Liturgical What?
As you may know I attended the funeral of my aunt this past Wednesday. The pastor of the R.C. parish was very generous in allowing me to lead the prayers for my aunt at the funeral home. He was also a really gentle and nice person.
Because he was kind I find it hard to find fault with the funeral mass he conducted. So I will put my observations out here as a question.
In the R.C. Church is there a form of the Eucharistic Prayer that allows for only the epiclesis and consecration of the bread and wine? It was very basic and bare bones and not any of the first four prayers that I grew up with in my N.O. parish.
On the subject of the liturgical question, —what was that,— Bernard Brandt at A (little) Light from the East points to a video of a processional monstrosity in his posting Processional. He also does a great spoof on Willy Wonka.
Deacon:
The shortest licit Eucharistic Prayer, in the Roman Rite, in English, is “Eucharistic Prayer II,” which would be more than what you seem to describe — and would be one you are familiar with, from your comments.
There are other licit Eucharistic Prayers for the Roman Rite, but they are as long, or a little longer, than the others.
Yes, I am familiar with the Prayer II form. I grew up with it after my parish changed over to the N.O. forms in 1974. The other forms were almost never used. In the PNCC the Prayer II form is referred to as the Canon of St. Hippolytus. I personally much prefer the Prayer I or the Traditional Canon.
Our late Bishop forbid the use of any other form than the Traditional Canon on Sundays and Holy Days.
This was definitely not it. This was purely the epiclesis followed by the words of institution. I’m thinking valid but not licit.
I seem to remember from some reading that such a form could be used in an emergency – but obviously not appropriate at a funeral mass.
I don’t know if it was just me, but I think that as mass progressed he got a little more reverent. Perhaps it was all the bowing at the name of Jesus Christ and the kneeling/genuflecting I was doing.