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mds0815
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How does one know what Eucharistic Prayer will be used at any given Mass.I have recently returned to the faith and like to follow along in the missal provided. By the time I find it The priest is almost through.
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Phemie
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You usually don’t know. That’s why I like the way Novalis does the “Living with Christ” and the “Sunday Missal”. They list the beginning of each of the 4 EPs with a page number showing where to go so that you can quickly find the proper one as soon as Fr. says the first line.
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Joannm
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It’s the priest’s choice of which one to use.
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PJM
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MOST often it is at the option of your priest. If you speak to him and let him know, he can inform those in attendance before Mass, or at the start of the Eucharistic prayers; which he has chosen
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h1478971
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in the TLM you don’t have to worry about that.
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Phemie
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That reply is not at all helpful. First, perhaps the OP prefers an OF Mass. Second, millions of us don’t have access to an EF Mass, even if we wanted to attend one.
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Little_One0307
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It is the priest’s choice. In my Missal I have them all marked with ribbons or markers. After time you will get to recognize them. I would suggest sitting down and memorizing or getting acquanited with the first few lines of each of them so that when you do hear them in Mass you can turn to them.
The priest that celebrates Mass uses Eucharistic Prayer 1 quite a bit, which I like, it’s the Roman Canon.
Usually in parish churches prayers no. 2 and 3 are used because they are shorter.
Prayer 4 is usually used in penance services or Masses of Reconcilliation.
God bless.
The priest that celebrates Mass uses Eucharistic Prayer 1 quite a bit, which I like, it’s the Roman Canon.
Usually in parish churches prayers no. 2 and 3 are used because they are shorter.
Prayer 4 is usually used in penance services or Masses of Reconcilliation.
God bless.
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Paxvobis
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To defend h1478971, I think he said that because the OP describes himself as a traditional Catholic, not just to capriciously bring the TLM into the discussion.
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Phemie
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Perhaps the OP, who has only posted 9 times, is like me. Before I’d spent much time on these boards I would have described myself as a traditional Catholic. It took a while to realize that what that meant to me was totally different from what it meant to people here.
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puzzleannie
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I hear you, especially when using a bilingual missalette when it takes even longer. I have been to very few parishes who post the EP in roman numerals where they post the hymns. I wish they would also post which gloria etc. they are using.
For one thing they may not know as the priest may decided at the last minute.
since it is getting harder and harder to follow the written word anyhow I now prefer to listen rather than read, and is what I advise those in my adult classes to do.
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m134e5
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Unless you’re serving, you don’t hear *anything *except the bells during that part of the TLM (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing…).
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Canto
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Here is what the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) has to say…
I’d love to know what these pastoral considerations would be
b. Eucharistic Prayer II, on account of its particular features, is more appropriately used on weekdays or in special circumstances. Although it has been provided with its own Preface, it may also be used with other Prefaces, especially those that summarise the mystery of salvation, such as the common Prefaces. When Mass is celebrated for a particular dead person, the special formula may be inserted in the place indicated, namely, before the Memento etiam (Remember our brothers and sisters).
c. Eucharistic Prayer III may be said with any Preface. Its use is preferred on Sundays and Feast days. If, however, this Eucharistic Prayer is used in Masses for the Dead, the special formula for the dead may be used, to be included at the proper place, namely, after the Omnes filios tuos ubique dispersos, tibi, clemens Pater, miseratus coniunge (In mercy and love unite all your children).
d. Eucharistic Prayer IV has an invariable Preface and gives a fuller summary of salvation history. It may be used when a Mass has no Preface of its own and on Sundays in Ordinary Time. Because of its structure, no special formula for the dead may be inserted into this prayer.
- The choice among the Eucharistic Prayers found in the Order of Mass is suitably guided by the following norms:
I’d love to know what these pastoral considerations would be
b. Eucharistic Prayer II, on account of its particular features, is more appropriately used on weekdays or in special circumstances. Although it has been provided with its own Preface, it may also be used with other Prefaces, especially those that summarise the mystery of salvation, such as the common Prefaces. When Mass is celebrated for a particular dead person, the special formula may be inserted in the place indicated, namely, before the Memento etiam (Remember our brothers and sisters).
c. Eucharistic Prayer III may be said with any Preface. Its use is preferred on Sundays and Feast days. If, however, this Eucharistic Prayer is used in Masses for the Dead, the special formula for the dead may be used, to be included at the proper place, namely, after the Omnes filios tuos ubique dispersos, tibi, clemens Pater, miseratus coniunge (In mercy and love unite all your children).
d. Eucharistic Prayer IV has an invariable Preface and gives a fuller summary of salvation history. It may be used when a Mass has no Preface of its own and on Sundays in Ordinary Time. Because of its structure, no special formula for the dead may be inserted into this prayer.
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asia53
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Not reading, I find I pay more attention, closing my eyes helps keep me focused, and I really listen to the words.
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