Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 12

1 THE HOLY ANAPHORA

2 Deacon: Let us stand aright! Let us stand in awe! Let us be attentive, that we may present the Holy Offering in peace.

3 People: A mercy of peace, a sacrifice of praise.

4 Priest: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

5 People: And with your spirit.

6 Priest: Let us lift up our hearts.

7 People: We lift them up to the Lord.

8 Priest: Let us give thanks to the Lord.

9 People: It is proper and right.

10 Priest: It is proper and right to hymn You, to bless You, to praise You, to give thanks to You, and to worship You in every place of Your dominion. For You, O God, are ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, incomprehensible, existing forever, forever the same, You and Your only-begotten Son and Your Holy Spirit. You brought us out of nothing into being, and when we had fallen away, You raised us up again. You left nothing undone until you had led us up to heaven and granted us Your Kingdom, which is to come. For all these things, we thank You and Your only-begotten Son and Your Holy Spirit: for all things we know and do not know, for blessings manifest and hidden that have been bestowed on us. We thank You also for this Liturgy, which You have deigned to receive from our hands, even though thousands of archangels and tens of thousands of angels stand around You, the Cherubim and Seraphim, six-winged, many-eyed, soaring aloft upon their wings, Singing the triumphal hymn, exclaiming, proclaiming, and saying...

11 People: Holy, holy, holy, Lord Sabaoth, heaven and earth are filled with Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

12 Priest: Together with these blessed powers, Master, Who loves mankind, we also exclaim and say: Holy are You and most holy, You and Your only-begotten Son and Your Holy Spirit. Holy are You and most holy, and sublime is Your glory. You so loved Your world that You gave Your only-begotten Son so that everyone who believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. When He had come and fulfilled for our sake the entire plan of salvation, on the night in which He was delivered up, or rather when He delivered Himself up for the life of the world, He took bread in His holy, pure, and blameless hands, and, giving thanks and blessing, He hallowed and broke it, and gave it to His holy disciples and apostles, saying:

13 Take, eat, this is My Body, which is broken for you for the remission of sins.

14 People: Amen.

15 Priest: Likewise, after partaking of the supper, He took the cup, saying:

16 Drink of this, all of you; this is My Blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sins.

17 People: Amen.

18 Priest: Remembering, therefore, this saving commandment and all that has been done for our sake: the Cross, the tomb, the Resurrection on the third day, the Ascension into heaven, the enthronement at the right hand, and the second and glorious coming again.

19 Your own of Your own we offer to You, in all and for all.

20 People: We praise You, we bless You, we give thanks to You, and we pray to You, Lord our God.

21 Priest: Once again we offer to You this spiritual worship without the shedding of blood, and we beseech and pray and entreat You: Send down Your Holy Spirit upon us and upon the gifts here presented. And make this bread the precious Body of Your Christ. And that which is in this Cup, the precious Blood of Your Christ. Changing them by Your Holy Spirit.

22 Deacon: Amen. Amen. Amen.

23 Priest: So that they may be for those who partake of them for vigilance of soul, remission of sins, communion of Your Holy Spirit, fullness of the Kingdom of Heaven, boldness before You, not for judgment or condemnation.

24 Especially for our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever-virgin Mary.

25 People: It is truly right to bless you, Theotokos, ever blessed, most pure, and Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and beyond compare more glorious than the Seraphim, without corruption you gave birth to God the Logos. We magnify you, the true Theotokos.

26 Priest: And grant that with one voice and one heart we may glorify and praise Your most honorable and majestic name, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.

27 People: Amen.

28 Priest: And the mercies of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, be with you all.

29 People: And with your spirit.