And with your spirit.

THE ORDER OF MASS

The Priest, or a Deacon, or another minister,
The Introductory Rites may very briefly introduce the faithful to the
Mass of the day.
The Introductory Rites help the faithful
come together as one, establish
communion and prepare themselves Penitential Act
properly to listen to the Word of God
The Priest invites the faithful to the
and to celebrate the Eucharist worthily.
Penitential Act.
All stand. The Priest approaches the altar Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us
with the ministers and venerates it while the acknowledge our sins,
Entrance Song is sung and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the
sacred mysteries.
Sign of the Cross
A brief pause for silence follows, and then
All make the Sign of the Cross as the Priest one of the following Penitential Acts:
says.
A. I confess to almighty God...     B. Have
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, mercy on us, O Lord.     C. You were sent to
and of the Holy Spirit. heal the contrite...   

All say:
The people reply:
I confess to almighty God
Amen.
and to you, my brothers and sisters,
that I have greatly sinned,
Greeting in my thoughts and in my words,
in what I have done and in what I have
Then the Priest greets the people: failed to do,
Either: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, And, striking their breast, they say:
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all. through my fault,
through my fault,
Or: Grace to you and peace from God our through my most grievous fault;
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,
Father
all the Angels and Saints,
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
and you, my brothers and sisters,
to pray for me to the Lord our God.
Or: The Lord be with you.
The absolution by the Priest follows:
The people reply:
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins, Jesus Christ,
and bring us to everlasting life. with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen. Amen.

The Kyrie The Collect

The Kyrie, eleison (Lord, have mercy) The Priest says:

invocations may follow:
Let us pray.
V. Lord, have mercy. or: V. Kyrie, eleison.
R. Lord, have mercy. R. Kyrie, eleison. And all pray in silence with the Priest for a
V. Christ, have mercy. V. Christe, eleison. while. Then the Priest says the Collect
R. Christ, have R. Christe, prayer, at the end of which the people
mercy. eleison. acclaim:
V. Lord, have mercy. V. Kyrie, eleison.
R. Lord, have mercy. R. Kyrie, eleison. Amen.

The Gloria
The Liturgy of the Word
When indicated this hymn is either sung or
said. By hearing the word proclaimed in worship,
the faithful again enter into the unending
Glory to God in the highest, dialogue between God and the covenant
and on earth peace to people of good will.
people, a dialogue sealed in the sharing of
We praise you,
we bless you, the Eucharistic food and drink. The
we adore you, proclamation of the word is thus integral to
we glorify you, the Mass and at its very centre. It is
we give you thanks for your great glory, appropriate to have a brief time of quiet after
Lord God, heavenly King, the readings for those present to take the
O God, almighty Father. word of God to heart and begin to prepare a
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son,
prayerful response to what they have heard.
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the
Father,
you take away the sins of the world, All sit
have mercy on us;
you take away the sins of the world, First Reading
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the To indicate the end of these readings, the
Father, reader acclaims:
have mercy on us.
For you alone are the Holy One, The word of the Lord.
you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High,
All reply:
The Gospel of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
All reply:
Psalm
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
After the First Reading the psalmist or
cantor sings or says the Psalm, with the After the proclamation of the Gospel the
people making the response. congregation is seated.

Second Reading The Homily

On Sundays and certain other days there is a At the end of the Homily it is appropriate for
second reading. It concludes with the same there to be a brief silence for recollection.
responsory as above. The congregation then stands.

