What Your Favorite Eucharistic Prayer Says About You

Look, I don’t make the rules.

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Eucharistic Prayer I (Rite I)
You refer to your vestry members as “vestrymen.”

Eucharistic Prayer II (Rite I)
You claim you only say the Prayer of Humble Access to please the 8 o’clockers, but you’re secretly kind of into it.

Eucharistic Prayer A (Rite II)
You own, or possibly are, a gray Honda Accord.

Eucharistic Prayer B (Rite II)
You are known for thinking outside the box. But only, like, a little bit.

Eucharistic Prayer C (Rite II)
You have a strong opinion on which is the best Star Trek.

Eucharistic Prayer D (Rite II)
We get it, you’re good at chanting.

Order for Celebrating the Holy Eucharist (a/k/a “Rite III”)
In general, you wish church could be a little more like youth group.

ENRICHING OUR WORSHIP

Eucharistic Prayer 1
You wanted to do “something different” one Sunday, and you opened to this page first.

Eucharistic Prayer 2
Your friends, family, colleagues, mail carrier, and dental hygienist are aware of your opinion on which is the best Star Trek.

Eucharistic Prayer 3
You were a groundbreaking feminist thinker in 1992, and have not done much reading since.

Forms for the Eucharistic Prayer: Form A
Some people think this prayer is short, but those people have not heard you give unscripted thanks for “God’s self-revelation to the human race in history.”

Forms for the Eucharistic Prayer: Form B
You are not here for the small talk.

Anything at all from Enriching Our Worship
As a rule, you are not big on chanting.

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