The Church at Prayer: Volume II

Contents
Preface (A. G. Martimort)   vii
Abbreviations   xi
Introduction 1
SECTION I: THE EUCHARIST PRIOR TO THE LITURGICAL BOOKS   5
     Chapter I:  From Supper to Mass   7
     Chapter II:  From Jewish "Blessing" to Christian Eucharistic Prayer   20
     Chapter III:  From House to Basilica   36
SECTION II: THE CREATION OF FORMULARIES AND THE ORGANIZATION
OF RITES FROM THE FOURTH TO ABOUT THE ELGHTH CENTURY   41
     Introduction   43
     Chapter I:  The Entrance Rites   49
     Chapter II:  The Liturgy of the Word   59
     Chapter III:  The General Intercessions or the Prayer of the Faithful   69
     Chapter IV:  The Preparation of the Gifts   76
     Chapter V:  The Eucharistic Prayer   85
     Chapter VI:  The Communion   107
SECTION III: DEVELOPMENTS AND ADAPTATIONS IN THE LITURGY OF THE MASS
FROM ABOUT THE EIGHTH CENTURY TO VATICAN COUNCIL II   125
     Chapter I:  The Mass in the Middle Ages (Eighth to Fifteenth Century): New Perspectives   127 
     Chapter II:  The Medieval Origins of the 1570 Order of Mass   149
     Chapter III:  The Celebration of the Eucharist in the West from the Council of Trent to Vatican Council II   173
SECTION IV: THE CELEBRATION OF THE EUCHARIST AFTER VATICAN II   187
     Chapter I:  The Order of Mass of Paul VI   189
     Chapter II:  Eucharistic Concelebration   221
SECTION V: WORSHIP OF THE EUCHARIST OUTSIDE MASS   231
     Introduction   233
     Chapter I:  Communion Outside Mass   235
     Chapter II:  Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament   245
Index   254