Mass EC 2 Flashcards
What does the Liturgy of the Eucharist begin with?
- Presentation of the gifts
- the preparation of the altar
How do the ministers prepare the altar?
- representatives of the people bring forward the bread and wine that will become the Body and Blood of Christ
- the celebrant blesses and praises God for these gifts and places them on the altar
- monetary gifts for the support of the Church and the care of the poor are brought forward
What concludes the preparation of the altar
- the Prayer over the Offerings concludes this preparation and disposes for the Eucharistic Prayer
What is the heart of the Liturgy of the Eucharist?
The Eucharistic Prayer
What does the celebrant act in when saying the Eucharistic Prayer
- the celebrant acts in the person of Christ as head of his body, the Church
What does the celebrant do in the Eucharistic Prayer
- He gathers not only the bread and the wine, but the substance of our lives and joins them to Christ’s perfect sacrifice
- He offers these to the Father
What does the introductory dialogue establish about the Eucharistic Prayer?
- establishes that the prayer is the prayer of the baptized and ordained
- the prayer is offered in the presence of God and has thanksgiving as its central force
What does the celebrant do after the introductory dialogue?
- begins the Preface
What does the Eucharistic prayer make clear? Where are these prayers offered to?
- these prayers are offered, not to Christ, but to the Father
- it is worship offered to the Father by Christ because it was at the moment of his passion, death, and resurrection, but it is now offered through the priest acting in the person of Christ
- It is offered by all of the baptized, who are part of Christ’s body, the Church
What point of view does the priest offer the Eucharistic Prayer in?
- in the first person plural
- for example, “therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you…”
what does the “we” signify?
- that all the baptized present at the Eucharistic celebration make the sacrificial offering in union with Christ, and pray the Eucharistic prayer in union with him
What are we called to offer with Christ to God through the hands of the priest?
we are called to offer:
- ourselves
- our lives
- our individual efforts
- our efforts as a community of believers
What provides the following summary of the Eucharistic prayer?
the General instruction of the Roman Missal (no. 79)
what are the 8 elements of the Eucharistic Prayer?
1) thanksgiving
2) acclamation
3) epiclesis
4) institution narrative and consecration
5) anamnesis
6) oblation
7) intercessions
8) concluding doxology
What follows the Eucharistic prayer?
the Communion Rite
which element of the Eucharistic Prayer is this?
- expressed in the Preface
- Priest, in the name of the whole of the holy people, glorify God the Father and gives thanks to him for the work of salvation according to the varying day, festivity, or time of year
thanksgiving
which element of the Eucharistic Prayer is this?
- the whole congregation joined with heavenly powers sings the Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy)
- it is pronounced by all the people with the Priest
acclamation