The sacrament prayers are much like two covers of a book that is opened and closed each time they are invoked. The first prayer, over the bread, begins a new covenant; while the second prayer, over the water, appears to "end" or fulfill the covenant started the week before. To extend the analogy, if the prayers are the covers of a week-long covenant period, then the pages of the book are the deeds and acts promised in the first prayer, which includes always remembering him. When offered with a broken heart and a contrite spirit, this book, written in heaven, becomes the recommend to the constant presence of the Holy Ghost in one's mind and heart.
Color guide: a subject (will) somehow do something to a direct object with an indirect object in one way and/or another way:
Blessing on the Bread:
O God, the Eternal Father,
we ask thee in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ,
to bless and sanctify this bread
to the souls of all those who partake of it;
[so] that
they (may):
[1] eat in remembrance of the body of thy Son,
and
[2] witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father,
that
they (are) willing to:
[1] take upon them the name of thy Son,
and
[2] always remember him,
and
[3] keep his commandments which he hath given them,
[so] that
they (may):
always have his Spirit to be with them.
Amen.
Condensed unauthorized version in contemporary English:
"Heavenly Father,
please bless and set apart this bread
for everyone who will eat it
so they will
remember that Jesus once lived and ate as they do.
And we ask that you
please accept their eating as a sign to you, God,
a sign to you that
they want
to be called true Christians,
to preserve the memory of Jesus' life at all times and in all places,
to do the things he said and taught.
And they offer this sign in exchange for the promise to constantly enjoy thy Holy Spirit.
In Jesus' name, Amen."
Blessing on the Water:
O God, the Eternal Father,
we ask thee, in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ,
to bless and sanctify this wine
to the souls of all those who drink of it,
that
they (may)
[1] do [the drinking] in remembrance of the blood of thy Son, which was shed for them;
[and] that
they (may)
[2] witness unto thee, O God, the Eternal Father,
that
they (do)
always remember him,
[so] that
they (may)
have his Spirit to be with them.
Amen.
Condensed unauthorized version in contemporary English:
"Heavenly Father,
please bless and set apart this wine
for everyone who will drink it
so they will
drink to the memory of Jesus' blood that he poured out when he died like this wine was poured out.
And we ask that you
please accept their drinking of the wine as a sign to you, God,
a sign to you that
they have truly
been preserving the memory of Jesus' suffering at all times and in all places
(as they previously signed to you that they would).
And they offer this second sign in exchange for the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit.
In Jesus' name, Amen."
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