alternative eucharistic prayers, there is great variation in the inner details and so in their theological meaning. Such variation is particularly evident in the provision, in some provinces, of the ‘directory Eucharist’ or ‘outline order’. Instead of a full word-for-word prescription, a list of ‘headings’ is provided, normally containing the five sections listed earlier, and the community is meant to supply texts for these sections. Examples of this approach appear in the books currently used in