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Feria Quinta in Coena Domini
2026-04-02
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Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
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Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
Psalmus 42 (Júdica me, Deus) et Glória Patri hac die omittuntur.
Sacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et clara voce dicit:
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In nómine Patris, ✝ et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.
In Missis Defunctorum, et in Missis de Tempore a Dominica Passionis usque ad Sabbatum sanctum exclusive, omittitur Psalmus Júdica me, Deus, cum Glória Patri, et repetitione Antiphonæ, sed dicto In nómine Patris, Introíbo, et Adjutórium, fit conféssio, ut sequitur:
Deinde, junctis manibus ante pectus, incipit Antiphonam:
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Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
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Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.
Postea alternatim cum Ministris dicit sequentem:
Ps. 42, 1-5
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Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo et dolóso érue me.
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Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: quare me repulísti, et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?
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Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum et in tabernácula tua.
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Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.
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Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es, ánima mea, et quare contúrbas me?
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Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.
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Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
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Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Sacerdos repetit Antiphonam:
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Introíbo ad altáre Dei.
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Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.
Signat se, dicens:
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Adjutórium nostrum ✝ in nómine Dómini.
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Qui fecit cælum et terram.
Deinde junctis manibus profunde inclinatus facit Confessionem.
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Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Joánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: (Percutit sibi pectus ter, dicens:) mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Joánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et vos, fratres, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
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Misereátur tui omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam ætérnam.
Sacerdos dicit:
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Amen.
et erigit se. Deinde Ministri repetunt Confessionem: et ubi a Sacerdote dicebatur vobis, fratres, et vos, fratres, a Ministris dicitur tibi, pater, et te, pater.
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Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Joánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et tibi, pater: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Joánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te, pater, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
Postea Sacerdos, junctis manibus, facit absolutionem, dicens:
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Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam.
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Amen.
Signat se signo crucis, dicens:
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Indulgéntiam, ✝ absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
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Amen.
Et inclinatus prosequitur:
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Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos.
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Et plebs tua lætábitur in te.
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Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam.
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Et salutáre tuum da nobis.
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Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
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Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
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Dóminus vobíscum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
Et extendens ac jungens manus, clara voce dicit:
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Orémus, (ei ascendens ad Altare, dicit secreto: )
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Aufer a nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, iniquitátes nostras: ut ad Sancta sanctórum puris mereámur méntibus introíre. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Deinde, manibus junctis super Altare, inclinatus dicit:
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Orámus te, Dómine, per mérita Sanctórum tuórum, (Osculatur Altare in medio) quorum relíquiæ hic sunt, et ómnium Sanctórum: ut indulgére dignéris ómnia peccáta mea. Amen.
English
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
Psalmus 42 (Júdica me, Deus) et Glória Patri hac die omittuntur.
The priest, bowing down at the foot of the altar, makes the Sign of the Cross, from his forehead to his breast, and says:
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In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, ✝ and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
In Masses for the Dead and from Passion Sunday till Holy Saturday exclusively, this psalm is omitted.
Then joining his hands before his breast, he begins the Anthem:
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I will go in to the altar of God.
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To God who giveth joy to my youth.
The priest alternates with the server in reciting this psalm to express his desire, joy and confidence in going to the altar of the Sacrifice.
Ps. 42, 1-5.
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Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.
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For Thou, O God, art my strength: why hast Thou cast me off? and why go I sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?
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Send forth Thy light and Thy truth: they have conducted me and brought me unto Thy holy mount, and into Thy tabernacles.
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And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.
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To Thee, O God, my God, I will give praise upon the harp; why art thou sad, O my soul, and why dost thou disquiet me?
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Hope in God, for I will still give praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.
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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
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As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The priest repeats the Anthem:
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I will go in to the altar of God.
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To God who giveth joy to my youth.
The priest, signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, says:
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Our help ✝ is in the Name of the Lord.
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Who made heaven and earth.
Then, joining his hands, and humbly bowing down, he says the Confiteor:
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I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, brothers, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, (Here he strikes his breast thrice.) through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, brothers, to pray to the Lord our God for me.
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May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.
The priest answers:
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Amen.
The server says the Confiteor.
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I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, Father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, Father, to pray to the Lord our God for me.
Then the priest, with his hands joined, says:
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May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.
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Amen.
Signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, the priest says:
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May the ✝ almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins.
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Amen.
Bowing down, he proceeds:
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O God, Thou wilt turn again and quicken us.
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And thy people shall rejoice in Thee.
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Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.
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And grant us Thy salvation.
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O Lord, hear my prayer.
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And let my cry come before Thee.
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The Lord be with you.
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And with thy spirit.
First extending, then joining his hands, the priest says audibly: "Let us pray". Then ascending to the altar, he says secretly:
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Let us pray.
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Take away from us our iniquities, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that we may be worthy to enter with pure minds into the Holy of Holies, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
His hands joined, and bowing down over the altar, the priest says:
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We beseech Thee, O Lord, by the merits of Thy Saints, (He kisses the sacred stone) whose relics are here, and of all the Saints, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to forgive me all my sins. Amen.
Introitus (Introit)
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Gal 6:14.
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Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: in quo est salus, vita et resurréctio nostra: per quem salváti et liberáti sumus.
Ps 66:2
Deus misereátur nostri, et benedícat nobis: illúminet vultum suum super nos, et misereátur nostri.
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Nos autem gloriári opórtet in Cruce Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: in quo est salus, vita et resurréctio nostra: per quem salváti et liberáti sumus.
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Gal 6:14
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But it behooves us to glory in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: in Whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection; by whom we are saved and delivered.
Ps. 66:2
May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may He cause the light of His countenance to shine upon us; and may He have mercy on us.
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But it behooves us to glory in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: in Whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection; by whom we are saved and delivered.
Kyrie
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Christe, eléison.
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Christe, eléison.
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Christe, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Christe, eléison.
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Christe, eléison.
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Christe, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
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Kýrie, eléison.
Gloria
Latin
Gloria
Postea in medio Altaris extendens et jungens manus, caputque aliquantulum inclínans, dicit, si dicendum est, Glória in excélsis Deo, et prosequitur junctis manibus. Cum dicit Adorámus te, Grátias agimus tibi, et Jesu Christe, et Suscipe deprecatiónem, inclinat caput; et in fine dicens: Cum Sancto Spíritu, signat se a fronte ad pectus.
