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O Son of God,
take me this day as a partaker of your mystical supper.
I will not betray you with a kiss as did Judas,
I will not speak of your mysteries to your enemies,
but with the thief on the cross I pray:
“Remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.”
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from the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
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The Collect for Maundy Thursday
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Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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