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Liturgy of the Tridentine Mass

The Mass is divided into two parts, the Mass of the Catechumens and the Mass of the

Faithful. Catechumens, those being instructed in the faith,[36] were once dismissed afterthe first half, not having yet professed the faith. Profession of faith was considered

essential for participation in the Eucharistic sacrifice.[37]

This rule of theDidacheis still in effect. It is only one of the three conditions (baptism,

right faith and right living) for admission to receiving Holy Communion that the CatholicChurch has always applied and that were already mentioned in the early second century

by Saint Justin Martyr: "And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one

is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true,and who has been washed with the washing that is for the remission of sins, and unto

regeneration, and who is so living as Christ has enjoined" (First Apology, Chapter LXVI).

[edit] Mass of the Catechumens

The first part is the Mass of the Catechumens.[38]

[edit] Prayers at the foot of the altar

Et tibi, pater("and to you, Father"). Servers recite Confiteorat start of aLow Mass.

Asperges (Sprinkling withholy water,Psalm51:9, 3) is apenitential rite thatordinarily precedes the principalMass on Sunday.[39] In the sacristy, a priest

wearing an alb, if he is to celebrate the Mass, orsurplice, if he is not the celebrantof the Mass, and vested with astole, which is the color of the day if the priest is

the celebrant of the Mass or purple if he is not the celebrant of the Mass, exorcises

and blesses salt and water, putting the blessed salt into the water in the form of across once while saying, "Commixtio salis, etc." After that, the priest, vested in a

cope of the color of the day, while the choir sings an antiphon and a verse of
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Psalm 50/51 or 117/118, sprinkles with the holy water the altar three times, and

then the clergy and the congregation. This rite, if used, precedes the Prayers at the

Foot of the Altar. During the Easterseason, the "Asperges me..." verse is replacedby the "Vidi aquam..." verse, and "Alleluia" is added to the "Ostende nobis..."

verse and to its response.

Sign of the Crosso The priest, after processing in with the servers and, at Low Mass, placing

the veiled chalice on the centre of the altar, makes the sign of the Cross at

the foot of the altar. At Solemn Mass, the chalice is placed beforehand onthe credence table.

Psalm43 42 ("Judica me, Deus"), preceded and followed by the antiphon

"Introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam", is recited by

the priest, alternating with the servers, who symbolically represent the people.Then the priest makes again the sign of the Cross, saying: "Our help is in the

name of the Lord", to which the servers add: "Who made heaven and earth."

Confession (Confiteor)

o First the priest says the following while bowing low:

"Confteor Deo omnipotnti, bet Mar semper Vrgini, beto Michali Archngelo,

beto Joanni Baptst, sanctis Apstolis Petro et Paulo, mnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres

(tibi, Pater), quia peccvi nimis cogitatine, verbo et pere: mea culpa, mea culpa, meamxima culpa. Ideo precor betam Maram semper Vrginem, betum Michalem

Archngelum, betum Jonnem Baptstam, sanctos Apstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes

Sanctos, et vos, fratres (te, Pater), orre pro me ad Dminum Deum nostrum."(Translation: I confess to almightyGod, toblessed Mary ever Virgin, toblessed Michael

the archangel, toblessed John the Baptist, to the holyapostlesPeterand Paul, to all the

saints, and to you, brethren, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed

through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault (in Latin, mea culpa,mea culpa, mea maxima culpa). Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin ... and you,

brethren, topray to the Lord our God for me.) The servers pray for the priest: "May

Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you your sins, and bring you to lifeeverlasting." Then it is the servers' turn to confess sinfulness and to ask for prayers. They

use the same words as those used by the priest, except that they say "you, Father," in

place of "you, brethren", and the priest responds with the same prayer that the servershave used for him plus an extra prayer.

Some verses are then said by priest and servers, ending with the priest saying:

"Oremus" ("Let us pray.") After this he goes to the altar, praying silently "that

with pure minds we may worthily enter into the holy of holies", a reference to Ex26:33-34,1 Kgs (or 3 Kgs)6:16,1 Kgs (or 3 Kgs)8:6,2 Chr (or 2 Para)3:8, Ezek41:4, and others. He places his joined hands on the altar and kisses it while

silently praying that by the merits of the Saints whose relics are in the altar God

may pardon all his sins.

[edit] The priest at the altar
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Dominus vobiscum ("The Lord be with you") before theCollect.

Introit

o The priest again makes the sign of the Cross while he begins to read the

Introit, which is usually taken from a Psalm. Exceptions occur: e.g. theIntroit forEasterSunday is adapted from Wis10:20-21, and the antiphon

in Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary was from the poet Sedulius. This

evolved from the practice of singing a full Psalm during the entrance of

the clergy, before the Prayers at the Foot of the Altar were added to theMass in medieval times. This is indicated by the very name of "Introit".

Kyrie

o This part of Mass is a linguistic marker of the origins of the Roman liturgyinGreek. "Kyrie, eleison; Christe, eleison; Kyrie, eleison." means "Lord,

have mercy; Christ have mercy;..." Each phrase is said (or sung) three

times.