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Glória in excélsis Deo. Et in terra pax homínibus bonæ voluntátis. Laudámus te. Benedícimus te. Adorámus te. Glorificámus te. Grátias ágimus tibi propter magnam glóriam tuam. Dómine Deus, Rex cæléstis, Deus Pater omnípotens. Dómine Fili unigénite, Jesu Christe. Dómine Deus, Agnus Dei, Fílius Patris. Qui tollis peccáta mundi, miserére nobis. Qui tollis peccáta mundi, súscipe deprecatiónem nostram. Qui sedes ad déxteram Patris, miserére nobis. Quóniam tu solus Sanctus. Tu solus Dóminus. Tu solus Altíssimus, Jesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spíritu ✝ in glória Dei Patris. Amen.
English
Gloria
Afterwards, standing at the middle of the altar, extending and then joining his hands, and bowing slightly, the priest says — except during Lent, Advent and in Masses for the Dead — the Gloria. When he says the words: We adore Thee, We give Thee thanks; Jesus Christ; and Receive our prayer, he bows, and at the end he signs himself with the Sign of the Cross from forehead to breast:
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Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of good will. We praise Thee. We bless Thee. We adore Thee. We glorify Thee. We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory. O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For Thou only art holy. Thou only art the Lord. Thou only art most high, O Jesus Christ. Together with the Holy Ghost ✝ in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
Oratio (Collect)
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Deus, a quo et Judas reátus sui pœnam, et confessiónis suæ latro prǽmium sumpsit, concéde nobis tuæ propitiatiónis efféctum: ut, sicut in passióne sua Jesus Christus, Dóminus noster, divérsa utrísque íntulit stipéndia meritórum; ita nobis, abláto vetustátis erróre, resurrectiónis suæ grátiam largiátur:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
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O God, from whom Judas received the punishment of his guilt, and the thief the reward of his confession: grant unto us the full fruit of Thy clemency; that even as in His Passion, our Lord Jesus Christ gave to each a retribution according to his merits, so having taken away our old sins, He may bestow upon us the grace of His Resurrection. Who with Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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Amen.
Oratio (Commemoratio)
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Deus, humílium celsitúdo, qui beátum Francíscum Confessórem Sanctórum tuórum glória sublimásti: tríbue, quǽsumus; ut, ejus méritis et imitatióne, promíssa humílibus præmia felíciter consequámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
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O God, the greatness of the humble, Who raised blessed Francis, Your Confessor, to the glory of Your Saints, grant, we beseech You, that, by his merits and our imitation of his life, we may happily attain the rewards promised to the humble.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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Amen.
Lectio (Epistle)
Latin
Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corínthios.
1 Cor 11:20-32.
Fratres: Conveniéntibus vobis in unum, jam non est Domínicam cœnam manducáre. Unusquísque enim suam cœnam præsúmit ad manducándum. Et alius quidem ésurit: álius autem ébrius est. Numquid domos non habétis ad manducándum et bibéndum? aut ecclésiam Dei contémnitis, et confúnditis eos, qui non habent? Quid dicam vobis? Laudo vos? In hoc non laudo. Ego enim accépi a Dómino quod et trádidi vobis, quóniam Dóminus Jesus, in qua nocte tradebátur, accépit panem, et grátias agens fregit, et dixit: Accípite, et manducáte: hoc est corpus meum, quod pro vobis tradétur: hoc fácite in meam commemoratiónem. Simíliter et cálicem, postquam cœnávit, dicens: Hic calix novum Testaméntum est in meo sánguine: hoc fácite, quotiescúmque bibétis, in meam commemoratiónem. Quotiescúmque enim manducábitis panem hunc et cálicem bibétis: mortem Dómini annuntiábitis, donec véniat. Itaque quicúmque manducáverit panem hunc vel bíberit cálicem Dómini indígne, reus erit córporis et sánguinis Dómini. Probet autem seípsum homo: et sic de pane illo edat et de cálice bibat. Qui enim mandúcat et bibit indígne, judícium sibi mandúcat et bibit: non dijúdicans corpus Dómini. Ideo inter vos multi infírmi et imbecílles, et dórmiunt multi. Quod si nosmetípsos dijudicarémus, non útique judicarémur. Dum judicámur autem, a Dómino corrípimur, ut non cum hoc mundo damnémur.
English
Lesson from the first letter of blessed Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians
1 Cor 11: 20-32.
Brethren, When you come therefore into one place, it is not now to eat the Lord's supper. For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk. What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God and put them to shame that have not? What shall I say to you? Do I praise you? In this I praise you not. For I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is My Body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of Me. In like manner also the chalice, after He had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in My Blood. This do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of Me. For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice, you shall show the death of the Lord, until He come. Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the Body and the Blood of the Lord. But let a man prove himself; and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Body of the Lord. Therefore are there many infirm and weak among you: and many sleep. But if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.
Graduale & Tractus
Latin
Phil 2:8-9
Christus factus est pro nobis obédiens usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.
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Propter quod et Deus exaltávit illum: et dedit illi nomen, quod est super omne nomen.
English
Phil 2: 8-9
Christ became obedient for us unto death, even to the death of the cross.
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For which cause God also exalted Him and hath given Him a Name which is above all names.
Evangelium (Gospel)
Latin
Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem.
Joann 13:1-15
Ante diem festum Paschæ, sciens Jesus, quia venit hora ejus, ut tránseat ex hoc mundo ad Patrem: cum dilexísset suos, qui erant in mundo, in finem diléxit eos. Et cœna facta, cum diábolus jam misísset in cor, ut tráderet eum Judas Simónis Iscariótæ: sciens, quia ómnia dedit ei Pater in manus, et quia a Deo exívit, et ad Deum vadit: surgit a cœna et ponit vestiménta sua: et cum accepísset línteum, præcínxit se. Deínde mittit aquam in pelvim, et cœpit laváre pedes discipulórum, et extérgere línteo, quo erat præcínctus. Venit ergo ad Simónem Petrum. Et dicit ei Petrus: Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes? Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: Quod ego fácio, tu nescis modo, scies autem póstea. Dicit ei Petrus: Non lavábis mihi pedes in ætérnum. Respóndit ei Jesus: Si non lávero te, non habébis partem mecum. Dicit ei Simon Petrus: Dómine, non tantum pedes meos, sed et manus et caput. Dicit ei Jesus: Qui lotus est, non índiget nisi ut pedes lavet, sed est mundus totus. Et vos mundi estis, sed non omnes. Sciébat enim, quisnam esset, qui tráderet eum: proptérea dixit: Non estis mundi omnes. Postquam ergo lavit pedes eórum et accépit vestiménta sua: cum recubuísset íterum, dixit eis: Scitis, quid fécerim vobis? Vos vocátis me Magíster et Dómine: et bene dícitis: sum étenim. Si ergo ego lavi pedes vestros, Dóminus et Magíster: et vos debétis alter altérius laváre pedes. Exémplum enim dedi vobis, ut, quemádmodum ego feci vobis, ita et vos faciátis.
