Which memorial acclamation to use

Someone new the Son has shown up, we interrupt our prayer to the Father to say hello. No one says hello in the 3rd person, not in other parts of the mass, and not in the psalms. The purpose of this accretion is to fulfill two imperatives of the council. The first is active participation; it is the people who acclaim Jesus. The second is to drive home the Mysterium Fidei, the real presence; Jesus is physically present on the altar now.

There is no longer a greeting of the Son by the people, but just a flash back to the creed, which has already been said by the people. We certainly acclaim the presence of Christ in the Scriptures, in the priest, in other sacramental celebrations at Mass, and in the gathered assembly.

Real Presence is a vital part of liturgical orthodoxy, but it is not the only orthodoxy the Church has deemed vital enough to hammer home through repetition. I guess proper catechesis is not able to convey theological meanings like that. In any event, our recognition of the presence of Christ happened with our entrance to the heavenly banquet, singing the Sanctus that was sung by the angels in heaven and by the people in Jerusalem as the passion approached.

Todd, sorry about not being the most orthodox; I was intentially being glib to make a point. You are right that the mass is full of flashbacks, but the memorial acclamation is not intended to be one of them.

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If the words of institution were to be said aloud, it really made a lot of sense to move forward by going back and letting Jesus speak to us in his own words in this central part of the Eucharist.

But what to do with mysterium fidei? These words, The mystery of faith , are beautiful and remind us of the central truth that at its heart, the Mass is a great mystery of faith. So the experts thought to keep them in some form. Add to that another request, which had been part of the preparatory work for Vatican II.

Many prayer traditions in the east include an acclamation of the people, a memorial acclamation, at this point in the Mass. Your holy resurrection and ascension, we confess. We praise you, we bless you, we thank you, O Lord, and we entreat you, O our God. As a member of the Catholic Church familiar with the current structure of our Eucharistic prayers, you can already see where we are going. The Mysterium Fidei became the invitation to the Memorial Acclamation, and acclamations of Jesus and his great gift to us were borrowed from various traditions.

The first two are very similar: 1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord and profess your Resurrection until you come again. This acclamation affirms something that we may not often think about — Communion is an act of faith, a proclamation that we believe in the passion of Jesus, and in the second coming. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.