How to Benefit from the Holy Liturgy - Pope Kirillos Scientific Family

During this litany, ask God to, "give us rain from heaven
and fruitful seasons, filling our heart with food and
gladness" (Acts 14:17), and, "Supply all our needs
according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus"
(Philemon 4:19). In the evening incense these private prayers
are further explained.
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Litany of Oblations
The priest requests the heavenly reward and divine grace for
all those who have presented to Him these oblations,
carrying them to the church and those on whose behalf they
are offered, like the sick, oppressed and the departed, and
those by whom they have been presented like the priests,
deacons and ministers of the altar who partook in preparing
the oblations and raising them on the altar.
During the recitation of this litany, the priest motions
towards the oblations placed before him, as they are the
greatest of the offerings of the believers to the church. The
offerings, by its broad meaning, include all that is offered to
the church for its needs and the needs of her servants, like
flour to make the bread, wine to fill the chalice, candles,
curtains, reading books, vessels of the altar and money
offerings like tithes, vows or donations.
Note:
Some people may wonder, ‘Why does the priest call the
mysteries “Oblations”, even after being transubstantiated to
the Holy Body and Blood of the Lord’ We say this is
possible, for the sacrament of Holy Communion has many
names, such as, ‘The sacrament of the Holy Bread." His
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