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An Excerpt from the Grail Mass
The Grail Mass is a lengthy rite, involving ceremonial preparation, purification, and liturgies of both the Host and the Chalice. The following excerpts are included here to give you a sense of the tone and theology of the ritual.
The Consecration of the Host
Behold!
The Crucified God
has risen in strength
from the tomb triumphant;
harrowing Hell and Death's domain;
ascending in the radiance
of Solar Glory.
Behold!
Osiris has been raised up by Isis;
he who was torn in pieces
has been regathered as One;
restored by her mighty Words of Power,
even as these scattered grains
have been gathered into One Loaf,
that it may now become for us
the Body of God
prepared as Sacrifice
that He may rise anew transformed in us:
bone of our bone,
flesh of our flesh,
spirit of our spirit.
The Consecration of the Chalice
Holy Queen of the Glorious Grail,
we offer unto Thee here
this humble, crafted Cup,
that it may become for us
a manifestation of THE MYSTERY;
the Womb of the Wine of Wisdom;
the Holy and Venerable Vessel of the Vine.
Descend, we pray,
upon this Cup which we offer,
that it may become for us
the Channel of Thy Grace,
the Dispenser of Thy Favor,
the Tabernacle of Thy Precious Presence.
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