Chapter XXIV Prayer at the Blessing or Flesh-Meat on the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha
The priest maketh,
Blessed be our God....
Christ is risen.... thrice.
Then, Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
O Lord Jesus Christ, our God, look thou upon flesh-meat, and sanctify it, as thou didst sanctify the ram which the faithful Abraham brought unto thee, and as the lamb which Abel offered unto thee as a holocaust, likewise also as the fatted calf which thou didst bid to be killed for thy prodigal son when he returned again to thee, that as he was counted worthy to enjoy thy grace, so may we also enjoy those things that are sanctified and blessed by thee for the nourishment of us all. For thou art the true nourishment, and the giver of good things, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.