(II) 8.Appendix to Previous Chapters

Faithful: Amen. Let the name of the Lord be blessed… and Psalm 33.

After the Psalm, the priest says the prayer before the consumption of the Holy Gifts:

You Yourself are the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, O our God, Christ, who fulfilled everything ordained by the Father. Fill our hearts always with joy and gladness, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Faithful: Amen. (Some of the faithful consume the remaining Holy Gifts, as blessed by the priest).

The priest blesses the faithful: The blessing of the Lord be upon you, by His grace and love for mankind, always, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.

Faithful: Amen. And there occurs the dismissal of the people of God, the royal priesthood into the world for the Liturgy (Service of the Love of Man to the world, following the example of God’s service, participants of which were the faithful) after the Liturgical Service (Service of God to man)… The Liturgy after the Liturgy is the domain of fidelity (the assimilation of the Gifts of the Resurrection, the Holy Spirit, fervently following Christ in everything) of the church experience of resurrection, which it experiences (every time) at the Liturgy-Eucharist and the realm of trust in the Risen Christ, with Whom they united in the Mystery of Communion (preparation for the next Eucharistic assembly of the church for the Mystery of the Kingdom)…

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