What Can I Do About This Kind of Mass?

[porthos11]

Dear Hamburglar,

I would say your first order of bussiness, would be to contact the priest that presided at the Mass that you felt contained liturgical abuses. And ask that priest the questions that you posted here.

You also posted your concern over the homily that the priest gave concerning, I assume the US presents in Iraq. And you felt that it was not appropriate…I would refer you to read what Pope Paul II and Pope Benedict has to say concerning this issue and you will realise that those two popes do not sound like the National Republican Party.

Oh and by the way the presiding priest does not have to genuflect after the elements are consecrated, but can also give a bow.

Br Mark, OSB

I would have expected more obedience on liturgical matters from a Benedictine such as yourself.

 

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Seems to me that the fact he told you there are 1000’s of Eucharistic prayers is proof enough he is wrong.

 

[Ignatius2000]

we had the same Priest this week as well. He used yet another, different version from last week, and I did not recognize this one either.

After Mass, I decided to ask him about it. He said he got it from the Chicago Consortium of Theological Studies. He was saying there were “thousands” of Eucharistic Prayers and there were some for children and Masses for Universities.

I know a lot of other people were troubled by these past two Masses. It’s kinda like the hot topic right now with those that are really active in the Campus Ministry here. The Liturgical Organizer here also said that she was wondering if any of us noticed it, and I told her how I discussed this with the Priest. She said that those texts have been out of use for over thirty years. She was saying how things got a little “experimental” right after Vatican II and besides the 3 new Eucharistic Prayers that were other options than the Roman one, other people started making up their own.

What is everyone’s thoughts on this?

If it’s not Roman, it’s ****.

Well…approved by the Vatican anyway.

Experimentation has no place in the church whatsoever, yet alone for the Eucharistic prayer. There are a number of valid/licit Eucharistic prayers, approved by the Vatican, that can be used on any given occasion. No document that I’m aware of (I very much doubt that the majority of Catholics are aware of it either) has made the standard Eucharistic prayers “out of use” in the last 30 years.

If this continues you should contact your local Ordinary and express your concerns.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

As far as I know there are at least seven approved Eucharistic Prayers - the four in the missallettes, three for use with children, and two Penetential, which tend to be limited to use in Lent. There may be more.