communion liturgy

I loved the liturgy used at the communion service and found something with significant overlap online and wanted to share it.   After a period of introspection preceding the service in which I had to acknowledge to myself a number of areas in my life where I was not depending on and submitted to God, I was fully aware of my own unworthiness of the price Jesus paid to be in a relationship with me.  Thus, this communion's invitation to share in God's hospitality at his table was particularly welcome, and the pauses after each short phrase for translation to Tonga made it particularly poignant.

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"Come to this sacred table, not because you must, but because you may;
Come to testify not that you are righteous, but that you sincerely love our Jesus Christ, and desire to be his true disciple;
Come not because you are strong, but because you are weak;
Come not because you have any claim on heaven's rewards, but because in your frailty and sin you stand in constant need of heaven's mercy and help;
Come not to express an opinion, but to seek a Presence and pray for a Spirit.
Come not because you are fulfilled, but because in your emptiness you stand in need of God’s grace and assurance.
Come, sisters and brothers, to this table to partake and share.
It is spread for you and me that we may again know that God has come to us, shared our common lot, and invited us to join the people of God’s reign.

And now that the Supper of the Lord is spread before you, lift up your minds and hearts above all selfish fears and cares; let this bread and this wine be to you the witnesses and signs of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit. Before the Throne of the Heavenly Father and the Cross of the Redeemer make your humble confession of sin, consecrate your lives to the Christian obedience and service, and pray for strength to do and to bear the holy and blessed will of God.”
- attributed on one website to John Hunter