Eucharist Bibliography: The Eucharistic Prayer (1990-present)
In this and other NDCL bibliographies, materials have been selected primarily with parish ministers (rather than professional scholars) in mind. Most of the resources are in English and were published in North America.
Please Note: For the period prior to 1990, readers may wish to consult the following articles or books:
1976
- Bergsma, Joop. "The Eucharistic Prayer in the Non-Roman Catholic Churches of the West Today," Studia Liturgica 11 (1976), 177-185.
- Ryan, John Barry. "Eucharistic Prayers for Contemporary Men and Women," Studia Liturgica 11 (1976), 186-206.
- Schmidt-Lauber, Hans-Christoph. "The Eucharistic Prayers in the Roman Catholic Church Today," Studia Liturgica 11 (1976), 159-176.
- Talley, Thomas. "The Eucharistic Prayer of the Ancient Church According to Recent Research: Results and Reflections," Studia Liturgica 11 (1976), 138-158.
1986
- Mazza, Enrico. The Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite, translated by M. J. O'Connell (New York: Pueblo, 1986). See the select bibliography of sources and secondary material, pp. 355-360. AMAZON
1987
- Jasper, R. C. D. and Cuming, G. J., eds. Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed ; third edition revised and enlarged (New York: Pueblo, 1987). AMAZON
- Senn, Frank, ed. New Eucharistic Prayers: An Ecumenical Study of their Development and Structure (New York: Paulist Press, 1987). AMAZON
1989
- Ramshaw, Gail. "Living the Eucharistic Prayer," Weavings 4:4 (July/August 1989), 28-34. Professor Ramshaw outlines the "liturgical logic" found in the Eucharistic Prayer, viz., "that the weekly ritual of assembling around Christ in prayer for the world will form in Christian people the mind of praise and the habit of service."
1991
- Joncas, Jan Michael. Hymnum Tuae Gloriae Canimus. Toward an Analysis of the Vocal and Musical Expression of the Eucharistic Prayer in the Roman Rite: Tradition, Principles, Method (Rome: Sant' Anselmo, 1991).
- Spinks, Brian. The Sanctus in the Eucharistic Prayer (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991). AMAZON
1992
- Ciferni, Andrew and Hoffman, Elizabeth. "The Eucharistic Prayer-Center and Summit?" Liturgy 90 23 (May/June 1992), 4-5, 15. Argues that to celebrate the eucharistic prayer more fully, the assembly needs spaces that help, rather than hinder, its communal celebration.
- Fenwick, John. The Anaphoras of St. Basil and St. James: An Investigation into Their Common Origin (Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 1992). AMAZON
- Gelston, A. The Eucharistic Prayer of Addai and Mari (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992). AMAZON
- Johnson, Maxwell. "A Fresh Look at the Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis," Studia Liturgica 22 (1992), 163-183. Includes a discussion of the Eucharistic Prayer found in the "Prayerbook" of Bishop Serapion.
- Kemper, Jeffrey. Behind the Text: A Study of the Principles and Procedures of Translation, Adaptation, and Composition of Original Texts by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. (Ph. D. Dissertation; University of Notre Dame, 1992).
- Power, David. The Eucharistic Mystery: Revitalizing the Tradition (New York: Crossroad, 1992). See especially Chapter 15, "Revitalizing Eucharistic Prayer and Practice," 328-349. AMAZON
- Schneiders, Marc. "Acclamations in the Eucharistic Prayer," in C. Caspers and M. Schneiders, eds., Omnes Circumadstantes: Contributions Towards a History of the Role of the People in the Liturgy (Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1990), 78-100. A study of the historical evolution of popular acclamations in the Eucharistic Prayer, together with a critical evaluation of the texts used in Roman Catholic prayers after Vatican II.
1993
- Ciferni, Andrew and McMahon, J. Michael. "Repertoire and Ritual: The Communion Rite and the Eucharistic Prayer," Pastoral Music 17:3 (February-March, 1993), 22-27. Comments on paragraph 54 of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, which calls the eucharistic prayer "the center and summit of the entire celebration."
- Klein, Terrance. "Institution Narratives at the Crossroads," Worship 67 (1993), 407-418. Examines the institution narrative as an historical embolism that became a necessary addition to the Eucharistic Prayer once Christianity "moved from being a solely Jewish phenomenon to a religion of Jews and Gentiles."
- Lathrop, Gordon. Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1993). See especially Part Two, "Holy Things: Primary Liturgical Theology," 57-158. AMAZON ~~POWELLS
- Ray, Walter. "The Chiastic Structure of the Anaphora of Addai and Mari," Studia Liturgica 23 (1993), 187-193.
