Sursum corda

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The Sursum Corda (Latin for "Lift up your hearts") is the opening dialogue to the Preface of the Eucharistic Prayer or Anaphora in the liturgies of the Christian Church, dating back to the third century and the Anaphora of Hippolytus. While there are some minor deviations in English, the dialogue typically runs as follows:

  • Presider: The Lord be with you.
  • People: And with your spirit (or And also with you).
  • Presider: Lift up your hearts.
  • People: We lift them to the Lord (or We have them with the Lord).

The dialogue is recorded in the earliest liturgies of the Christian Church, and is a standard element in Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, United Methodist,and other denominations.

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