Session 4: Liturgies of Sufficiency
January 31, 2012
Exodus 23:10-13
10 For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield;11but the seventh year you shall
let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the wild
animals may eat. You shall do the same with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.
12 For six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest, so that your ox and
your donkey may have relief, and your home-born slave and the resident alien may be
refreshed.13Be attentive to all that I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do
not let them be heard on your lips.
I Corinthians 11:17-26
Now in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is
not for the better but for the worse. For, to begin with, when you come together as a church, I
hear that there are divisions among you; and to some extent I believe it. Indeed, there have to be
factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine. When you
come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s supper. For when the time comes to eat, each of
you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk. What!
Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and
humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this
matter I do not commend you!
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when
he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is
my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way he took the cup also,
after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the
Lord’s death until he comes.
www.jewishfreeware.org FAMILY EDUCATION PASSOVER HAGGADAH
BAREKH / Birkat HaMazone [This is the shorter form of the Grace / Birkat HaMazone.]
Friends, let us say grace.
Praised be the name of the Lord now and forever.
With your permission, let us now bless (*our ) God whose food we have eaten.
Blessed be (our God) whose food we have eaten and through whose goodness we live.
Everyone: Barukh hu uvarukh sh’mo.
Blessed be He and blessed be His name.
Praised are you, Adonai, our God, sovereign of the universe, who nourishes the whole world
with grace, kindness and mercy. You provide food to all creatures, for your kindness endures
forever. Through this great goodness we have never been in want; may we never be in want of
sustenance. God sustains us all, doing good to all, and providing food for all creation.
We thank you, Adonai, our God, for having given a beautiful, good, and spacious land to our
ancestors as a heritage; for having taken us out from the land of Egypt and redeemed us from the
house of slavery; your covenant which you sealed in our flesh; for your Torah which you taught
us; for your laws which you have given to us; for the life, grace and kindness you have granted
us; and for the food with which you always sustain us.
For everything, Adonai, our God, we thank and praise you. May your name be blessed by all
forever, as it is written: "After you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless Adonai, our God
for the good land he has given you." Praised are you, Adonai, for the land and the food.
Eucharistic Prayer C
God of all power, Ruler of the Universe, you are worthy of
glory and praise.
Glory to you for ever and ever.
At your command all things came to be: the vast expanse of
interstellar space, galaxies, suns, the planets in their courses,
and this fragile earth, our island home.
By your will they were created and have their being.
From the primal elements you brought forth the human race,
and blessed us with memory, reason, and skill. You made us
the rulers of creation. But we turned against you, and betrayed
your trust; and we turned against one another.
Have mercy, Lord, for we are sinners in your sight.
Again and again, you called us to return. Through prophets
and sages you revealed your righteous Law. And in the
fullness of time you sent your only Son, born of a woman, to
fulfill your Law, to open for us the way of freedom and peace….
And therefore we praise you, joining with the heavenly
chorus, with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with all
those in every generation who have looked to you in hope, to
proclaim with them your glory, in their unending hymn:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
…..Lord God of our Fathers: God of Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob; God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ: Open our
eyes to see your hand at work in the world about us. Deliver
us from the presumption of coming to this Table for solace
only, and not for strength; for pardon only, and not for
renewal. Let the grace of this Holy Communion make us one
body, one spirit in Christ, that we may worthily serve the
world in his name…….AMEN.
Five Stanzas of Leaving Slavery
1) If He had brought us out of Egypt.
2) If He had executed justice upon the Egyptians.
3) If He had executed justice upon their gods.
4) If He had slain their first born.
5) If He had given to us their health and wealth.
[edit] Five Stanzas of Miracles
6) If He had split the sea for us.
7) If He had led us through on dry land.
8) If He had drowned our oppressors.
9) If He had provided for our needs in the wilderness for 40 years.
10) If He had fed us manna.
Dayenu, with transliterated lyrics and melody
[edit] Five Stanzas of Being With God
11) If He had given us Shabbat.
12) If He had led us to Mount Sinai.
13) If He had given us the Torah.
14) If He had brought us into the Land of Israel.
15) If He built the Temple for us.