Thanksgiving for the sending of the divine Word who became fully human
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The anaphora opens with the congregation's prayer of thanksgiving addressed to God the Father for his benefits, especially the sending of his Son.
It is right and fitting, our God, to give you thanks unceasingly for all the benefits you have given us.First, because you sent us from heaven your holy Son, sharing your throne, your co-eternal Son, the divine Word.In these last days he came and took our humanity; the Word became flesh without undergoing change (John 1:14).Through the Holy Spirit he possessed human flesh and a rational soul, and everything that belongs to a human being, apart from sin.He did not dwell in some human being as a guest, but he himself, the divine Word, entirely perfect, was perfectly made flesh.He did not alter his humanity, and he is not two, but one king, one Christ, one.