English
Continuation of the holy Gospel according to John
Joann 13:1-15
Before the festival-day of the Pasch, Jesus knowing that His hour was come, that He should pass out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world. He loved them unto the end. And when supper was done the devil having now put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot, to betray Him, knowing that the Father had given Him all things into His hands and that He came from God and goeth to God: He riseth from supper and layeth aside His garments and, having taken a towel, girded Himself. After that, He putteth water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to Him: Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him: What I do, thou knowest not now: but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith to Him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with Me. Simon Peter saith to Him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him: He that is washed needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all. For He knew who he was that would betray Him; therefore He said: You are not all clean. Then after He had washed their feet and taken His garments, being set down again, He said to them: Know you what I have done to you? You call Me Master and Lord. And you say well; for so I am. If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.
Credo
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Credo
Deinde ad medium Altaris extendens, elevans et jungens manus, dicit, si dicendum est, Credo in unum Deum, et prosequitur junctis manibus. Cum dicit Deum, caput Cruci inclinat: quod similiter facit, cum dicit Jesum Christum, et simul adorátur. Ad illa autem verba Et incarnátus est, genuflectit usque dum dicatur Et homo factus est. In fine ad Et vitam ventúri sæculi, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus.
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Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipoténtem, factórem cæli et terræ, visibílium ómnium et invisibílium. Et in unum Dóminum Jesum Christum, Fílium Dei unigénitum. Et ex Patre natum ante ómnia sǽcula. Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lúmine, Deum verum de Deo vero. Génitum, non factum, consubstantiálem Patri: per quem ómnia facta sunt. Qui propter nos hómines et propter nostram salútem descéndit de cælis. (Hic genuflectitur) Et incarnátus est de Spíritu Sancto ex María Vírgine: Et homo factus est. Crucifíxus étiam pro nobis: sub Póntio Piláto passus, et sepúltus est. Et resurréxit tértia die, secúndum Scriptúras. Et ascéndit in cælum: sedet ad déxteram Patris. Et íterum ventúrus est cum glória judicáre vivos et mórtuos: cujus regni non erit finis. Et in Spíritum Sanctum, Dóminum et vivificántem: qui ex Patre Filióque procédit. Qui cum Patre et Fílio simul adorátur et conglorificátur: qui locútus est per Prophétas. Et unam sanctam cathólicam et apostólicam Ecclésiam. Confíteor unum baptísma in remissiónem peccatórum. Et exspécto resurrectiónem mortuórum. Et vitam ventúri sæculi. Amen.
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Credo
On Sundays and certain Feasts the priest recites the Creed, a summary of the Catholic Doctrine. This profession of faith was drawn up in the General Councils of Nicaea in 325 and Constantinople in 381 to condemn heretics who denied that Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost were God.
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I believe in one God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things, visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. And born of the Father, before all ages. God of God: Light of Light: true God of true God. Begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven. (Here kneel down.) And became incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary: and was made man. He was crucified also for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate, and was buried. And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures. And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father. And He shall come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, of whose kingdom there shall be no end.
And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, proceeding from the Father and the Son. Who together, with the Father and the Son, is adored and glorified: Who spoke by the prophets. And in one, holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the resurrection of the dead. And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Offertorium (Offertory)
Latin
Ps 117:16 et 17.
Déxtera Dómini fecit virtútem, déxtera Dómini exaltávit me: non móriar, sed vivam, et narrábo ópera Dómini.
English
Ps 117: 16, 17
The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exalted me. I shall not die, but live, and shall declare the works of the Lord.
Offertory Prayers
Latin
Offertory Prayers
Deinde osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum, dicit:
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Dóminus vobíscum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
Postea dicit: Orémus, et Offertorium.
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Orémus.
Quo dicto, si est Missa sollemnis, Diaconus porrigit Celebranti Patenam cum Hostia: si privata, Sacerdos ipse accipit Patenam cum Hostia, quam offerens, dicit:
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Súscipe, sancte Pater, omnípotens ætérne Deus, hanc immaculátam hóstiam, quam ego indígnus fámulus tuus óffero tibi Deo meo vivo et vero, pro innumerabílibus peccátis, et offensiónibus, et neglegéntiis meis, et pro ómnibus circumstántibus, sed et pro ómnibus fidélibus christiánis vivis atque defúnctis: ut mihi, et illis profíciat ad salútem in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Deinde faciens crucem cum eadem Patena, deponit Hostiam super Corporale. Diaconus ministrat vinum, Subdiaconus aquam in Calice: vel si privata est Missa, utrumque infundit Sacerdos, et aquam miscendam in Calice benedicit signo crucis, dicens:
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Deus, ✝ qui humánæ substántiæ dignitátem mirabíliter condidísti, et mirabílius reformásti: da nobis per hujus aquæ et vini mystérium, ejus divinitátis esse consórtes, qui humanitátis nostræ fíeri dignátus est párticeps, Jesus Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus noster: Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus: per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
In Missis Defunctorum dicitur prædicta Oratio: sed aqua non benedicitur.
Postea accipit Calicem, et offert dicens:
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Offérimus tibi, Dómine, cálicem salutáris, tuam deprecántes cleméntiam: ut in conspéctu divínæ majestátis tuæ, pro nostra et totíus mundi salúte, cum odóre suavitátis ascéndat. Amen.
Deinde facit signum crucis cum Calice, et illum ponit super Corporale, et Palla cooperit: tum, junctis manibus super Altare, aliquantulum inclinatus, dicit:
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In spíritu humilitátis et in ánimo contríto suscipiámur a te, Dómine: et sic fiat sacrifícium nostrum in conspéctu tuo hódie, ut pláceat tibi, Dómine Deus.
Erectus expandit manus, easque in altum porrectas jungens, elevátis ad cælum oculis et statim demissis, dicit:
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Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens ætérne Deus: (Benedicit Oblata, prosequendo:) et béne ✝ dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini præparátum.
