FIRST CORINTHIANS 1:10; NOW I PLEAD WITH YOU BRETHREN, BY THE NAME OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST, THAT YOU ALL SPEAK THE SAME THING, AND THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, BUT THAT YOU BE PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHER IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGEMENT. THIS IS THE BASIS FOR OUR CHURCH.

WELCOME TO ONE GOD ONE CHURCH, WHERE WE BELIEVE WE, AS CHRISTIANS, SHOULD BE UNITED AS ONE CHURCH, ONE BRIDE, FOR OUR SAVIOR AND BRIDEGROOM, JESUS CHRIST. HOLD UP CARD; OUR MOTO IS, THE PLAIN, SIMPLE TRUTH. ONE GOD, ONE CHURCH IS A TRINITARIAN CHURCH, A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BUILD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY TRINITY, GOD, THE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

3. OUR SERVICE FORMATFOLLOWS THAT OF THE EARLY CHURCH, WHAT THE EARLY CHRISTIANS WERE DOING IN THEIR HOMES AND GATHERING PLACES FROM THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES AFTER CHRIST’S DEATH AND RESURRECTION. IT IS A TRADITIONAL MASS FORMAT WHERE WE HAVE AN OPENING PRAYER, A READING OF ONE OR MORE SCRIPTURES, A TALK, OR SERMON ON THOSE SCRIPTURES, A EUCHARISTIC PRAYER WHERE WE ASK GOD TO HONOR US WITH HIS PRESENCE IN OUR BREAD AND WINE,THE LORD’S PRAYER, THE SIGN OF PEACE, HOLY COMMUNION AND A CLOSING PRAYER. DON’T LET ALL OF THAT SCARE YOU, IT GOES BY FASTER THAN YOU THINK; AT LEAST I HOPE IT DOES. SINCE WE WILL BE CELEBRATING COMMUNION, WE ASK THAT YOU HAVE A PIECE OF FLAT OR UNLEAVENED BREAD AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF EITHER WINE OR GRAPE JUICE, MIXED WITH A DROP OR TWO OF WATER, TO REPRESENT THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. HAVE ONE BREAD AND WINE SET FOR EACH PERSON TAKING COMMUNION. LIKE THOSE IN THE EARLY CHURCH, KAREN AND I CONSIDER THE EUCHARIST THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR SERVICE.IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU ARE TAKING IN THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRST, GOD WILL HONOR THAT. JESUS HIMSELF COMMANDED THAT WE, “DO THIS IN MEMORY OF HIM.” I RECOMMEND YOU WATCH OUR SERVICE FROM FEBRUARY 10TH ON THE EUCHARIST. YOU CAN DO THAT BY GOING TO WWW.OG-OC.COM.

FIRST, SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS:

OPENING PRAYER: REVEREND: LET US BOW OUR HEADS AND PRAY; HEAVENLY FATHER, SPEAK TO US THAT WE MAY BECOME MAKERS OF YOUR PEACE IN OUR HOMES, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN OUR WORLD. MAY WE BECOME ONE BODY UNDER YOUR AUTHORITY. WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.

SCRIPTURAL READINGS (REVEREND)

HOMILY (REVEREND)

REVEREND: WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER. PRAY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT MY SACRIFICE AND YOURS MAY BE ACCEPTABLE GOD THE ALMIGHTY FATHER.

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, GOD OF POWER AND MIGHT, HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF YOUR GLORY. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST. BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST.

YOU ARE HOLY, INDEED, O LORD, THE FOUNT OF ALL HOLINESS. MAKE HOLY, THERFORE, THESE GIFTS, WE PRAY, BY SENDING DOWN YOUR SPIRIT UPON THEM LIKE THE DEWFALL, SO THAT THEY MAY BECOME FOR US, THE BODY AND BLOOD OF OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST.