Gospel The Creed

The assembly stands to sing the Gospel On Sundays and Solemnities, the Profession
Acclamation to welcome the Gospel. They of Faith or Creed will follow. During Lent
remain standing in honour of the Gospel and Easter Time, especially, the Apostles’
reading, the high point of the Liturgy of the Creed may be used.
Word. At the ambo the Deacon, or the Priest
says: Niceno-Constantinopolitan (“Nicene”)    
Creed     Apostles’ Creed     No Creed
The Lord be with you.
The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
The people reply:
I believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
And with your spirit.
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
The Deacon, or the Priest: I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,
A reading from the holy Gospel according the Only Begotten Son of God,
to N. born of the Father before all ages.
God from God,
He makes the Sign of the Cross on the book Light from Light,
and, together with the people, on his true God from true God,
forehead, lips, and breast. At the same time begotten, not made, consubstantial with
the people acclaim: the Father;
through him all things were made.
Glory to you, O Lord. For us men and for our salvation he came
At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the down from heaven,
Priest, acclaims:
At the words that follow, up to and The Priest concludes the Prayer with a
including ‘and became man’, all bow. collect. When the Liturgy of the Word has
been completed, the people sit.
and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of
the Virgin Mary, The Liturgy of the Eucharist
and became man. For Catholics, the Eucharist is the source
For our sake he was crucified under
and summit of the whole Christian life. It is
Pontius Pilate,
he suffered death and was buried, the vital centre of all that the Church is and
and rose again on the third day does, because at its heart is the real presence
in accordance with the Scriptures. of the crucified, risen and glorified Lord,
He ascended into heaven continuing and making available his saving
and is seated at the right hand of the work among us.
Father.
He will come again in glory
to judge the living and the dead The Offertory
and his kingdom will have no end.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the During the Offertory Song the faithful
giver of life, usually express their participation by
who proceeds from the Father and the making an offering, bringing forward bread
Son, and wine for the celebration of the Eucharist
who with the Father and the Son is and perhaps other gifts to relieve the needs
adored and glorified, of the Church and of the poor.
who has spoken through the prophets. When he has received the bread and wine
I believe in one, holy, catholic and for the celebration, the Priest offers prayer
apostolic Church. of blessing quietly at the altar. Sometimes
I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness
these prayers are said aloud. If the priest
of sins
says the prayers aloud the assembly’s
and I look forward to the resurrection of
the dead acclamation each time is
and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Blessed be God for ever.
The Prayer of the Faithful (Bidding
The Priest completes additional personal
Prayers) preparatory rites, and the people rise as he
says:
After each intention there is a pause while
the faithful pray. The minister says: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
Lord, in your mercy. may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father.
All reply:
The people reply:
Hear our prayer. May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your
hands
for the praise and glory of his name,
for our good The Priest continues with the Preface.
and the good of all his holy Church.
The renewal of all things in Christ
Then the Priest says the Prayer over the The following Preface is said in Masses that
Offerings, at the end of which the people have no proper Preface, and for which a
acclaim: Preface related to a specific liturgical time is
not indicated.
Amen.
It is truly right and just, our duty and our
salvation,
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
The Eucharistic Prayer, the centre and through Christ our Lord.
summit of the entire celebration is a In him you have been pleased to renew all
memorial proclamation of praise and things,
thanksgiving for God’s work of salvation, a giving us all a share in his fullness.
proclamation in which the Body and Blood For though he was in the form of God, he
emptied himself
of Christ are made present by the power of
and by the blood of his Cross brought peace
the Holy Spirit and the people are joined to to all creation.
Christ in offering his Sacrifice to the Father.  Therefore he has been exalted above all
things,
Extending his hands, the Priest says: and to all who obey him,
has become the source of eternal salvation.
The Lord be with you. And so, with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dominions,
The people reply: and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory,
And with your spirit. as without end we acclaim:

The Priest, raising his hands, continues: The Priest concludes the Preface with the
people singing or saying aloud:
Lift up your hearts.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
The people: Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
We lift them up to the Lord. Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord.
The Priest, with hands extended, adds: Hosanna in the highest.
After the singing of the Sanctus the
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. congregation kneels for the remainder of the
The people: Eucharistic Prayer.
   