Postea, si sollemniter celebrat, benedicit incensum, dicens:
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Per intercessiónem beáti Michaélis Archángeli, stantis a dextris altáris incénsi, et ómnium electórum suórum, incénsum istud dignétur Dóminus bene ✝ dícere, et in odórem suavitátis accípere. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Et, accepto thuribulo a Diacono, incensat Oblata, modo in Rubricis generalibus præscripto, dicens:
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Incénsum istud a te benedíctum ascéndat ad te, Dómine: et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.
Deinde incensat Altare, dicens:
Ps. 140, 2-4
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Dirigátur, Dómine, orátio mea, sicut incénsum, in conspéctu tuo: elevátio mánuum meárum sacrifícium vespertínum. Pone, Dómine, custódiam ori meo, et óstium circumstántiæ lábiis meis: ut non declínet cor meum in verba malítiæ, ad excusándas excusatiónes in peccátis.
Dum reddit thuribulum Diacono, dicit:
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Accéndat in nobis Dóminus ignem sui amóris, et flammam ætérnæ caritátis. Amen.
Postea incensatur Sacerdos a Diacono, deinde alii per ordinem.
Sacerdos lavat manus, dicens:
Ps. 25, 6-12
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Lavábo inter innocéntes manus meas: et circúmdabo altáre tuum, Dómine: Ut áudiam vocem laudis, et enárrem univérsa mirabília tua. Dómine, diléxi decórem domus tuæ et locum habitatiónis glóriæ tuæ. Ne perdas cum ímpiis, Deus, ánimam meam, et cum viris sánguinum vitam meam: In quorum mánibus iniquitátes sunt: déxtera eórum repléta est munéribus. Ego autem in innocéntia mea ingréssus sum: rédime me et miserére mei. Pes meus stetit in dirécto: in ecclésiis benedícam te, Dómine.
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Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
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Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Deinde, aliquantulum inclinatus in medio Altaris, junctis manibus super eo, dicit:
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Súscipe, sancta Trínitas, hanc oblatiónem, quam tibi offérimus ob memóriam passiónis, resurrectiónis, et ascensiónis Jesu Christi, Dómini nostri: et in honórem beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis, et beáti Joannis Baptistæ, et sanctórum Apostolórum Petri et Pauli, et istórum et ómnium Sanctórum: ut illis profíciat ad honórem, nobis autem ad salútem: et illi pro nobis intercédere dignéntur in cælis, quorum memóriam ágimus in terris. Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Postea osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum extendens, et jungens manus, voce paululum elevata, dicit:
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Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem.
Minister, seu circumstantes respondent: alioquin ipsemet Sacerdos:
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Suscípiat Dóminus sacrifícium de mánibus tuis (vel meis) ad laudem et glóriam nominis sui, ad utilitátem quoque nostram, totiúsque Ecclésiæ suæ sanctæ.
Sacerdos submissa voce dicit:
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Amen.
Deinde, manibus extensis, absolute sine Orémus subjungit Orationes secretas.
Secreta
English
Offertory Prayers
The priest kisses the altar, and turning to the people says:
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The Lord be with you.
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And with thy spirit.
After saluting the people once more, the priest enters upon the Sacrifice of the Mass proper and urges the faithful to pray with him.
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Let us pray.
Then the priest reads the Offertory-verse, a short quotation from Holy Scripture which varies with the Mass of each day. This being finished, he offers the bread and wine, which, by virtue of the words of consecration, he is going to change into the adorable Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. He takes the paten with the host and offering it up, says:
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Accept, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my innumerable sins, offenses, and negligences, and for all here present: as also for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting. Amen.
Making the Sign of the Cross with the paten, he places the host upon the corporal. He pours wine and water into the chalice, blessing the water before it is mixed. He pours a few drops of water into the chalice containing wine, in remembrance of the water and blood which flowed from the side of Jesus when pierced by the soldier's lance.
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O God, who, in creating human nature, didst wonderfully dignify it, and still more wonderfully restore it, grant that, by the Mystery of this water and wine, we may be made partakers of His divine nature, who vouchsafed to be made partaker of our human nature, even Jesus Christ our Lord, Thy Son, who with Thee, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God: world without end. Amen.
In Masses for the Dead, the foregoing prayer is said, but the water is not blessed.
Then the priest takes the chalice, and offers it, saying:
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We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency, that it may ascend before Thy divine Majesty, as a sweet savor, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen.
The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the chalice, places it upon the corporal, and covers it with the pall. Then, with his hands joined upon the Altar, and slightly bowing down, he says:
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Accept us, O Lord, in the spirit of humility and contrition of heart, and grant that the sacrifice which we offer this day in Thy sight may be pleasing to Thee, O Lord God.
Raising his eyes towards heaven, extending and then joining his hands, the priest makes the Sign of the Cross over the host and the chalice, while he invokes the Holy Spirit.
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Come, O almighty and eternal God, the Sanctifier, and bless ✝ this Sacrifice, prepared for the glory of Thy holy Name.
At Solemn Masses, the priest now blesses incense, saying the following prayers:
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May the Lord, by the intercession of blessed Michael the Archangel, who standeth at the right side of the altar of incense, and of all His Elect, vouchsafe to bless ✝ this incense and receive it as an odor of sweetness: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Receiving the thurible from the deacon, the priest incenses the bread and the wine, while he says:
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May this incense, which Thou hast blessed, O Lord, ascend to Thee, and may Thy mercy descend upon us.
Then he incenses the altar, saying:
Ps. 140, 2-4.
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Let my prayer, O Lord, be directed as incense in Thy sight: the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and a door round about my lips. May my heart not incline to evil words, to make excuses for sins.
Giving the censor to the deacon, he says:
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May the Lord enkindle within us the fire of His love, and the flame of everlasting charity. Amen.
The priest is then incensed by the deacon, who then incenses the others in order.
The priest washes his fingers to symbolize the great purity and inner cleanliness of those who offer or participate in this great Sacrifice.
Psalm 25. 6-12
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I will wash my hands among the innocent: and I will compass Thine altar, O Lord That I may hear the voice of praise: and tell of all Thy wonderous works. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy glory dwelleth. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with blood-thirsty men. In whose hands are iniquities, their right hand is filled with gifts. But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me. My foot hath stood in the direct way, in the churches I will bless Thee, O Lord.
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Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.
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Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Bowing down before the middle of the alter, the priest, with joined hands, says:
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Receive, O holy Trinity, this oblation which we make to Thee, in memory of the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in honor of Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, that it may avail unto their honor and our salvation, and may they vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven, whose memory we celebrate on earth. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
The priest kisses the altar and, turning towards the people, extending, then joining his hands, says audibly:
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Brethren, pray that my Sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty.
