Eucharist Prayer

[DevotedtoHim]

I would like to go to the pastor of my parish regarding this, but I need to know the facts first. Yesterday, at Mass, the new priest MADE UP HIS OWN LANGUAGE as he said the Eucharistic Prayer. Here is an example - I took the Eucharistic Prayer II, and whatever is in parenthesis is what he took out, and obviously, you can see what he made up. (No, I didn't tape or take notes - this is an example, but a pretty accurate one.)

[color="#8B0000"]Lord, oh my Lord, my precious Lord, who lived and died on the Cross for all of us, you are holy holy holy beyond all holiness and understanding (indeed), the (fountain) waterfall of all grace, mercy and loveliness which we shall drink and eat of (of all holiness). Let your holy and most revered and wonderful awe inspiring Spirit come upon these gifts to make them holy in your name so we can partake of them and eat them as we know they are truly your body and blood, for you are our Lord, the one and only Lord, the one and only Savior who died upon the Cross to redeem us. (so that they may become for us the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ.) [/color]

I KNOW this is not right but I don't know WHAT it is. Does this make the Mass (or at least the Eucharist????) invalid, illicit? Is there any "loophole" that says a priest can just add whatever he wants when he offers Mass that I don't know about? Forgive my ignorance, but I always thought that the words/the language of the Mass were very specific and had to be exact.

I hope someone out there can help me - and please, if I am wrong, and he is right in adding whatever he wants, please let me know and I will let it go. That's why I came here first.

God bless!

Katherine

[TeresaBenedicta]

Very interesting. I'd be curious if this actually [i]is[/i] some rarely used Eucharistic Prayer... If only for the fact that the language is pretty, not hoaky, and manages to emphasize the true Presence of Our Lord... from my experience, when priests jumble up the words, it's because they're trying deemphasize the True Presence of Our Lord.

[rkwright]

Not 100% sure on this, but I believe the only words that are absolutely necessary are "This is my Body" and "This is my Blood". Even saying that, I remember a thread a while back where Apo spoke about an older liturgy no longer in use where even these words were absent.

That being said, making up Eucharistic prayers on the spot is not cool.

[TradMom]

+Praised be Jesus Christ!

Katherine, I think this post might be better served in Open Mic. I am going to copy and post it there. This is something I have wondered myself as we have a good friend who often complains about this issue and I never have the right answer!

Pax,

TradMom

[TeresaBenedicta]

My understanding is that so long as the words of institution are held intact, "This is my body... this is my blood..." and there is intent to consecrate, we have a valid, but illicit Mass. Consecration takes place.