Gloria in excelsis Deo

o The first line of the Gloria is taken fromLk2:14. The Gloria is omitted

during liturgical seasons calling for penitence, such as Advent and Lent,

both generally having the liturgical color violet, but is used on feastsfalling during such seasons, as well as on Holy Thursday.

The Collect

o The priest turns toward the people and says, "Dominus vobiscum." The

servers respond: "Et cum spiritu tuo." ("The Lord be with you." "And withthy spirit"). The Collect follows, a prayer not drawn directly from

Scripture. It tends to reflect the season.

[edit] Instruction

The priest reads the Epistle, primarily an extract from the letters of St. Paul to

various churches. In his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, Pope Benedict XVI
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has permitted this to be read in the vernacular language when Mass is celebrated

with the people.[40]

Between the Epistle and the Gospel two (rarely three) choir responses are sung or

said. Usually these are a Gradual followed by an Alleluia; but between

Septuagesima Sunday and Holy Saturday, or in a Requiem or other penitential

Mass the Alleluia is replaced by a Tract, and between EasterSunday andPentecost the Gradual is replaced by a second Alleluia. On a few exceptional

occasions (most notably Easter, Pentecost, and in a Requiem Mass), a Sequence

follows the Alleluia or Tract.

o The Gradual is partly composed of a portion of a Psalm.

The Gospel reading, an extract from one of the four Gospels

o Before the reading or chanting of the Gospel, which, in the case of Mass

celebrated with the people, Pope Benedict XVI has permitted to be done inthe vernacular language, the priest prays: "Cleanse my heart and my lips,

O almighty God, who didst cleanse the lips of the prophetIsaias...", a

reference to Isaiah6:6. In this passage, after being cleansed by the angel,

Isaiah was instructed to prophesy. The Sermon

o Before the sermon, the priest may make announcements, especially of

marriages, requirements of the liturgical season such as fasting, events for

the week, and requests to pray for the ill ordeceased. If the Epistle and the

Gospel have been read in Latin, it is customary also for the priest to read avernacular translation of at least the Gospel, before giving the sermon. The

sermon is required on all Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation.

The Creed

o This is theNicene Creed, professing faith in God the Father, in God the

Son, the Word made flesh, in God theHoly Ghost, and in theHoly

Church. At the mention of theIncarnation, the celebrant and thecongregation genuflect.

[edit] Mass of the Faithful

The second part is the Mass of the Faithful.[41]

[edit] Offertory
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Offering the chalice with the prayer "Suscipe, Sancte Pater" at theOffertory

Offertory Verse

o After greeting the people once more ("Dominus vobiscum/Et cum spiritu

tuo") and giving the invitation to pray (Oremus), the priest enters upon the

Mass of the Faithful, from which the non-baptized were once excluded.

He reads the Offertory Verse, a short quotation from Holy Scripture whichvaries with the Mass of each day, with hands joined.

Offering of Bread and Wine

o The priest offers the host, holding it on the paten at breast level and

praying that, although he is unworthy, God may accept "this spotless host(or victim, the basic meaning ofhostia in Latin) for his own innumerable

sins, offences and neglects, for all those present, and for all faithfulChristians living and dead, that it may avail unto salvation of himself andthose mentioned. He then mixes a few drops of water with the wine, which

will later become the Blood of Jesus, and holding the chalice so that the

lip of the chalice is about the height of his lips, offers "the chalice ofsalvation", asking that it may "ascend with a sweet fragrance." He then

prays a prayer of contrition adapted from Dan3:39-40.

Incensing of the offerings and of the faithful

o At aHigh Mass, the priest blesses the incense, then incenses the bread and

wine. Among the prayers the priest says isPsalm141:2-4: "Let my prayer,

O Lord, be directed as incense in Thy sight;...", which is prayed as he

incenses the altar. The priest then gives the censer to the deacon, whoincenses the priest, then the other ministers and the congregation.

Washing the hands

o The priest prays Psalm26:6-12: "I will wash my hands among the

innocent..."

Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

o This prayer asks that the Divine Trinity may receive the oblation being

made in remembrance of the passion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus
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and in honor of blessed Mary ever Virgin and the other saints, "that it may

avail to their honour and our salvation: and that they may vouchsafe to

intercede for us in heaven..."

Orate fratres,Suscipiatand Secret; Amen concludes Offertory

o Here the priest turns to the congregation and says the first two words,

"Orate, fratres," in an elevated tone and then turns around while finishingthe exhortation in the secret tone. "Pray, Brethren, that my sacrifice and

yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty."

o The altar servers respond with the Suscipiat to which the priest secretly

responds, "Amen.": Suscipiat Dominus sacrificium de manibus tuis, ad

laudem et gloriam nominis sui, ad utilitatem quoque nostram, totiusqueecclesiae suae sanctae. A translation in the English is: "May the Lordaccept this sacrifice at your hands, to the praise and glory of His name, for

our good and the good of all His Holy Church."

o The Priest then says the day's Secret inaudibly, and concludes it withPer

omnia saecula saeculorum aloud.

o The altar servers and congregation respond with "Amen."