The server answers:
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May the Lord receive the Sacrifice from thy hands, to the praise and glory of His Name, to our benefit and that of all His holy Church.
The priest answers in a low voice:
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Amen.
Then, with outstretched hands, he recites the Secret Prayers, not beginning with Oremus. The Secret Prayers vary with the Mass, and are found in the Mass of the Day. These being finished, the priest says or sings: P. World without end. S. Amen.
Secret
Secreta (Secret Prayer)
Latin
Ipse tibi, quǽsumus, Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus, sacrifícium nostrum reddat accéptum, qui discípulis suis in sui commemoratiónem hoc fíeri hodiérna traditióne monstrávit, Jesus Christus, Fílius tuus, Dóminus noster:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
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We beseech Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God, that He Himself may render our Sacrifice acceptable to Thee, Who, by the tradition of today, taught His disciples to do this in remembrance of Him, Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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Amen.
Secreta (Commemoratio)
Latin
Hæc dona devótæ plebis, Dómine, quibus tua cumulámus altária, beáti Francísci méritis tibi grata nobísque salutária, te miseránte, reddántur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
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May these sacrificial gifts which Your devoted people heap upon Your altar, O Lord, become pleasing to You by the merits of blessed Francis, and, by Your mercy, helpful to us.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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Amen.
Preface & Sanctus
Latin
Preface & Sanctus
Quibus finitis, cum pervenerit ad conclusionem, clara voce dicit: Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum, cum Præfatione, ut in sequentibus. Præfationem incipit ambabus manibus positis hinc inde super Altare: quas aliquantulum elevat, cum dicit: Sursum corda. Jungit eas ante pectus, et caput inclinat, cum dicit: Grátias agamus Dómino, Deo nostro. Deinde disjungit manus, et disjunctas tenet usque ad finem Præfationis: qua finita, iterum jungit eas, et inclinatus dicit: Sanctus. Et cum dicit: Benedíctus, qui venit, signum crucis sibi producit a fronte ad pectus.
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Dóminus vobíscum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
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Sursum corda.
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Habémus ad Dóminum.
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Grátias agámus Dómino, Deo nostro.
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Dignum et justum est.
de Sancta Cruce
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Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: Qui salútem humáni géneris in ligno Crucis constituísti: ut, unde mors oriebátur, inde vita resúrgeret: et, qui in ligno vincébat, in ligno quoque vincerétur: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admítti júbeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessióne dicéntes:
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Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dóminus, Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra glória tua. Hosánna in excélsis. Benedíctus, qui venit in nómine Dómini. Hosánna in excélsis.
English
Preface & Sanctus
The priest begins the preface, a call to render thanks to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, in union with all the heavenly spirits. The prayer of thanksgiving and praise varies with important Feasts. The priest begins the Preface, holding his hands over the altar:
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The Lord be with you.
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And with thy spirit.
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Lift up your hearts.
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We have lifted them up to the Lord.
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Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
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It is meet and just.
Holy Cross
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It is truly meet and just, right and for our salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God; Who didst establish the salvation of mankind on the tree of the Cross; that whence death came, thence also life might arise again, and that he, who overcame by the tree, by the tree also might be overcome: Through Christ our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominations worship it, the Powers stand in awe. The Heavens and the heavenly hosts together with the blessed Seraphim in triumphant chorus unite to celebrate it. Together with these we entreat Thee that Thou mayest bid our voices also to be admitted while we say with lowly praise:
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Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Canon of the Mass
Latin
Canon of the Mass
Finita præfatione, sacerdos extendens, elevans aliquantulum et iungens manus, elevansque ad cælum oculos, et statim demittens, profunde inclinatus ante Altare, manibus super eo positis, dicit :
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Te ígitur, clementíssime Pater, per Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum, Dóminum nostrum, súpplices rogámus, ac pétimus, (osculatur Altare et, junctis manibus ante pectus, dicit:) uti accépta hábeas et benedícas, (Signat ter super Hostiam et Calicem simul, dicens:) hæc ✝ dona, hæc ✝ múnera, hæc ✝ sancta sacrifícia illibáta, (Extensis manibus prosequitur:) in primis, quæ tibi offérimus pro Ecclésia tua sancta cathólica: quam pacificáre, custodíre, adunáre et régere dignéris toto orbe terrárum: una cum fámulo tuo Papa nostro N. et Antístite nostro N. et ómnibus orthodóxis, atque cathólicæ et apostólicæ fídei cultóribus.
Commemoratio pro vivis
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Meménto, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuarum N. et N. (Jungit manus, orat aliquantulum pro quibus orare intendit: deinde manibus extensis prosequitur:) et ómnium circumstántium, quorum tibi fides cógnita est et nota devótio, pro quibus tibi offérimus: vel qui tibi ófferunt hoc sacrifícium laudis, pro se suísque ómnibus: pro redemptióne animárum suárum, pro spe salútis et incolumitátis suæ: tibíque reddunt vota sua ætérno Deo, vivo et vero.
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Communicántes, et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis Dei et Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: sed et beáti Joseph, ejúsdem Vírginis Sponsi,
et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Jacóbi, Joánnis, Thomæ, Jacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomǽi, Matthǽi, Simónis et Thaddǽi: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Joánnis et Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et ómnium Sanctórum tuórum; quorum méritis precibúsque concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis tuæ muniámur auxílio. (Jungit manus) Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Tenens manus expansas super Oblata, dicit:
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Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ,
quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi, et in electórum tuórum júbeas grege numerári. (Jungit manus) Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, (Signat ter super Oblata,) bene ✝ díctam, adscríp ✝ tam, ra ✝ tam, rationábilem, acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: (Signat semel super Hostiam,) ut nobis Cor ✝ pus, (et semel super Calicem,) et San ✝ guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, (Jungit manus,) Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.
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Qui prídie quam paterétur, (Accipit Hostiam,) accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, (Elevat oculos ad cælum,) elevátis óculis in cælum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, (Caput inclinat,) tibi grátias agens, (Signat super Hostiam,) bene ✝ díxit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.
Tenens ambabus manibus Hostiam inter indices et pollices, profert verba consecrationis secrete, distincte et attente super Hostiam, et simul super omnes, si plures sint consecrandæ.
HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM.
Quibus verbis prolatis, statim Hostiam consecratam genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, reponit super Corporale, et genuflexus iterum adorat: nec amplius pollices et indices disjungit, nisi quando Hostia tractanda est, usque ad ablutionem digitorum.
