...access to the Sacrament: (The statement of relationship) We do not presume to come to this thy Table, 0 merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness,...same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: (The request) Grant us therefore (and the text moves to consider the acts and the significance of the...

...present tense in liturgy, as in the words 'I believe in God', 'Give us this day our daily bread', and 'We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table.' Victorian hymns exploit both the diachronic and the synchronic potentialities of liturgical language...

...dead . . . The imagery in the prayer of humble access in the communion service was equally arresting: 'We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table . . .' The tone was penitential, but not exacdy unworldly. God, the maker of every good thing, had...

...God's board, say in the name of all them that shall receive the communion, this prayer following. \ We do not presume to come to this thy table (O merciful...righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We be not worthy so much as to gather the crumbs under thy table, but thou art the same Lord, whose property...

...at the Last Supper. Prayer of Humble Access: the prayer before the Communion in the BCP, beginning "We do not presume to come to this thy table (O merciful...righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies." Preces: the prayers between the Creed and the Collects at Morning and Evening Prayer. Proper: portions...

...filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him ... ' (Canon, pt.2) c / 'Grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ ... that our sinful bodies may be made clean by His body ... and that we may evermore dwell in Him,...

...name . . ." Then, turning and kneeling again before the table, Hooker prayed on behalf of all present. "We do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful...thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy . . ." After this penitential prayer, still facing the table, Hooker stood, continuing with the service....

...feelings. The words in the Prayer of Humble Access in the Book of Common Prayer spoke to me of this truth: 'We do not presume to come to this thy table, O merciful...righteousness but in thy manifold and great mercies.' The second truth concerned the nature of the Church. The Christian Union in the school which exerted...

...mercies. We are not worthy even to gather up the crumbs under your Table. But you are the same God whose property is always to have mercy: grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of your dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his...

...not presume to come to this your table, merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in your manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under your table. But you are the same Lord whose nature is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious...