Father we now celebrate the memorial of our redemption.... (Euch IV) Within the Eucharistic Prayer, the remembering, is a central theme. We thus fulfill the Lord's command to remember and commemorate His life and teachings, His actions and offer of salvation to us (Do this in memory of me) in the body of this prayer. Apart from the obvious implied memorial in the very act of the Holy Mass and in the Consecration, a formal remembering is contained just after the Prayer of Consecration in the Mystérium fídei, as the priest invites the people's response: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith. Any of the approved responses speak of the Lord's work for our redemption: Lord by your cross and resurrection you have set us free. You are the Savior of the world. The priest responds at this moment in all the Eucharistic Prayers, the EXPLICIT REMEMBRANCE though few words, they tell God and us of our collective memory of His saving Passion, Death and Resurrection (eg: Father, we celebrate the memory of Christ, you Son. We, your people and your ministers, recall his passion, his resurrection from the dead and His ascension into glory. (Euch I).

Out of that remembrance we then offer back to God that (He) which mediates our salvation. Now for the first time in the Liturgy, the offering is spelled out in its full significance: ...this holy and perfect sacrifice: the bread of life and the cup of eternal salvation. (Euch I)

We offer you in thanksgiving this holy and living sacrifice. Look with favor on your Church's offering, and see the Victim whose death has reconciled us to yourself. (Euch II)

Our Prayer Continues