AT THE TIME HE WAS BETRAYED AND ENTERED WILLINGLY INTO HIS PASSION, HE TOOK BREAD, AND GIVING THANKS, BROKE IT, AND GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING, TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODYWHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU. IN A SIMILAR WAY, WHEN SUPPER WAS ENDED, HE TOOK THE CUP, AND, ONCE MORE, GIVING THANKS, HE GAVE IT TO HIS DISCIPLES, SAYING, TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CUP OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY, FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

THEREFORE, AS WE CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL OF HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, WE OFFER YOU, LORD, THE BREAD OF LIFE AND THE CUP OF SALVATION, GIVING THANKS THAT YOU HELD US WORTHY TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND MINISTER TO YOU. HUMBLY, WE PRAY THAT, BY PARTAKING OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST, WE MAY BE GATHERED INTO ONE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. REMEMBER ALSO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP IN THE HOPE OF YOUR RESURRECTION AND ALL WHO HAVE DIED IN YOUR MERCY; WELCOME THEM INTO THE LIGHT OF YOUR FACE. HAVE MERCY ON US ALL. WE PRAY, THAT WE MAY MERIT TO BE COHEIRS TO ETERNAL LIFE AND MAY PRAISE AND GLORIFY YOU THROUGH YOUR SON, JESUS CHRIST. THROUGH HIM, AND WITH HIM, AND IN HIM, O GOD, ALMIGHTY FATHER, IN THE UNITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALL GLORY AND HONOR IS YOURS, FOR EVER AND EVER.AMEN.

REVEREND; LET US NOW SAY THE PRAYER JESUS HIMSELF TAUGHT US TO PRAY: THE LORD’S PRAYER.
ALL: OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME, THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY BREAD AND FORGIVE OUR TRESPASSES AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US, AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. AMEN.
DELIVER US LORD, FROM EVERY EVIL, GRACIOUSLY GRANT PEACE IN OUR DAYS, THAT, BY THE HELP OF YOUR MERCY, WE MAY BE ALWAYS FREE FROM SIN AND SAFE FROM ALL DISTRESS, AS WE AWAIT THE BLESSED HOPE AND THE COMING OF OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
ALL: FOR THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY ARE YOURS NOW AND FOREVER.

12. SIGN OF PEACE (REVEREND); LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHO SAID TO YOUR APOSTLES, PEACE I LEAVE YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE YOU. LOOK NOT ON OUR SINS, BUT ON THE FAITH OF YOUR CHURCH AND GRACIOUSLY GRANT HER PEACE AND UNITY INACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WILL, WHO WILL LIVE AND REIGN FOREVER AND EVER. ALL; AMEN.

REVEREND; THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. LET US OFFER EACH OTHER A SIGN OF PEACE.

COMMUNION PRAYER; REVEREND: BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, BEHOLD HIM WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE CALLED TO THE SUPPER OF THE LAMB. ALL: LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY TO RECEIVE YOU, BUT ONLY SAY THE WORD AND MY SOUL SHALL BE HEALED. COMMUNION.

FINAL BLESSING: REVEREND; HAVING TASTED YOUR GOODNESS, LORD, SEND US OUT AS CHANGED PEOPLE BECAUSE WE HAVE SHARED THE LIVING BREAD AND CANNOT REMAIN THE SAME. THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU; THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU; AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU. THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE, AS YOU GO OUT TO SERVE HIM AND EACH OTHER. AMEN.

ALTERNATE PRAYER: LORD MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF YOUR PEACE
WHERE THERE IS HATRED LET ME SOW LOVE
WHERE THERE IS INJURY, PARDON
WHERE THERE IS DOUBT, FAITH
WHERE THERE IS DESPAIR, HOPE
WHERE THERE IS DARKNESS, LIGHT
AND WHERE THERE IS SADNESS, JOY
O DIVINE MASTER GRANT THAT I MAY
NOT SO MUCH SEEK TO BE CONSOLED AS TO CONSOLE
TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS TO UNDERSTAND
TO BE LOVED AS TO LOVE
FOR IT IS IN GIVING THAT WE RECEIVE
IT IS IN PARDONING THAT WE ARE PARDONED
AND IT’S IN DYING THAT WE ARE BORN TO ETERNAL LIFE
AMEN