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Tunc, detecto Calice, dicit:
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Símili modo postquam cenátum est, (Ambabus manibus accipit Calicem,) accípiens et hunc præclárum Cálicem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas: (item Caput inclinat,) item tibi grátias agens, (Sinistra tenens Calicem, dextera signat super eum,) bene ✝ díxit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et bíbite ex eo omnes.
Profert verba consecrationis super Calicem, attente, continuate, et secrete, tenens illum parum elevatum.
HIC EST ENIM CALIX SANGUINIS MEI, NOVI ET ÆTERNI TESTAMENTI: MYSTERIUM FIDEI: QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO MULTIS EFFUNDETUR IN REMISSIONEM PECCATORUM.
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Quibus verbis prolatis, deponit Calicem super Corporale, et dicens secrete:
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Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis.
Genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, deponit, cooperit, et genuflexus iterum adorat.
Deinde disjunctis manibus dicit:
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Unde et mémores, Dómine, nos servi tui, sed et plebs tua sancta, ejúsdem Christi Fílii tui, Dómini nostri, tam beátæ passiónis, nec non et ab ínferis resurrectiónis, sed et in cælos gloriósæ ascensiónis: offérimus præcláræ majestáti tuæ de tuis donis ac datis, (Jungit manus, et signat ter super Hostiam, et Calicem simul, dicens:) Hóstiam ✝ puram, Hóstiam ✝ sanctam, Hóstiam ✝ immaculátam, (Signat semel super Hostiam, dicens:) Panem ✝ sanctum vitæ ætérnæ, (et semel super Calicem, dicens:) et Cálicem ✝ salútis perpétuæ.
Extensis manibus prosequitur:
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Supra quæ propítio ac seréno vultu respícere dignéris: et accépta habére, sicúti accépta habére dignátus es múnera púeri tui justi Abel, et sacrifícium Patriárchæ nostri Abrahæ: et quod tibi óbtulit summus sacérdos tuus Melchísedech, sanctum sacrifícium, immaculátam hóstiam.
Profunde inclinatus, junctis manibus et super Altare positis, dicit:
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Súpplices te rogámus, omnípotens Deus: jube hæc perférri per manus sancti Angeli tui in sublíme altáre tuum, in conspéctu divínæ majestátis tuæ: ut, quotquot (Osculatur Altare,) ex hac altáris participatióne sacrosánctum Fílii tui (Jungit manus, et signat semel super Hostiam, et semel super Calicem,) Cor ✝ pus, et Sán ✝ guinem sumpsérimus, (Seipsum signat, dicens:) omni benedictióne cælésti et grátia repleámur. (Jungit manus.) Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Commemoratio pro defunctis
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Meménto étiam, Dómine, famulórum famularúmque tuárum N. et N., qui nos præcessérunt cum signo fídei, et dórmiunt in somno pacis. (Jungit manus, orat aliquántulum pro iis defunctis, pro quibus orare intendit, deinde extensis manibus prosequitur:) Ipsis, Dómine, et ómnibus in Christo quiescéntibus locum refrigérii, lucis, et pacis, ut indúlgeas, deprecámur. (Jungit manus, et caput inclinat, dicens:) Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Manu dextera percutit sibi pectus, elata aliquantulum voce dicens:
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Nobis quoque peccatóribus (Extensis manibus ut prius, secrete prosequitur:) fámulis tuis, de multitúdine miseratiónum tuárum sperántibus, partem áliquam et societátem donáre dignéris, cum tuis sanctis Apóstolis et Martýribus: cum Joánne, Stéphano, Matthía, Bárnaba, Ignátio, Alexándro, Marcellíno, Petro, Felicitáte, Perpétua, Agatha, Lúcia, Agnéte, Cæcília, Anastásia, et ómnibus Sanctis tuis: intra quorum nos consórtium, non æstimátor mériti, sed véniæ, quǽsumus, largítor admítte. (Jungit manus.) Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum.
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Per quem hæc ómnia, Dómine, semper bona creas, (Signat ter super Hostiam, et Calicem simul, dicens:) sanctí ✝ ficas, viví ✝ ficas, bene ✝ dícis et præstas nobis.
Discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, accipit Hostiam inter pollicem et indicem manus dexteræ: et tenens sinistra Calicem, cum Hostia signat ter a labio ad labium Calicis, dicens:
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Per Ip ✝ sum, et cum Ip ✝ so, et in Ip ✝ so, (Cum ipsa Hostia signat bis inter se et Calicem, dicens:) est tibi Deo Patri ✝ omnipoténti, in unitáte Spíritus ✝ Sancti, (Elevans parum Calicem cum Hostia, dicit:) omnis honor, et glória.
ponit Hostiam, Calicem Palla cooperit, genuflectit, surgit, et dicit intellegibili voce vel cantat:
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Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
English
Canon of the Mass
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We therefore, humbly pray and beseech Thee, most merciful Father, through Jesus Christ; Thy Son, our Lord, (He kisses the altar) that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to accept and bless (He joins his hands and signs the oblation thrice with the Sign of the Cross.) these ✝ gifts, these ✝ presents, these ✝ holy unspotted Sacrifices, (Then extending his hands, he proceeds:) which in the first place we offer Thee for Thy holy Catholic Church to which vouchsafe to grant peace, as also to preserve, unite, and govern it throughout the world, together with Thy servant N.p our Pope, and N.b our Bishop, and all orthodox believers and professors of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith.
Commemoration of the Living
Be mindful, O Lord, of Thy servants and handmaidens, N. and N. (The priest joins his hands and prays silently for those for whom he intends to pray. Then extending his hands, he proceeds:) and of all here present, whose faith and devotion are known unto Thee, for whom we offer, or who offer up to Thee, this sacrifice of praise for themselves, their families and friends, for the redemption of their souls, for the health and salvation they hope for; and who now pay their vows to Thee, the everlasting, living and true God.
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We pray in union with and honor the memory, especially of the glorious ever Virgin Mary, mother of our God and Lord Jesus Christ: as also of the blessed Joseph, her Spouse,
and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, and of all Thy Saints, through whose merits and prayers, grant that we may in all things be defended by the help of Thy protection. (He joins his hands.) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Spreading his hands over the oblation, he says:
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We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this oblation of our service, as also of Thy whole family;
and to dispose our days in Thy peace, preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. (He joins his hands.) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, (He signs thrice the oblation with the Sign of the Cross.) to bless, ✝ approve, ✝ ratify, ✝ make worthy and acceptable; (He signs again the Host and chalice with the Sign of the Cross.) that it may be made for us the Body ✝ and Blood ✝ of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Who, the day before He suffered, (He takes the host.) took bread into His holy and venerable hands, (He raises his eyes to heaven.) and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, (He signs the host with the Sign of the Cross) He blessed ✝ it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,
The words of the Consecration of the Host:
FOR THIS IS MY BODY.
