PRAYER FOR BLESSING FLESH MEAT

On the Holy and Great Lord’s-day of the Pasch.

The Priest: Blessed is our God.

Christ is risen from the dead. Thrice.

Then: Let us beseech the Lord.

Regard, O Lord Jesu Christ, our God, these Flesh meats, and hallow them, as thou didst hallow the lamb, which faithful Abraham brought unto thee, and the ram, which Abel offered to thee for a holocaust; likewise the fatted calf also, which thou didst command to be slain for thy son that had erred, and was returned again unto thee; that, like as he was vouchsafed to enjoy thy grace, so we also may enjoy what is hallowed and blessed by thee, for the nourishment of us all. For thou art the true nourishment, and giver of all good things, and to thee we send up glory, together with thine unoriginate Father, and thine All-holy, and good, and life-giving Spirit, now, and ever, and unto the ages of the ages. Amen.