Vatican website translation:<\/p>\n
53. Especially on Sundays and feasts of obligation there is to be restored, after the Gospel and the homily, \u201cthe common prayer\u201d or \u201cthe prayer of the faithful.\u201d By this prayer, in which the people are to take part, intercession will be made for holy Church, for the civil authorities, for those oppressed by various needs, for all mankind, and for the salvation of the entire world. (39) Cf. 1 Timothy 2:1-2.<\/p>\n
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53. \u201dOratio communis\u201d seu \u201cfidelium\u201d, post Evangelium et homiliam, praesertim diebus dominicis et festis de praecepto, restituatur, ut, populo eam participante, obsecrationes fiant pro sancta Ecclesia, pro iis qui nos in potestate regunt, pro iis qui variis premuntur necessitatibus, ac pro omnibus hominibus totiusque mundi salute (39) Cf. 1Tim 2,1-2.<\/strong><\/p>\n Slavishly literal translation (kindness of Jonathan Day):<\/p>\n 53. \u201cThe common prayer\u201d, or that \u201cof the faithful\u201d, after the Gospel and the homily, is to be restored, especially on Sundays and feasts of precept; so that, with the participation of the people in it [in the prayer], intercessions will be made for the holy Church, for those who guide us through their authority [who rule over us in power], for those oppressed with various difficulties, and for all humankind and for the salvation of all the world. (39) Cf. 1 Timothy 2:1-2.<\/p>\n In art. 50 the Council Fathers decreed that those elements of the [Roman Rite] Order of Mass that \u201chad suffered the injuries of time\u201d were to be restored to \u201cthe original standard of the holy Fathers, as may seem useful or necessary.\u201d Art. 53 provides an example of such a restoration: the \u201cCommon Prayer\u201d or \u201cPrayer of the Faithful.\u201d An ancient form of intercessory prayer in the Roman Rite had maintained itself in the solemn intercessions in use on Good Friday, but the litanic form to which Roman Rite Catholics have now grown accustomed had fallen out of use in the Roman Rite long before the codification of the Ordo Missae<\/em> after the Council of Trent.<\/p>\n This article both determines the place for the Prayer of the Faithful (as part of the Liturgy of the Word after the Gospel and homily) and the content of its intercessions (for the Church, for those governing humanity, for those in any need, for all humanity, and for the world\u2019s salvation). Note that this is seen as an exercise of the baptismal priesthood, interceding first ad intra<\/em> (Church) and then ad extra<\/em> (the other categories) attention. The \u201cCommon Prayer\u201d is not presented as a time for praise and thanksgiving, for consciousness-raising or for lamentation; rather it is a time of petition for the needs of the Church and intercession for the needs of the world. These requests also seem quite general and universal in scope.<\/p>\n Pray Tell readers may wish to discuss 1) how the Prayer of the Faithful has developed in pastoral practice over the last five decades; 2) how the Common Prayer is distinguished from the intercessory material in the Eucharistic Prayer; 3) what catechesis and mystagogy on the Common Prayer might be useful; 4) how the Prayer of the Faithful might change based on the situation (i.e., for Sunday parish celebrations, for weekday celebrations, on retreat; at weddings or funerals; etc.); 5) how music may help or hinder full, conscious and active participation in the Common Prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vatican website translation: 53. Especially on Sundays and feasts of obligation there is to be restored, after the Gospel and the homily, \u201cthe common prayer\u201d or \u201cthe prayer of the faithful.\u201d By this prayer, in which the people are to take part, intercession will be made for holy Church, for the civil authorities, for those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,3814,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mass","category-re-reading-sacrosanctum-concilium","category-vatican-ii"],"yoast_head":"\n