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After pronouncing the words of the Consecration, the priest, kneeling, adores the Sacred Host; rising, he elevates It. -- Look up at the Sacred Host, with faith, piety, and love, saying: "My Lord and my God." -- and then placing It on the corporal, again adores It. After this he never disjoins his fingers and thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until after the washing of his fingers.
Consecration of the Wine Then, uncovering the chalice, the priest says:
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In like manner, after He had supped, (He takes the chalice with both his hands.) taking also this excellent chalice into His holy and venerable hands (He takes the chalice in his left hand, and with his right he signs it with the Sign of the Cross.) He blessed ✝ , and gave it to His disciples, saying: Take and drink ye all of this,
The words of Consecration of the Chalice
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL TESTAMENT, THE MYSTERY OF FAITH; WHICH SHALL BE SHED FOR YOU AND FOR MANY UNTO THE REMISSION OF SINS.
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After the elevation of the Chalice, the priest says in a low voice:
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As often as ye do these things, ye shall do them in remembrance of Me.
The priest kneels and adores the Precious Blood; rising, he elevates the Chalice, and setting it down he covers it and adores it again.
With his hands held apart, he then proceeds
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Wherefore, O Lord, we Thy servants, as also Thy holy people, calling to mind the blessed Passion of the same Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, and also His Resurrection from the dead and His glorious Ascension into heaven: do offer unto Thy most excellent Majesty of Thine own gifts, bestowed upon us, (He joins his hands and signs thrice the Host and Chalice with the Sign of the Cross.) a pure ✝ Host, a holy ✝ Host, an unspotted ✝ Host, (He signs the Host and the Chalice, with the Sign of the Cross.) the holy ✝ Bread of eternal life, and the Chalice ✝ of everlasting salvation.
Extending his hands, he proceeds
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Upon which vouchsafe to look with a propitious and serene countenance, and to accept them, as Thou wert graciously pleased to accept the gifts of Thy just servant Abel, and the sacrifice of our patriarch Abraham, and that which Thy high priest Melchisedech offered to Thee, a holy sacrifice, an unspotted victim.
Bowing down, with his hands joined and placed upon the altar, he says:
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We most humbly beseech Thee, almighty God, command these offerings to be borne by the hands of Thy holy Angels to Thine altar on high, in the sight of Thy divine majesty, that as many (He kisses the altar.) as shall partake of the most holy (He joins his hand, and signs the Host and the Chalice with the Sign of the Cross.) Body ✝ and Blood ✝ of Thy Son (He signs himself with the Sign of the Cross.) at this altar, may be filled with every heavenly grace and blessing. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Commemoration of the Dead
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Remember also, O Lord, Thy servants and handmaids N. and N., who are gone before us with the sign of faith, and rest in the sleep of peace. (He joins his hands and prays for such of the dead as he intends to pray for, then extending his hands he proceeds:) To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and peace; (He joins his hands, and bows his head:) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pronounces in a somewhat elevated tone of voice, to symbolize an act of public self-humiliation; at the same time he strikes his breast in a token of contrition.
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To us also, Thy sinful servants, confiding in the multitude of Thy mercies, vouchsafe to grant some part and fellowship with Thy holy Apostles and Martyrs, with John, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and with all Thy Saints, into whose company we beseech Thee to admit us, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offenses. (He joins his hands.) Through Christ our Lord.
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By Whom, O Lord, Thou dost ever create, (He signs thrice the Host and the Chalice, saying:) sanctify, ✝ quicken, ✝ bless, ✝ and give unto us all these good things.
He uncovers the Chalice, and genuflects: then taking the Host in his right hand, and holding the Chalice in his left, he signs with the Sign of the Cross three times across the Chalice, saying:
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By Him, ✝ and with Him, ✝ and in Him ✝ (He signs twice between the Chalice and his breast.) is to Thee, God the Father ✝ almighty, in the unity of the Holy ✝ Ghost, (He elevates a little the Chalice with the Host.) all honor and glory.
Replacing the Host, and covering the Chalice, he kneels down, and rising again, he says (or sings):
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World without end.
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Amen.
Preparation for Holy Communion
Latin
Preparation for Holy Communion
(Iungit manus.)
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Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus móniti, et divína institutióne formáti audémus dícere:(Extendit manus.)
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Pater noster, qui es in cælis. Sanctificétur nomen tuum. Advéniat regnum tuum. Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie. Et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris. Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:
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Sed líbera nos a malo.
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(Sacerdos secrete dicit :) Amen.
Deinde manu dextera accipit inter indicem et medium digitos Patenam, quam tenens super Altare erectam, dicit secrete:
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Líbera nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, ab ómnibus malis, prætéritis, præséntibus et futúris: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa semper Vírgine Dei Genetríce María, cum beátis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, atque Andréa, et ómnibus Sanctis, (Signat se cum Patena a fronte ad pectus,) da propítius pacem in diébus nostris: (Patenam osculatur,) ut, ope misericórdiæ tuæ adjúti, et a peccáto simus semper líberi et ab omni perturbatióne secúri.
Submittit Patenam Hostiæ, discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, surgit, accipit Hostiam, et eam super Calicem tenens utraque manu, frangit per medium, dicens:
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Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum.
Et mediam partem, quam in dextera manu tenet, ponit super Patenam. Deinde ex parte, quæ in sinistra remanserat, frangit particulam, dicens:
Qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus.
Aliam mediam partem, quam in sinistra manu habet, adjungit mediæ super Patenam positæ, et particulam parvam dextera retinens super Calicem, quem sinistra per nodum infra cuppam tenet, dicit intellegibili voce vel cantat:
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Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
Cum ipsa particula signat ter super Calicem, dicens:
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Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
Particulam ipsam immittit in Calicem, dicens secrete:
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Hæc commíxtio, et consecrátio Córporis et Sánguinis Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, fiat accipiéntibus nobis in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Cooperit Calicem, genuflectit, surgit, et inclinatus Sacramento, junctis manibus, et ter pectus percutiens, intellegibili voce dicit:
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona nobis pacem.
