love.
    May we who have been refreshed
    with the bread of life and the cup of salvation
    be renewed by your healing Spirit
    and be made ready for the coming of your kingdom;
    through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
All
  Amen.
       
    Blessing  
     
    May God the holy and undivided Trinity
    preserve you in body, mind and spirit,
    and bring you safe to that heavenly country
    where peace and harmony reign;
    and the blessing of God almighty,
    the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
    be among you and remain with you always.
All
  Amen.
     
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