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Mass of the Catechumens
LOW MASS WITH
ONE SERVER
P. signifies Priest
S. signifies
Server
Preparation
for Mass
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Before
Mass, place the water and wine cruets, the finger towel and bowl on the
credence table, which is on the Epistle side. Place the bells and the
prayer card for the prayers after Mass on the second altar step on the
Epistle side. Place the closed Missal on the Epistle corner of the
altar with the ribbons to the left.
Procession
To signal the beginning of Mass, ring the
bell in the sacristy. Once you reach the Center of Altar, take
Priest’s biretta, genuflect as the Priest genuflects. (If the
Blessed Sacrament is not reserved at the altar, the priest bows while
the server genuflects). Take the biretta from the priest and place it
on the Priest’s bench. Return to the altar, genuflect as you
pass the center of the Altar, turn left and stand about two feet left
of center. After the priest places the veiled paten and chalice at
center of the Altar, he opens the Missal, returns to center of the
Altar, bows, returns to lowest step at center of the Altar, with the
altar server to his left.
When the priest descends the altar steps he
genuflects (or else the priest bows if saying Mass at an altar where
the Blessed Sacrament is not reserved) and the server kneels and the
Mass begins.
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Prayers
at the Foot of the Altar
S. Make
the Sign of the Cross with the Priest as he says:
P:
In Nomine
Patris, et Filii,  et
Spiritus Sancti. Amen.
P:
Introibo ad Altare Dei.
S: Ad Deum qui
lætíficat
iuventútem meam.
P:
Judica
me, Deus, et
discerne
causam meam de gente non sancta: ab homine
iniquo et doloso erue me.
S: Quia
tu es,
Deus, fortitúdo mea: quare
me repulísti, et quare tristis incédo, dum
afflígit me inimícus?
P:
Emitte lucem tuam … et in tabernacula tua.
S: Et
introíbo ad altáre Dei:
ad Deum qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
P:
Confitebor tibi in cithara Deus … quare conturbas me?
S: Spera
in
Deo, quóniam adhuc
confitébor illi: salutáre vultus mei, et Deus
meus.
Bow
head with Priest as he says:
P:
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.
S: Kneel
erect at once and answer:
Sicut
erat
in princípio, et nunc, et
semper: et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
P:
Introibo ad Altare Dei.
S: Ad
Deum qui
lætíficat
iuventútem meam.
Make
the Sign of the Cross with
the Priest as he says:
P:
Adjutorium nostrum in
nomine Domini.
S:
Qui fecit coelum et terram.
Kneel erect while the Priest bows low and says his Confiteor:
P:
Confiteor Deo omnipotenti … ad Dominum Deum nostrum.
S: Turn
head slightly and bow moderately
towards Priest saying:
Misereátur
tui
omnípotens
Deus, et dimissis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad
vitam ætérnam.
P:
Amen.
S:
Deeply bow your head and shoulders low towards the Altar and say:
Confíteor
Deo omnipoténti, beátæ
Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto
Michaéli
Archángelo, beáto Ioánni
Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et
Páulo, ómnibus Sanctis, with
head and body deeply bowed, turn towards the Priest and say:
et tibi, Pater, turning again toward the Altar, continue: quia
peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo, et
ópere: lightly
strike your breast three times and
say: mea
culpa, mea culpa, mea
máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam
Maríam semper Virginem, beátum
Michaélem Archángelum, beátum
Ioánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos
Petrum et Páulum, omnes Sanctos,
with
head and body deeply
bowed, turn towards the Priest and say: et te,
Pater, turning again toward the Altar, continue: oráre pro me ad Dóminum Deum
nostrum.
Remain with head and shoulders deeply bowed while the Priest
says:
P:
Misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus, … ad vitam aeternam.
S: Kneeling erect,
answer: Amen.
Make
the Sign of the Cross with the Priest as he says:
P:
Indulgentiam,
absolutionem et remissionem …Dominus.
S: Amen.
Moderately bow head:
P:
Deus, tu conversus vivificabis nos.
S: Et
plebs
tua lætábitur in te.
P:
Ostende
nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam.
S: Et
salutáre tuum da nobis.
P:
Domine exaudi orationem.
S: Et
clamor meus ad te veniat.
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Introit
Epistle
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P: Lectio
Epistolae…
S: When
the left hand of the priest touches
the Altar to signal end of Epistle say
Deo
Gratias.
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Holy
Gospel
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S:
Rise, turn
right and go to the Missal on the Epistle corner, genuflecting when
passing the center of
Altar.
When the Priest moves, ascend the steps on the Epistle
side, pick up the
Missal, bow to the
priest and transfer the Missal to Gospel side,
genuflecting in the center.
P: Dominus
vobiscum.
S: Et cum
spíritu tuo.
P: Sequéntia
sancti Evangélii secúndum Mattaeum.
S: Glória
tibi, Dómine.
Trace a cross on
your forehead, lips and breast, with the priest.
Make
a
moderate bow at
beginning
of Gospel.
P.
In illo tempore: Dixit Jesus...
S:
Turn
left, descend steps on the Gospel side, return to the Epistle side,
genuflecting when passing the center of the Altar, and stand facing
direction of the Priest.
P. ...usque ad consummationem
saculi.
S:
After the Gospel: Laus tibi, Christe.
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If
there is a homily the priest descends the
altar. Genuflect and go to your place. If there is no homily,
immediately kneel on Epistle Side.
Credo
P:
Credo in unum Deum...
S: Make
the simple bows when the priest does during the Credo. Make
a deep bow when the priest genuflects at: ...ET
INCARNATUS EST... and make the sign of the cross with the
priest at the end of the Credo.
P: ...et
exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum. Et vitam venturi
saeculi. Amen.
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sit
sancta Trinitas...