Sequence

Breaking The Variety of Names The Eucharistic Prayers Bread What is a Eucharistic Prayer? What can we say today? Eucharist Today Clare Priory Basic Human Questions July 2013 Eucharistic Hospitality Kieran J. O’Mahony OSA Your own issues . . .

The Menu! Babette’s Feast Potage à la Tortue (Turtle La Salade (Salad Course) Soup) Les Fromages (Cheese and Blini Demidoff au Caviar Fresh Fruit) (Buckwheat cakes with caviar) Baba au Rhum avec les Figues (Rum Cake with Caille en Sarcophage avec Dried Figs) Sauce Perigourdine (Quail in Puff Pastry Shell with Foie Gras and Truffle Sauce)

Variety of names

Mass Eucharist Holy Communion The Divine Liturgy The Lord’s Supper Eucharistic Prayer EP: Structure

Roman Canon Opening Dialogue Book of Common Prayer Preface [to do with the feast] Sanctus Didache !!Salvation History Commemorated Hypollytus !!!Invocation of the Holy Spirit [epiclesis] Roman EP II !!!!Narrative of Institution !!!!Prayer of Commemoration and Offering [anamnesis] CofI EP I !!!Invocation of the Holy Spirit [epiclesis] Eucharistic Prayer A !!Intercession The Lima Liturgy Doxology and Amen

EP: Structure Eucharist today

This shape is new in the Roman Liturgy – contrast the (a) !Thankgiving and Praise Roman Canon. - Creation and Redemption It follows traditional models used widely since the (b) !Memorial of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Patristic period in the church of the East, both Orthodox - Christian Passover and Catholic. (c)! Communion of all who take part It resembles Jewish prayers of blessing, especially as used at the Passover - the Body of Christ The “shape” has created a kind of ecumenical consensus (d) ! Mission on eucharistic practice – the Lima Eucharist, for example - to be what we celebrate

Tables Table of the Faith

Stability / instability Four “legs” Table of the Word Spirituality Table of the Supper Community Table of the Faith Discipleship Understanding Table of the Faith Table of the Faith

No one “inhabits” all dimensions fully Our own pilgrimage of faith all of the time Celebrated with the community It depends on where I find myself Deepening our discipleship Yet, integration is the key Integrating faith and life Costing not less than everything

Table of the Faith Hospitality

Spirituality for today Orthodox Christian meditation Reformed Praying with Scripture (Lutheran / Anglican) The Lord’s Supper Catholic Action for justice

Discussion