Got sey gelobet
The Gift of His Body and Blood
A prayer of thanksgiving for the Eucharist, acknowledging Christ's sacrifice as the ultimate gift for our life.
Praised and blessed be God, who has fed us with himself. With his flesh and his blood—may the Lord God grant that it be for our good. Lord, have mercy. Lord, through your holy Body, born of your mother Mary, and through your holy blood, help us, Lord, in every need. Lord, have mercy. His holy body was given up to death for us, so that through it we might live. He couldn't have given us a greater gift to remember him by. Lord, have mercy.
The Wonders of Atoning Love
A reflection on the power of Christ's blood to pay our debt and reconcile us to God.
Lord, your love was so great that it compelled you, and your blood worked great wonders for us. It paid our debt, so God became gracious toward us. Lord, have mercy.1
Living in Grace and Unity
A petition for the Holy Spirit to guide the community in love, peace, and faithful living.
May God bless us all with his grace, so that we may walk in his ways. May we live in true love and faithfulness to one another, so that this food brings us no regret.2 Lord, have mercy. Lord, never let your Holy Spirit leave us; may he teach us to keep the proper measure. Then may your poor Christian people live in peace and unity. Lord, have mercy.
Read the original Latin
Got sey gelobet vnd gebenedeyet der vns selber hat gespeyset. Mit seynem fleische vnd mit seynem blute / das gyb vns herr Gott zu gutte. Kirieleyson.
Herr durch deynen heiligen leichnam / der von deyner mutter Maria kam / vnd das heylige blut hylff vns herr aus aller nott. Kirieleyson.
Der heylig leichnam yst fur vns gegeben / zum todt / das wir dardurch leben. Nicht grosser gutte kund er vns geschencken / da bey wir sein soln gedencken. Kirieleyson.
Herr deyn lieb so groß dich zwungen hat / das dein blut an vns groß wunder that. Vnd bezalt vnser schult / das vns Got ist worden holt / Kyrieleyson.
Got geb vns allen seyner gnaden segen / das wir gehen auff seynen wegen. In rechter lieb vnd bruderlicher trewe / das vns die speys nicht gerewe. Kyrieleyson.
Herr dein heylig geyst vns nymer las / der vns geb zuhalten rechte maß. Das dein arm Christenheytt / leb ynn fryd vnd eynigkeyt. Kyrieleyson.
Notes
Erfurt Enchiridion (Early Lutheran Hymns) companion
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