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Should the Eucharistic Prayer echo the themes of the lectionary readings?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an ecumenical response. An Anglican priest and a Methodist pastor have teamed up to craft Eucharistic Prayers tied in to the Scripture readings for\u00a0every Sunday of the three-year Revised Common Lectionary. (The RCL overlaps for the most part with the reformed Roman Catholic lectionary.)<\/p>\n

\"WellsEucharistic Prayers<\/a> <\/em>(Eerdmans, 2016) is the result.<\/p>\n

This collection is by Sam Wells,<\/strong> vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London, former dean of Duke University Chapel, and Visiting Professor Christian Ethics at King\u2019s College, and Abigail Kocher,<\/strong> pastor of congregational life at Oak Ridge United Methodist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

This project recalls, in some ways, the original texts of the lectionary-based Opening Prayers of the ICEL 1998 Sacramentary. Before we dip into Wells\u2019s and Kocher\u2019s work on Eucharistic Prayers, let\u2019s take a look at what ICEL had offered to the Catholic Church for tomorrow\u2019s Opening Prayer. The readings for tomorrow in the reformed Roman lectionary, and also in \u00a0the widely-used ecumenical Revised Common Lectionary, are Genesis 12:1-41 (the call of Abraham), but for the Gospel the RCL gives either\u00a0the Roman option, Matthew 17:1-9\u00a0(the Transfiguration), or John 3:1-17, Jesus and Nicodemus, on which the EP below is based.<\/p>\n

First, here’s ICEL for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year A:<\/p>\n

Holy God,
\nfrom the dazzling cloud
\nyou revealed Jesus in glory
\nas your beloved Son.
\nDuring these forty days
\nenlighten your Church with the bright glory of your presence.
\nInspire us by your word
\nand so transform us into the image of the risen Lord,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\nholy and mighty God for ever and ever.<\/p>\n

On to the lectionary-based Eucharistic Prayers. What do you think of this sample? It\u2019s what Wells and Kocher offer for tomorrow.It raises similar questions as the ICEL collects – is it a gain for the prayers to be tied to the Scripture readings?<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0* \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0*<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/em>The Lord be with you.
\n.<\/span><\/em>And also with you.
\n.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>Lift up your hearts.
\n.<\/span><\/em>We lift them to the Lord.
\n.<\/span><\/em><\/strong>Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
\n.<\/span><\/em>It is right to give our thanks and praise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/em>Blessings and thanks belong to you, promising God.
\n.<\/span><\/em>You made the sands of the desert and the stars in the sky,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0and in Abraham you called a people to be a great nation
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0in whom all the families of the earth would find a blessing.
\n.<\/span><\/em>In Jesus you raised up a new Abraham
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0to be a blessing to all the people.
\n.<\/span><\/em>In his death and resurrection, sin died and eternal life was born.
\n.<\/span><\/em>And so we look forward to the fulfillment of your promise,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0rejoicing with you, with angels and archangels
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0and with all the company of heaven, singing your unending praise.<\/p>\n

Holy, Holy, Holy\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/em>Faithful God, in Jesus you fulfilled all righteousness.
\n.<\/span><\/em>In him you turn our duty into joy and our sorrow into dancing.
\n.<\/span><\/em>You give us new birth through water and the Spirit.
\n.<\/span><\/em>Send down your Holy Spirit now,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0that your people may become a blessing to you and the world,
\n.<\/span><\/em> and that the bread of sustenance and wine of celebration
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0may become for us the body and blood of your Son Jesus Christ;
\n.<\/span><\/em>who, at supper with his disciples, took bread, gave you thanks,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0broke the bread and gave it to them, saying,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cTake, eat: this is my body which is given for you;
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0do this in remembrance of me.\u201d
\n.<\/span><\/em>After supper he took the cup.
\n.<\/span><\/em>Again he gave you thanks, and gave it to his disciples saying,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cDrink this, all of you: this is my blood of the new covenant,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
\n.<\/span><\/em>Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/em>Great is the mystery of faith.
\n.<\/span><\/em>Christ has died; Christ has risen, Christ will come again. <\/strong><\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/em>Generous God, you loved the world so much that you gave your only Son;
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0look now upon the places where your people are perishing,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0where they are condemned,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 where they are being born
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 under the shadow of destruction and despair.
\n.<\/span><\/em>Infuse your church with Spirit and truth,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0walk with your beloved people the Jews
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0as they seek security, companionship, and freedom in the world,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 and fill your saints with the hope of eternal life,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 that all my come to praise your name,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 and every grain of sand and star in the sky
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 be stirred with the wonders of your grace,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 ever one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
\n.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 now and forever. Amen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

From <\/em>Eucharistic Prayers<\/a> by Samuel Wells and Abigail Kocher, 126-127 (Grand Rapids: Wm. B Eerdmans, 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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