

In the name of the Father and of the Son X and of the Holy Spirit. That you may proclaim his Gospel worthily and well, May the Lord be in your heart and on your lips After this, the Deacon who is to proclaim the Gospel, bowing profoundly before the Priest, asks for the blessing, saying in a low voice: Meanwhile, if incense is used, the Priest puts some into the thurible. There follows the Alleluia or another chant laid down by the rubrics, as the liturgical time requires.ġ4. After this, if there is to be a second reading, a reader reads it from the ambo, as above.ġ3. The psalmist or cantor sings or says the Psalm, with the people making the response.ġ2. To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:ġ1. Then the reader goes to the ambo and reads the first reading, while all sit and listen. Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Collect prayer, at the end of which the people acclaim:ġ0. When this hymn is concluded, the Priest, with hands joined, says:Īnd all pray in silence with the Priest for a moment. You are seated at the right hand of the Father,ĩ. Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Then, when it is prescribed, this hymn is either sung or said:Īnd on earth peace to people of good will. The Kyrie eleison ( Lord, have mercy ) invocations follow, unless they have just occurred in a formula of the Penitential Act. You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us:ħ. You were sent to heal the contrite of heart:Ĭhrist, have mercy.

* Sample invocations are found in Appendix VI, pp. The Priest, or a Deacon or another minister, then says the following or other invocations * with Kyrie, eleison ( Lord, have mercy ): The Priest invites the faithful to make the Penitential Act: The Priest invites the faithful to make the Penitential Act:Ħ. Therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin,ĥ. In what I have done and in what I have failed to do, Then all recite together the formula of general confession: Then follows the Penitential Act, to which the Priest invites the faithful, saying:īrethren ( brothers and sisters ), let us acknowledge our sins,Īnd so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.Ī brief pause for silence follows.

* From time to time on Sundays, especially in Easter time, instead of the customary Penitential Act, the blessing and sprinkling of water may take place (as in Appendix II, pp. The Priest, or a Deacon, or another minister, may very briefly introduce the faithful to the Mass of the day. In this first greeting a Bishop, instead of The Lord be with you, says:ģ. Grace to you and peace from God our Father Then the Priest, extending his hands, greets the people, saying: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.Ģ. When the Entrance Chant is concluded, the Priest and the faithful, standing, sign themselves with the Sign of the Cross, while the Priest, facing the people, says: Then, with the ministers, he goes to the chair. When he has arrived at the altar, after making a profound bow with the ministers, the Priest venerates the altar with a kiss and, if appropriate, incenses the cross and the altar. When the people are gathered, the Priest approaches the altar with the ministers while the Entrance Chant is sung.
