Presidential Prayer
Presidential prayers ( Latin praesidere, German "to lead, to have the chair" ), also chief prayers or official prayers are in the Christian liturgy the prayers that the celebrant as head of the service ( praeses ) speaks on behalf of all participants.
The Second Vatican Council said:
"Moreover, the prayers addressed to God by the priest, in the role of Christ at the head of the community, are said in the name of all the holy people and all those around."
The official prayers of the priest or bishop ( orationes praesidentiales ) have a high place in the liturgy. If necessary, they unfold the festive secrecy or special concerns of the mass celebration and summarize important phases of the divine service. With a few exceptions, they are addressed to God the Father and close with the appeal to Christ's mediation in prayer ( Jn 14.13 EU ), and are extended in a trinitarian way in the daily prayer . The headmaster speaks or sings the presidential prayers audibly ( clara et elata voce , "with a clear and loud voice") and standing, sometimes in an oranten position , while the private prayers of the liturgy are spoken softly and in a stooped position. The whole community as the bearer of the prayers usually takes part in the prayers standing and confirms them through acclamations and the final amen .
There are presidential prayers in Holy Mass , in the Liturgy of the Hours and in other sacramental celebrations
- the prayer
- the orations (daily prayer, gift prayer, closing prayer)
- Our Father embolism , prayer for peace.
In addition to the official prayers, the celebrant as head of the divine service has:
- the proclamation of the word of God
- Notes, introductory and closing words for the divine service and the intercessory prayer
- Donation of the final blessing .
Individual evidence
- ^ Missale Romanum, Editio typica tertia 2002: Grundordnung des Römisches Missbuchs (2007), No. 32. [1]
- ↑ Irmgard Pahl: Presidential prayers . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 8 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, Sp. 514 f .
- ↑ General introduction to the Roman Missal . Chapter II, 10f. liturgie.de