Reflection Questions

1.  What are your impressions of the Rite of the Preparation of Gifts?  Is there anything you'd like to change?  Why?

2.  The Eucharistic Prayer is the prayer of the Church?  What does it tell you about being church?  What is the role of the assembly at this time?

3.  What is your personal experience of the Eucharistic Prayer  ...  and the Prayers we use here?

4.  Is there a particular Eucharistic Prayer you prefer  ...  or Acclamation?

5.  What do you mean when you say or sing 'Amen' during the liturgy?  What is so 'great' about the Great Amen?

6.  In what ways does singing the parts of the Mass – Holy Holy, Acclamation, Great Amen  –  help the community to pray the Eucharistic Prayer?

7.  What do you find helpful in the way this parish prays the Eucharistic Prayer?

8.  Is there anything you find difficult or that 'blocks' your experience of the Eucharistic Prayer?

DISCUSSION

»  Share your impressions of the video with those around you.

»  Share your reactions to how we pray the Eucharistic Prayer in our own parish.
How can we do it better and make it our own prayer?