[edit] Consecration

preface of the Canon

o "TheRoman Canon dates in essentials from beforeSt. Gregory the Great,

who died in 604, and who is credited with adding a phrase to it.[42] (See

History of the Roman Canon.) It contains the main elements found in

almost all rites, but in an unusual arrangement and it is unclear which partshould be considered to be theEpiclesis.

o Dominus vobiscum.Et cum spiritu tuo.Sursum corda.Habemus ad

Dominum. Gratias agamus Domino Deo nostro.Dignum et justum est. Thefirst part can be seen above at the Collect; the rest means: Lift up your

hearts. We lift them up unto the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our

God.It is meet and right.o Next a preface is prayed, indicating specific reasons for giving thanks to

God. This leads to theSanctus.[43]

Canon or Rule of Consecration[44]

o Intercession (corresponding to the Reading of the Diptychs in the

Byzantine Rite - a diptych is a two-leaf painting, carving or writing

tablet.[45])

Here the priest prays for the living; that the Church may be united

and that God may govern it together with the Pope and "all truebelievers and professors of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith". Then

specific living people are mentioned, as are those present, and allthose known to God as faithful. Then Mary ever Virgin, the

Apostles, and Popes and other Martyrs are mentioned, for they live

inHeaven as members of the Church Triumphant.

o Prayers preparatory to the Consecration
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A prayer that God may graciously accept the offering and deliver

[us] "from eternal damnation".

o Consecration (Transubstantiation) and major Elevation

Elevation of the chalice during theCanon of the Mass at a High Mass

The passage Lk22:19-20 is key in this section. In Summa

TheologiaeIII 78 3Thomas Aquinas addresses the interspersed

phrase The Mystery of Faith.

o Oblation of the Victim to God

An oblation is an offering;[46] the pure, holy Victim is now offered,

with a prayer that God may accept the offering and command His

holy angel to carry the offering up, and that those who will receivethe Body and Blood "may be filled with every grace and heavenly

blessing."

o Remembrance of the Dead

The priest now prays for the dead ("those who have gone before uswith the sign of faith and sleep the sleep of peace") and asks that

they may be granted a place of refreshment, light and peace. Thisis followed by a prayer that we may be granted fellowship with the

apostles and martyrs. Some martyrs, men and women, are then

mentioned by name.

o End of the Canon and minor Elevation; Amen ratifying the Canon prayer

The concluding doxologyis: "Through Him, and with Him, and in

Him, be unto Thee, O God the Father almighty, in the unity of the

Holy Ghost, all honour and glory, world without end."

[edit] Communion

The Lord's Prayerand Libera nos[47]

o The "Libera nos" is an extension of the Lord's Prayer developing the line

"sed libera nos a malo" ("but deliver us from evil"). The priest prays thatwe may be delivered from all evils and that the Virgin Mary, Mother of

God, together with the apostles and saints, may intercede to obtain for us

peace in our day.
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Fraction of the Host

o During the preceding prayer, the priest breaks the consecrated Host into

three parts, and after concluding the prayer drops the smallest part into theChalice while praying that this commingling and consecration of the Body

and Blood of Christ may "be to us who receive it effectual to life

everlasting." Agnus Dei

o "Agnus Dei" means "Lamb of God." The priest then prays: "Lamb of God,

who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us." He repeats this,

and then adds: "Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grantus peace." The Mass of the Last Supper on Holy Thursday has "have

mercy on us" all three times. In Requiem Masses, the petitions are "grant

them rest" (twice), followed by "grant them eternal rest."

The Pax

o The priest asks God to look not to [our] sins but to [our] faith. He prays

for peace and unity within the Church, and then, if a High Mass is being

celebrated, gives the sign of peace, saying: "Peace be with you." Prayers preparatory to the Communion

o In the first of these two prayers for himself, the priests asks that by Holy

Communion he may be freed from all his iniquities and evils, be made toadhere to the commandments of Jesus and never be separated from him. In

the second he asks: "Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord Jesus

Christ...turn to my judgment and condemnation: but through Thy goodnessmay it be unto me a safeguard...."

Receiving of the Body and Blood of our Lord

o Several prayers are said here. One of these, prior to communion, is based

on Matthew 8:8: "Lord, I am not worthy...." If the priest is to give

Communion to others, he holds up a small host and says: "Behold theLamb of God ..."; then says three times "Lord, I am not worthy ..."; andthen gives Communion, saying: "May the Body of Our Lord Jesus Christ

preserve your soul for eternal life. Amen."[48]

[edit] Thanksgiving

Prayers during the Ablutions

o The prayers now focus on what has been received, that "we may receive

with a pure mind", "that no stain of sin may remain in me, whom these

pure and holy sacraments have refreshed."

Communion Antiphon and Postcommuniono The communion antiphon is normally a portion of a Psalm. The

Postcommunion Prayer is akin to the Collect in being an appropriate

prayer not directly drawn from Scripture.

Ite Missa est; Blessing

o "Go, you are dismissed." The word "Mass" derives from this phrase.

o After saying a silent prayer for himself, the priest then gives the people his

blessing.
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