It is right and just. The Priest alone recites:
To you, therefore, most merciful Father, in all things we may be defended
we make humble prayer and petition by your protecting help.
through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord: (Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
that you accept Therefore, Lord, we pray:
and bless ✠ these gifts, these offerings, graciously accept this oblation of our
these holy and unblemished sacrifices, service,
which we offer you firstly that of your whole family;
for your holy catholic Church. order our days in your peace,
Be pleased to grant her peace,
and command that we be delivered from
to guard, unite and govern her
eternal damnation
throughout the whole world,
together with your servant N. our Pope and counted among the flock of those you
and N. our Bishop, have chosen.
and all those who, holding to the truth, (Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
hand on the catholic and apostolic faith. Be pleased, O God, we pray,
Remember, Lord, your servants (N. and N.) to bless, acknowledge,
and all gathered here, and approve this offering in every respect;
whose faith and devotion are known to you. make it spiritual and acceptable,
For them, we offer you this sacrifice of so that it may become for us
praise the Body and Blood of your most beloved
or they offer it for themselves Son,
and all who are dear to them: our Lord Jesus Christ.
for the redemption of their souls, On the day before he was to suffer,
in hope of health and well-being,
he took bread in his holy and venerable
and paying their homage to you,
hands,
the eternal God, living and true.
    and with eyes raised to heaven
In communion with those whose memory to you, O God, his almighty Father,
we venerate, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
especially the glorious ever-Virgin Mary, broke the bread
Mother of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
and blessed Joseph, her Spouse, Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
your blessed Apostles and Martyrs, for this is my Body,
Peter and Paul, Andrew, which will be given up for you.
(James, John, In a similar way, when supper was ended,
Thomas, James, Philip, he took this precious chalice
Bartholomew, Matthew, in his holy and venerable hands,
Simon and Jude; and once more giving you thanks, he said
Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus, the blessing
and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:
Cornelius, Cyprian,
Take this, all of you, and drink from it,
Lawrence, Chrysogonus,
for this is the chalice of my Blood,
John and Paul, the Blood of the new and eternal covenant,
Cosmas and Damian) which will be poured out for you and for
and all your Saints; many
we ask that through their merits and prayers, for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of me. and the offering of your high priest
Melchizedek,
After the words of Consecration the priest a holy sacrifice, a spotless victim.
says: In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God:
command that these gifts be borne
The mystery of faith. by the hands of your holy Angel
to your altar on high
The people continue, acclaiming: in the sight of your divine majesty,
so that all of us, who through this
participation at the altar
receive the most holy Body and Blood of
Either:
your Son,
We proclaim your Death, O Lord,
may be filled with every grace and heavenly
and profess your Resurrection
blessing.
until you come again.
(Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
Or:
When we eat this Bread and drink this Commemoration of the Dead
Cup, Remember also, Lord, your
we proclaim your Death, O Lord, servants N. and N.,
until you come again. who have gone before us with the sign of
faith
Or:
and rest in the sleep of peace.
Save us, Saviour of the world,
Grant them, O Lord, we pray,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
and all who sleep in Christ,
you have set us free.
a place of refreshment, light and peace.
Then the Priest alone continues:
(Through Christ our Lord. Amen.)
Therefore, O Lord,
as we celebrate the memorial of the blessed To us, also, your servants, who, though
Passion, sinners,
the Resurrection from the dead, hope in your abundant mercies,
and the glorious Ascension into heaven graciously grant some share
of Christ, your Son, our Lord, and fellowship with your holy Apostles and
we, your servants and your holy people, Martyrs:
offer to your glorious majesty with John the Baptist, Stephen,
from the gifts that you have given us, Matthias, Barnabas,
this pure victim, (Ignatius, Alexander,
this holy victim, Marcellinus, Peter,
this spotless victim, Felicity, Perpetua,
the holy Bread of eternal life Agatha, Lucy,
and the Chalice of everlasting salvation.
Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia)
Be pleased to look upon these offerings
and all your Saints;
with a serene and kindly countenance,
and to accept them, admit us, we beseech you,
as once you were pleased to accept into their company,
the gifts of your servant Abel the just, not weighing our merits,
the sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith, but granting us your pardon,
through Christ our Lord.
Through whom as we forgive those who trespass against
you continue to make all these good things, us;
O Lord; and lead us not into temptation,
you sanctify them, fill them with life, but deliver us from evil.
bless them, and bestow them upon us.
At the conclusion of the Eucharistic Prayer The Priest alone continues, saying:
Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
the Priest takes the chalice and the paten
graciously grant peace in our days,
with the host and, raising both, he alone
that, by the help of your mercy,
says: we may be always free from sin
Through him, and with him, and in him, and safe from all distress,
O God, almighty Father, as we await the blessed hope
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
all glory and honour is yours,
The people conclude the prayer, acclaiming:
for ever and ever.
For the kingdom,
Amen.
the power and the glory are yours
The Communion Rite now and for ever.

