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Mass of the Faithful
Offertory
P:
Dominus vobiscum.
S: Et cum
spíritu tuo.
Make a simple bow at beginning of
the offertory.
P:
Oremus.
Ring the bell once as the priest unveils Chalice and
places Veil on
Altar. Rise, turn right and go to the credence table to get the wine
and water
Cruets. Ascend the steps on the Epistle side and present the wine cruet
with
your right hand. Take the water cruet into your right hand and place
your left
hand on your breast. Receive the wine cruet in your left hand. Present
the
water cruet with your right hand. Put the wine cruet in your right hand
and
your left hand on your breast. Receive the water cruet with your left
hand.
Bow, turn to your right, descend the steps, go to the credence table,
put the
cruets down. Hang the towel over your left arm, put the bowl in your
left hand
and the water cruet in your right hand. Ascend the steps on the Epistle
side.
Make a moderate bow as the Priest comes to you. Pour a little water
over his
thumbs and index fingers into the bowl. He will take the towel and dry
his
hands. He will return the towel to you. Bow, turn right and descend the
steps,
go to the credence and put the items down. Go to kneel on the Epistle
side. The
Priest turns and faces the people and says):
P:
Oratre, fratres…
S: When the priest has turned
back to the altar and completed his prayer, bow and say:
Suscípiat
Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis
ad láudem et glóriam nóminis sui, ad
utilitátem quoque nostram, totiúsque
Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ.
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Secret,
Preface and Sanctus
The
Priest now reads the Secret, and then begins the Preface:
P:
Per
omnia saecula saeculorum.
S: Amen.
P:
Dominus vobiscum.
S: Et cum
spíritu tuo.
P:
Sursum corda.
S: Habémus
ad Dóminum.
P:
Gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro.
S: Dígnum
et jústum est.
When
Priest says the Sanctus make a deep bow and ring bell
thrice.
P:
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus...
S: Kneel erect and
make the sign of the cross with the priest:
P:
...Benedictus  qui
venit…
Now
the
Canon of the Mass begins.
P: Te igitur...
S: When the priest
extends his hands over the chalice ring bell once.
P:
Hanc igitur…
S:
Stand, take the bell, stand without genuflecting, and kneel at the
right of
the
Priest.
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Consecration
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At
each Consecration: make a deep
bow at the Priest’s first genuflection, and ring
the bell once. During each Major Elevation, kneel erect,
raise the back of the
chasuble and ring the
bell three times. During the Priest’s second genuflection,
release Chasuble, make a
deep bow and ring
the bell once. After the
Consecration, holding the bell, stand, turn left, return to the bottom
step at
the center of Altar, genuflect, turn right and kneel on the Epistle
side.
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Pater Noster
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Before the Pater Noster, the Priest says “Nobis Quoque Peccatoribus…”
aloud
during the Canon, performs the Minor Elevation, genuflects and then
says:
P:
Per
omnia saecula saeculorum.
S: Amen.
The
Priest now prays the Pater Noster, which ends:
P:
...et ne nos inducas in tentationem.
S: Sed
líbera nos a malo.
P:
Amen.
The Priest genuflects and breaks Sacred Host over Chalice. After
breaking of the Sacred Host, Priest says:
P: Per omnia saecula saeculorum.
S: Amen.
P: Pax
Domini sit semper vobiscum.
S: Et cum
spíritu tuo.
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Agnus Dei
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The
Priest genuflects and says the triple Agnus Dei.
Make a moderate bow
and with
your right hand, lightly strike your breast thrice. Now stand and go to
the
credence table to receive the server’s communion paten. Return to your
place on
the Epistle side and
When the Priest genuflects and says the triple “Domine,
non sum dignus...” ring
the bell thrice. Now stand, with the bell in your right
hand and the server’s paten in your left, go to the center, genuflect,
go to
the top step and kneel at the right of the Priest.
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Holy
Communion
When
the Priest drinks the
Precious Blood, make a deep
bow and recite the Confiteor (permitted but not
required in the 1962 Missal) for people’s Communion:
S: Confiteor Deo
Omnipotenti, beatae
Mariae semper Virgini, beato Michaeli Archangelo, beato Joanni
Baptistae, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, with
head and body deeply bowed, turn towards the Priest and say:
et tibi,
Pater, turning again
toward the Altar, continue: quia
peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo, et opere: lightly strike your
breast
three times and say: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima
culpa.
