This document contains a meditation and prayers focused on Mary's acceptance of her role in God's plan as described in the Bible passage of Luke 1:46-55. It includes prayers asking for cleansing, guidance to love God and others, forgiveness, and receiving the Holy Spirit. The final sections focus on communion and sharing in the body of Christ through breaking bread together.

1. Eikon of the Blessed Pregnancy
Meditation for reflection and prayer

3. The Spirit
Of the
Most High
Will
Overshadow
You.

4. Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are
hidden:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you, The Spirit
of the
and worthily magnify your holy name; Most High
will
through Christ our Lord. overshadow
Amen. You.

5. My soul proclaims the greatness of the
Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
he has looked with favour on his lowly
servant.
From this day all generations will call me
blessed; the Almighty has done great
things for me and holy is his name.
He has mercy on those who fear him,
from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm
and has scattered the proud in their
conceit,
Casting down the mighty from their
thrones and lifting up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the aid of his servant
Israel, to remember his promise of mercy,
The promise made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Luke 1.46-55

8. The
Kingdom of God
Is near

10. Let it be
to me
according
to your
word.

11. But we
God, you called us
preferred
to love you more
than our material our status
goods, our quo.
relationships, our Forgive us
reputation, our & help us.
opinions.

12. But we
preferred
God, you called us to apathy, self-
love others as
ourselves, to seek the sufficiency
good of others, to or idolising
seek peace with others.
others, to build Forgive us &
relationships of help us.
mutual respect and
helping

13. But we
preferred
"my way",
the
God, you called us to concerns of
walk you way, our peers &
take on your concerns, the media,
to seek first your the dreams
kingdom, of
to find our life in
advertising.
losing our life,
Forgive us &

14. God, you now call us I am your
to receive our servant, may
forgiveness and to it be to me as
make a new start with
you have said.
you, and we respond:
Words of assurance
are said

17. We are the body of Christ
all: God's Spirit is with us
Let's lift up our hearts:
all: We lift them to God.
Let us give thanks to our God
all: It is right to give thanks and praise

18. Blessed are you
God: Beginning and End.
You work all things
to be one,
So that at the Last
you will be all in all
and all shall be well.
You reach out
ALL:
to commune with us
through every particle of creation.
...

19. We bless you for Jesus
whose return will seal
the communion
of earth and heaven:
When we were still far off,
you met us in Christ,
and brought us home.
ALL:dying and living,
he declared your love,
gave us grace
and opened the gate of glory.
...

20. We praise you for Christ's redeeming death;
for suffering in his own body
the sufferings of creation.
From his broken-ness blossoms forth
the New Creation unbound from sin and death.
ALL: In Christ we know ourselves
beloved of you,
that all things will work for
the good.
...

21. Release your Spirit,
brood over us
and over these gifts of your creation,
as we eat and drink
unite us in the body of Christ,
remake us alive to You.
All: Asbread and wine
are made one with us,
may we become one with you;
living our prayer and praying our life.
...

22. As we proclaim his death
and celebrate his rising in glory,
send your Holy Spirit that this bread and this wine
may be to us the body and blood of your dear Son.
ALL: As
we eat and drink these holy gifts
make us one in Christ, our risen Lord.

23. Around this table we come
with angels and atoms, stars and saints,
earth and sky and sea.
We offer our sacrifice of praise
and join with the eternal song of heaven.
Holy, holy, holy,
All:
is the Lord God Almighty,
Who was and is and is to come,
hosanna in the highest.
© The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England,

24. On the night he was betrayed,
Jesus took bread & wine,
gave thanks, broke the bread,
& shared it saying;
“This is my body, broken for you”
Afterwards, he shared the cup, saying:
“This is my blood of the new covenant”
We do this in memory of him;
we break this bread
to share in the body of Christ
Though we are many,
ALL:
we are one body
because we all share
in one bread

25. Come not because you must
but because you may
...
and you are called.

26. Ecce
Ancilla
Domini
I am
the
Lord’s
Servant

27. Together we say:
Ecce
God of waters and Spirit,
Ancilla We are your servants,
Domini
I am
the
yet you call us friends
Lord’s
Servant
and grace us
in the heart of our beings
with your lovesome
presence.
Overshadow us with your
creative Spirit.
Help us to birth the good
things you have created us
for in Christ Jesus. Amen

29. Go blessed ...