The eating and drinking together of the Then the Priest alone says aloud:
Lord Jesus Christ,
Lord’s Body and Blood in a Paschal meal is
who said to your Apostles:
the culmination of the Eucharist. The themes Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,
underlying these rites are the mutual love look not on our sins,
and reconciliation that are both the condition but on the faith of your Church,
and the fruit of worthy communion and the and graciously grant her peace and unity
unity of the many in the One. in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign for ever and ever.
The people reply:
The Lord’s Prayer
Amen.
The congregation stands and the Priest says:
The Priest adds:
At the Saviour’s command The peace of the Lord be with you always.
and formed by divine teaching, we dare to
say: The people reply:
Together with the people, he continues: And with your spirit.
Our Father, who art in heaven, The Deacon, or the Priest, adds:
hallowed be thy name; Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
thy kingdom come,
And all offer one another the customary sign
thy will be done
of peace: a handclasp or handshake, which is
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, an expression of peace, communion, and
and forgive us our trespasses, charity.
 The Body (Blood) of Christ.
Breaking of the Bread The communicant replies:

Amen.
During the breaking of the host the
following is sung or said
When Communion is ministered under both
kinds the minister of the Chalice raises it
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of
the world, slightly and shows it to each of the
have mercy on us. communicants, saying:
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of The Blood of Christ.
the world,
have mercy on us. The communicant replies:
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of
the world, Amen.
grant us peace.
After the distribution of Communion, if
After the Lamb of God, the people kneel. appropriate, a sacred silence may be
observed for a while, or a psalm or other
canticle of praise or a hymn may be sung.
Invitation to Communion

After his private prayers of preparation the Prayer after Communion

Priest genuflects, takes the host and, holding
it slightly raised above the paten or above Then, the Priest says:
the chalice says aloud: Let us pray.
Behold the Lamb of God, All stand and pray in silence. Then the Priest
behold him who takes away the sins of the says the Prayer after Communion, at the end
world. of which the people acclaim:
Blessed are those called to the supper of the
Lamb. Amen.
And together with the people he adds once:
The Concluding Rites
Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof, The brief Concluding Rite sends the people
but only say the word and my soul shall
forth to put into effect in their daily lives the
be healed.
Mystery of Christ’s Death and Resurrection
Communion and the unity in Christ which they have
After the priest has reverently consumed the celebrated. Their mission is to witness to
Body and Blood of Christ the communicants Christ in the world and to bring the Gospel
come forward in reverent procession, and to the poor.
make a preparatory act of reverence by
bowing their head in honour of Christ’s Any brief announcements to the people
presence in the Sacrament. They receive follow here. Then the dismissal takes place.
Holy Communion standing. The Priest says:
Sometimes this takes a more elaborate form
than that given below.

Blessing

The Priest says:

The Lord be with you.

The people reply:

And with your spirit.

The Priest blesses the people, saying:

May almighty God bless you,
the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy
Spirit.
The people reply:

Amen.

Dismissal

Then the Deacon, or the Priest himself, says:

Either: Go forth, the Mass is ended.
Or: Go and announce the Gospel of the
Lord.
Or: Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your
life.
Or: Go in peace.
The people reply:

Thanks be to God.