Ideo precor beatam Mariam semper Virginem, beatum Michaelem
Archangelum, beatum
Joannem Baptistam, sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, with head and body deeply
bowed, turn towards the Priest and say:
et
te, Pater, turning
again toward the
Altar, continue: orare pro
me ad Dominum 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:
S: Amen.
Make
the Sign of the Cross with the Priest as he says:
P:
Indulgentiam,
absolutionem
et remissionem … Dominus.
S: Amen.
S: When the priest
says the triple “Domine,
non sum dignus…” ring
the bell thrice. During Holy
Communion, hold the paten under the chin of each communicant. After the
distribution of Communion, return the paten to the Priest so that he
may purify
it. When the Priest returns the purified Paten to you, genuflect, turn
right
and go to the credence to put down the paten and pick up the wine and
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Ablutions
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Once
the Blessed Sacrament has been placed in the Tabernacle, ascend the
steps on
the Epistle side. For the first Ablution at center of the Altar,
approach as the
priest tips the chalice toward you. Pour a little wine into the
chalice, bow,
turn to your right, return to the Epistle corner and wait for the
Priest. When
he approaches for the second Ablution, make a moderate bow, pour a
little wine
over his fingers and then as much water as he desires. Bow, turn right,
descend
the steps and return both cruets to credence table. Go to the Gospel
side of
the Altar, genuflecting when passing center of Altar, pick up the
Missal, bow
to the Priest and transfer the Missal to the Epistle corner,
genuflecting when
passing the Center of the Altar. Pick up the Chalice Veil, bow to the
Priest,
transfer the Chalice Veil, genuflecting when passing the Center of the
Altar.
Place the Chalice Veil on the altar to the left of the Priest. Bow to
him, turn
to your left and descend the altar steps on the Gospel side and
immediately
kneel at your position on the Gospel side. After reading the Communion
Verse,
the Priest returns to center of the Altar and says: |
Communion
Prayer
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P:
Dominus vobiscum.
S: Et cum spiritu tuo.
P:
Oremus.
S:
Simple
Bow
P:
Per Dominum Nostrum Jesum Christum…
S:
Simple
Bow
P: Per
omnia saecula saeculorum.
S: Amen.
Sometimes there may be more than one
collect.
Returning to the
Center of the Altar, the Priest faces the people and says:
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Dismissal
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P:
Dominus vobiscum.
S: Et cum spiritu tuo.
P: Ite
Missa est.
S: Deo Gratias.
Or
when a procession is to follow Mass immediately, as on Corpus
Christi:
P:
Benedicamus Domino.
S: Deo
Gratias.
Or in Requiem Masses:
P:
Requiescant in pace.
S: Amen.
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Blessing
(omitted in Requiem Masses)
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P: Benedicat
vos…Pater, et Filius, et Spiritus
Sanctus.
S: Amen.
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Last
Gospel
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At the
beginning of the Last Gospel:
S: Rise immediately as the
Priest says:
P:
Dominus vobiscum.
S: Et cum spiritu tuo.
P: Initium Sancti
Evangelii secundum Joannem.
S: Gloria tibi, Domine.
S: Rise
and make Triple Sign on forehead, lips, and breast.
S: Go to Epistle side,
Genuflect when passing Center of the Altar, and face towards
Priest.
S: Genuflect at the
words, “ET VERBUM CARO FACTUM EST.”. At the end of the Last
Gospel:
P: . …plenum gratiae et
veritatis.
S: Deo
Gratias.
S: Kneel during Prayers
after Low
Mass to the immediate right of the Priest.
S: After prayers, stand,
get Priest’s
Biretta from Credence Table, return to Center of the Altar, Genuflect
with
Priest, give Biretta back to Priest, and lead the priest back to the
Sacristy.
Once in the sacristy bow to the cross in the sacristy and kneel for the
priest’s blessing, if it is given.
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