Choose the sections that are appropriate to your context and tradition. For example, if communion is part of a longer service, it may be more appropriate to use only parts of the liturgy.

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Gathering at the table

In the beginning, Love creates – and calls creation good.
We come to the table of the Holy One,
Source of life, Word made flesh, and Breath of love.

Christ sends us in blessing, and the Spirit draws us into shared life.
Hold us in communion, and send us in love.

This is Christ’s table.
Not a reward for those who understand every mystery,
but bread for those who need grace.
Not a prize for the perfect,
but welcome for those who come as they are.

We come with wonder and need, with praise and with questions.
We come for belonging, for blessing, for life made whole.

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The Peace

Peace is the life of the Holy One shared among us –
grace, love, and communion.
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.

(Share peace in ways that honour boundaries – words, a nod, a wave, a hand on heart.)

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The Great Thanksgiving

The Spirit is here.
The Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the God of love.

Let us give thanks to the Holy One.
It is right to give thanks and praise.

It is right, and a joyful thing,
to give you thanks, Holy One,
Source of life, Word made flesh, and Breath of love.

You speak creation into being
and breathe life through all that lives.
Light and water, earth and creature,
bodies and breath, rest and delight –
all are held in your generous love,
and you call creation good.

The moon and stars tell of your mystery.
The earth bears your generosity.
Every life is held in your care,
and every person carries dignity beyond measure.

In Jesus, the Word made flesh,
you came close enough to touch.
He made your love visible in mercy and truth,
in shared bread and widened welcome,
in blessing that sends ordinary people into the world.

Through the Spirit, Breath of love,
you draw us into that life –
grace that meets us,
love that holds us,
communion that makes us one without making us the same.

And so, with angels and ancestors,
with all creation alive with praise,
with all who seek to live in your love,
we sing the song of heaven:

Holy, holy, holy One,
breath of all that lives, fire of all that loves,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the One who comes to heal and to set free.
Hosanna in the highest.

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Thanksgiving and story

Blessed are you, Holy One.
Your life is love overflowing –
creating, sustaining, restoring,
calling all things into wholeness.

You made humanity in your image,
not to rule through harm,
but to care for the earth,
to honour one another,
and to share in your delight.

In Jesus, you showed us the shape of divine love.
He made mercy practical,
shared bread with those pushed aside,
spoke truth where power had grown cruel,
and carried peace into rooms filled with fear.
In him, life proved stronger than death.

When his friends doubted and worshipped,
Christ still came near.
He sent them into the world
to teach, to baptise, to make disciples,
and to trust his promise:
“I am with you always.”

Here is the mystery we celebrate –
Holy One beyond all we can grasp,
Word made flesh beside us,
Spirit of love within and among us;
one life, one love, one holy communion,
making room for the whole world.

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Words of Institution

On the night before he gave himself for us,
Jesus took bread;
he gave thanks, broke it, and said:
“Take, eat. This is my body, given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”

When the meal was ended,
he took the cup;
he gave thanks, and said:
“Drink from this, all of you.
This is my blood of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for many,
for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me.”

Christ has died.
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.

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Prayer of the Spirit

Pour out your Spirit on us gathered here,
and on these gifts of bread and cup.
Make them for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ:
created in love,
held in grace,
sent in peace,
alive in communion.

Breathe your care through us where creation is wounded.
Make us quick to honour dignity where people are diminished.
Give us patience for repair where relationships are strained,
and generous love where communities are divided.

Shape us into a people who reflect your shared life:
different, yet held together;
rooted, yet open;
generous because we are held in abundance;
humble because your mystery is larger than our understanding.

Send us to live the blessing we have received:
the grace of Christ,
the love of the Holy One,
and the communion of the Spirit,
for the healing of the world.

Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all honour and glory are yours,
God of promise and presence,
now and always.
Amen.

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The Prayer Jesus taught

As Jesus taught us, we pray:
(Use your community’s preferred wording/version.)

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Breaking the bread

We break this bread
to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many, we are one body,
because we all share in one bread.

The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.

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Sharing the bread and cup

(Words such as these may be used during the distribution.)

Love in communion – for you.
Grace for the journey.

(If people receive a blessing instead of the elements: “May Christ be close to you; may love hold you.”)

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Prayer after Communion

Holy One, Source, Word, and Breath,
we thank you for meeting us at this table.
You have fed us with grace,
and drawn us into your life of love.

When we are divided, teach us communion.
When we are careless with creation, call us back to care.

Send us out as people of blessing –
to honour dignity,
to practise mercy,
to seek justice,
to care for the earth,
and to make room for your love in the world.
Holy One,
now and forever. Amen.

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Sending

Go in peace – not because mystery is solved,
but because love has been shared.
We will live in grace. We will practise communion. We will make room.