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The Eucharistic Prayer : A User's Guide /

We somehow think that during the eucharistic prayer at Mass we are expected to be quiet, prayerful, and attentive if we can be, with our children or other neighbors in the pews distracting us. In this inviting book Barry Hudock shows us that the eucharistic prayer is indeed the most dynamic and expl...

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Autor principal: Hudock, Barry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • What is the eucharistic prayer, and what is so august, stark, sacred, majestic, and awesome about it anyway?
  • Who prays the eucharistic prayer? An extraordinary answer
  • The history of the eucharistic prayer
  • The preface : it's about thanksgiving
  • The sanctus : stepping into heaven's front door
  • The epiclesis : the power source
  • The institution narrative : real presence, sacrifice, covenant, and love
  • The memorial and its acclamation : the Mass defines itself
  • The offering : making an offering of ourselves
  • The intercessions : there's no such thing as a private Mass
  • The doxology : glory be!
  • The great amen : our signature
  • Eucharistic prayer I : "accept this oblation"
  • Eucharistic prayer II : "to break the bonds of death"
  • Eucharistic prayer III : "to gather a people"
  • Eucharistic prayer IV : "to the praise of your glory"
  • The nine other current eucharistic prayers of the Roman rite
  • A eucharistic prayer spirituality : making the church's prayer our own
  • Living an "anaphoral" life.