1994
- Gaudoin-Parker, Michael. Heart in Pilgrimage: Meditating Christian Spirituality in the Light of the Eucharistic Prayer (New York: Alba House, 1994). Includes chapters on "catechesis of the Eucharistic Prayer," the "rhythm and structure of the Eucharistic Prayer," as well as individual chapters on the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I), Eucharistic Prayers II, III, and IV, the Prayers for Reconciliation, and the three Eucharistic Prayers for use in Masses with children. AMAZON
- International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Eucharistic Prayer for Masses for Various Needs and Occasions (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994). Contains the ICEL interim translatin of the text for the Eucharistic Prayer for Masses for Various Needs and Occasions which was approved by the (U.S.) National Conference of Catholic Bishops at its November, 1994, meeting. AMAZON
- Kilmartin, Edward. "Catholic Tradition of Eucharistic Theology: Response to the Berakah Award," Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy (1994), 35-59.
- Kilmartin, Edward. "The Catholic Tradition of Eucharistic Theology: Towards the Third Millennium," Theological Studies 55 (1994), 405-457. An important critical study of the medieval theological synthesis on eucharistic presence-and why this synthesis must be revised to meet the tasks of theology today.
- Leonard, John and Mitchell, Nathan. The Postures of the Assembly during the Eucharistic Prayer (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1994). An historical study of the postures of priest and people during the eucharistic prayer. Note also the introductory essay by John Baldovin, "An Embodied Eucharistic Prayer," 1-11. AMAZON
- Talley, Thomas. "Eucharistic Prayers, Past, Present and Future," Revising the Eucharist: Groundwork for the Anglican Communion Alcuin/GROW Liturgical Study 27, edited by David Holeton (Bramcote, Notts.: Grove Books, 1994), 6-19.
1995
- Coyne, Christopher. "Eucharistic Prayers for Masses with Children," Liturgical Ministry 4 (Summer 1995), 109-119.
- Gardner, Charles. "Singing the Eucharistic Prayer: A Third Alternative," Pastoral Music 19:2 (December-January, 1995), 11-14. Explores three models for singing the eucharistic prayer: (1) fully integrated and accompanied; (2) fully integrated and a cappella; and (3) integrated and flexible.
- Gray, Donald. " 'Hands and Hocus-Pocus': The Manual Acts in the Eucharistic Prayer," Worship 69 (1995), 306-313. Examines the the priest's gestures within the eucharistic prayer in light of history and of present pastoral practice.
- Maier, Zita. "Standing at Eucharist: A Posture of Reverence," National Bulletin on Liturgy 28, no. 140 (1995), 37-50.
- Mazza, Enrico. The Origins of the Eucharistic Prayer. Translated by Ronald E. Lane (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press / A Pueblo Book, 1995). An historical study of the evolution of the Eucharistic Prayer, with special attention to the Anaphora of Hippolytus (pp. 98-176) and the old Roman Canon (pp. 240-286). AMAZON
- Riggs, John. "The Sacred Food of Didache 9-10 and Second-Century Ecclesiologies," in Clayton Jefford, ed., The Didache in Context: Essays on its Text, History, & Transmission (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), 256-283. Argues that the prayers in Didache 9 and 10 represent "a transition from table-sharing [open commensality that characterized the Jesus tradition] towards divine food."
1996
- Baldovin, John. "Accepit Panem: The Gestures of the Priest at the Institution Narrative of the Eucharist," in Nathan Mitchell and John Baldovin, eds., Rule of Prayer, Rule of Faith: Essays in Honor of Aidan Kavanagh (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996), 123-139. An historical survey and theological examination of the priest's gestures that accompany the institution narrative of the eucharistic prayer. AMAZON
- Buchanan, Colin and Lloyd, Trevor. Six Eucharistic Prayers as Proposed in 1996. The Official Texts for Final Approval with Introduction and Commentary. Grove Worship Series 136 (Cambridge: Grove Books Limited, 1996).
- Egbulem, Nwaka Chris. The Power of Africentric Celebrations: Inspirations from the Zaire Liturgy (New York: Crossroad, 1996). AMAZON
- Spinks, Brian. "Trinitarian Theology and the Eucharistic Prayer," Studia Liturgica 26 (1996), 209-224. Examines the ways in which Western lituriges have "marginalized" the doctrine of the Trinity and suggests what might be done to rectify this situation.
1997
- Bradshaw, Paul, ed. Essays on Early Eastern Eucharistic Prayers (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press / A Pueblo Book, 1997). Of special interest are Bradshaw's own essay on "The Evolution of Early Anaphoras" (pp. 1-18) and the essay by Robert Taft, "St. John Chrysostom and the Byzantine Anaphora that Bears His Name" (pp. 195-226). AMAZON
- France, Dorothy, ed. At Christ's Table: Meditations and Prayers for Communion (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1997). Contains a variety of resources (prayer texts, orders of service, meditative readings) for celebrating eucharist in the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) tradition. AMAZON
- Gelineau, Joseph. "Making the Eucharistic Prayer an Act of the Whole Assembly," Pastoral Music 21:3 (February-March, 1997), 26-32.
- McCarron, Richard. The Eucharistic Prayer at Sunday Mass (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1997). Looking at the historical, liturgical and theological history of the eucharistic prayer, the author suggests some ways this central act of the assembly may become the "center and summit" of the entire eucharistic celebration. AMAZON
