Which Eucharistic prayer do you like?

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Which one does your parish use most often?
Which one do you like?

Assuming you attend Novus Ordo.
 
I’m Byzantine so my parish doesn’t use any of the Latin Rite prayers, but my favorite is Eucharistic prayer number III.
 
My parish uses Eucharistic Prayer II the most often, but they will use the Roman Canon on special days like holy days of obligation. I like the Roman Canon the most.
 
Roman Canon for ‘High Days & Holy Days’. I actually like Eucharistic Prayer IV but it’s hardly ever used.
 
EP IV is my favorite.
I attend 2 different parishes, at one the Roman Canon is used almost exclusively.

At the other, it varies- usually EP II or III, with the Roman Canon used occasionally.

Many times during Lent, parishes my area use the EP prayers for Reconciliation (I think that’s what they’re called). I really love both of them, but it is very rare to hear them.
 
I prefer the Roman Canon but of the other three I prefer EP IV. I was pleasantly surprised when Fr. used it last night as I had not heard it in several years, at least not all of it. A priest who’d been here had mixed and matched it a couple of times with EPII
 
I like any Anaphora of the Church, but I am partial to the Roman Canon (EP I) as used in the OF - I wish they would insert the Epiclesis of EPII into it though.
 
I prefer the Roman Canon. I almost never hear it but to me it is by far the most Catholic.
 
These days I love II and hate the Roman Canon. I’ve been dealing with a bad bout of sciatica, and standing or kneeling for any length of time are excruciatingly painful (in my part of Canada we only kneel at the consecration). So when I hear the célébrant start off with I, I cringe as I usually have to sit down half way through. With II and III, I can usually manage to stand through all of the EP.

The abbey where I attend Mass uses all of them. II and III most usually on weekdays and Sundays respectively; I on some Sundays and many feasts and solemnities; and IV rarest of all, but it does get used.

That said I like II for the same reason I like the Gospel of St. Marc: economy of words.
 
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That said I like II for the same reason I like the Gospel of St. Marc: economy of words.
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EPII and the Gospel of Mark do complement each other nicely.

Holy austerity and noble simplicity are notable aspects of each.
 
I attend both an Ordinary Form in Latin as well as Divine Worship Form (Ordinariate) of the Roman Rite, as well as Ruthenian Divine Liturgies.

I am partial to the Roman Canon for the Latin Church, the norm for the Divine Worship Form as well as used at our OF (Latin) Mass.
 
ratio1 said:
Which one does your parish use most often?
Which one do you like?

Assuming you attend Novus Ordo.
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I like I, II, and III.

I use all of them, for different reasons, depending on circumstances. I like II for daily Masses–it’s well suited for these. I use EP I for the solemn Mass (most) every Sunday, and for Holy Days. EP III is nice for funerals as it has the longest section praying for the deceased.

As for the others, I just don’t use them.
 
We use II most often. I like number one the best on Sundays, number 2 on weekdays.
 
With my utmost respect, is that a really a reason to hate the Roman Canon? I believe that with your condition, you would be fully justified in remaining seated at all times.

Unless you are perhaps exaggerating in good spirit, in which case, please excuse my thick skull.

Regarding the question, I passionately prefer the Roman Canon, but only ever get to hear it during the Easter Vigil.
 
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Many times during Lent, parishes my area use the EP prayers for Reconciliation (I think that’s what they’re called). I really love both of them, but it is very rare to hear them.
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We hear those in Lent and occasionally other times. I love them too.
 
I like I because it is the Canon. I think IV is quite nice too and I have a priest that uses it on occasion.
 
angelic06 said:
Worship Form (Ordinariate) of the Roman Rite, as well as Ruthenian Divine Liturgies.

I am partial to the Roman Canon for the Latin Church, the norm for the Divine
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It’s more correct to call it the “Anglican usage.”
 
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