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Sursum corda
The Latin term for the versicle and response of celebrant and congregation, "Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord" (BCP, p. 361). It follows the salutation in the dialogue at the beginning of the Great Thanksgiving of the eucharist. It is a universal element of the eucharistic liturgy, and appears in all BCP eucharistic prayers. It calls for the people to stand. The celebrant's hands may be raised up as a gesture to give emphasis to this moment in the liturgy. The response of the people in Rite 1 eucharistic liturgies is slightly different from the Rite 2 response, stating, "We lift them up unto the Lord" (BCP, p. 333). The Hymnal 1982 provides musical settings for the Rite 1 and Rite 2 versions of the Sursum corda (S 112, S 120).
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Glossary definitions provided courtesy of Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY,(All Rights reserved) from "An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church, A User Friendly Reference for Episcopalians," Don S. Armentrout and Robert Boak Slocum, editors. |
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