...we must heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most...and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ... And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue...

...to that grand definition of it in one of the closing prayers of the Episcopal Communion Service: " The mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people." Indeed, there are at least five other phrases or designations in the English Prayer Book, with which...

...we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, which have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour . . ." Hooker stood, certain that he was in God's temple: "Glory be to God on high," he read from the...

...and lively sacrifice unto thee, ...". "Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, ... that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, ... And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, ... that we may do all such good works as thou...

...made one body with Him, that He may dwell in us, and we in Him. Or similarly, that they may become ...members incorporate in the mystical body of Thy...which is the blessed company of all faithful people... 5 In the Gospel according to St. John, Jesus is recorded to say: For My flesh is true food, and My...

...Eucharist, figures both in the BCP second Post Communion, which speaks of 'these holy mysteries . . . of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ', and in Common Worship, where the Short Preface for Maundy Thursday says that 'he instituted these holy...

...great post-Communion prayer in the Prayer Book ('. . . that we are very members incorporate in die mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people . . . that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared...

...received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most pretious body and blood of thy sonn our saviour Jesus Christ, and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodnes towards us, that we are very members incorporate in the mistical body of thy son which is the...

...of heart; through Christ our Lord. Amen. or Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members...

...thanks 'for that thou has vouchsafed to feed us, who have duly received this holy Supper [not these holy mysteries], with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood.' The final rubrics are very similar to those of 1662. An additional rubric allows (with episcopal permission)...