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In Missis Defunctorum non dicitur miserére nobis, sed ejus loco dona eis requiem, et in tertio additur sempitérnam.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona eis réquiem.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona eis réquiem.
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Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona eis réquiem sempitérnam.
Deinde, junctis manibus super Altare, inclinatus dicit secrete sequentes Orationes:
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Dómine Jesu Christe, qui dixísti Apóstolis tuis: Pacem relínquo vobis, pacem meam do vobis: ne respícias peccáta mea, sed fidem Ecclésiæ tuæ; eámque secúndum voluntátem tuam pacificáre et coadunáre dignéris: Qui vivis et regnas Deus per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Si danda est pax, osculatur Altare, et dans pacem, dicit:
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Pax tecum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
In Missis Defunctorum non datur pax, neque dicitur oratio Domine Jesu Christe, qui dixisti.
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Dómine Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, qui ex voluntáte Patris, cooperánte Spíritu Sancto, per mortem tuam mundum vivificásti: líbera me per hoc sacrosánctum Corpus et Sánguinem tuum ab ómnibus iniquitátibus meis, et univérsis malis: et fac me tuis semper inhærére mandátis, et a te numquam separári permíttas: Qui cum eódem Deo Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivis et regnas Deus in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
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Percéptio Córporis tui, Dómine Jesu Christe, quod ego indígnus súmere præsúmo, non mihi provéniat in judícium et condemnatiónem: sed pro tua pietáte prosit mihi ad tutaméntum mentis et córporis, et ad medélam percipiéndam: Qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Genuflectit, surgit, et dicit:
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Panem cæléstem accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo.
Deinde parum inclinatus, accipit ambas partes Hostiæ inter pollicem et indicem sinistræ manus, et Patenam inter eundem indicem et medium supponit, et dextera tribus vicibus percutiens pectus, elata aliquantulum voce, ter dicit devote et humiliter:
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Dómine, non sum dignus, (Et secrete prosequitur:) ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
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Dómine, non sum dignus, (Et secrete prosequitur:) ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
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Dómine, non sum dignus, (Et secrete prosequitur:) ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
Postea dextera se signans cum Hostia super Patenam, dicit:
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Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Et se inclinans, reverenter sumit ambas partes Hostiæ: quibus sumptis, deponit Patenam super Corporale, et erigens se jungit manus, et quiescit aliquantulum in meditatione Sanctissimi Sacramenti.
Deinde discooperit Calicem, genuflectit, colligit fragmenta, si quæ sint, extergit Patenam super Calicem, interim dicens:
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Quid retríbuam Dómino pro ómnibus, quæ retríbuit mihi? Cálicem salutáris accípiam, et nomen Dómini invocábo. Laudans invocábo Dóminum, et ab inimícis meis salvus ero.
Accipit Calicem manu dextera, et eo se signans, dicit:
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Sanguis Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam meam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Et sinistra supponens Patenam Calici, reverenter sumit totum Sanguinem cum particula. Quo sumpto, si qui sunt communicandi, eos communicet, antequam se purificet
Si qui sunt communicandi in Missa, Sacerdos post sumptionem Sanguinis, antequam se purificet, facta genuflexione, ponat particulas consecratas in Pyxide, vel, si pauci sint communicandi, super Patenam, nisi a principio positae fuerint in Pyxide seu alio Calice. Interim minister ante eos extendit linteum seu velum album, et pro eis facit Confessionem dicens:
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Confíteor Deo omnipoténti, beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini, beáto Michaéli Archángelo, beáto Joánni Baptístæ, sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo, ómnibus Sanctis, et tibi, pater: quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne, verbo et ópere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem, beátum Michaélem Archángelum, beátum Joánnem Baptístam, sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te, pater, oráre pro me ad Dóminum, Deum nostrum.
Sacerdos iterum genuflectit, et manibus junctis vertens se ad populum in cornu Evangelii, dicit:
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Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam.
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Amen.
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Indulgéntiam, + absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum vestrórum tríbuat vobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.
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Amen.
et manu dextera facit signum crucis super eos. Postea genuflectens, accipit manu sinistra Pyxidem seu Patenam cum Sacramento, dextera vero sumit unam particulam, quam inter pollicem et indicem tenet aliquantulum elevatam super Pyxidem seu Patenam, et conversus adcommunicandos in medio Altaris, dicit:
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Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce, qui tollit peccáta mundi.
Deinde dicit:
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Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
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Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
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Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum dic verbo, et sanábitur ánima mea.
Quibus verbis tertio repetitis, accedit ad eorum dexteram, hoc est, ad latus Epistolæ, et unicuique porrigit Sacramentum faciens cum eo signum crucis super Pyxidem vel Patenam, et simul dicens:
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Corpus Dómini nostri Jesu Christi custódiat ánimam tuam in vitam ætérnam. Amen.
Omnibus communicatis, revertitur ad Altare, nihil dicens: et non dat eis benedictionem, quia illam daturus est in fine Missæ. Si particulæ positae erant super Corporale, extergit illud cum Patena, et si qua in eo fuerint fragmenta, in Calicem immittit.
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Postea dicit:
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Quod ore súmpsimus, Dómine, pura mente capiámus: et de múnere temporáli fiat nobis remédium sempitérnum.
Interim porrigit Calicem ministro, qui infundit in eo parum vini, quo se purificat: deinde prosequitur:
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Corpus tuum, Dómine, quod sumpsi, et Sanguis, quem potávi, adhǽreat viscéribus meis: et præsta; ut in me non remáneat scélerum mácula, quem pura et sancta refecérunt sacraménta: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.
Abluit et extergit digitos, ac sumit ablutionem: extergit os et Calicem, quem, plicato Corporali, operit et collocat in Altari ut prius: deinde prosequitur Missam.
English
Preparation for Holy Communion
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Let us pray. Instructed by Thy saving precepts, and following Thy divine institution, we are bold to say:
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation.
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But deliver us from evil.
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Amen.
Then the priest takes the paten between the first and second finger and says:
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Deliver us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all evils, past, present, and to come; and by the intercession of the Blessed and glorious ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and of Andrew, and of all the Saints, (He signs himself with the paten, and then kisses it.) mercifully grant peace in our days, that through the assistance of Thy mercy we may be always free from sin, and secure from all disturbance.
He places the paten under the Host, uncovers the Chalice, and makes a genuflection; rising, he takes the Host and breaks It in the middle over the Chalice, saying:
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Through the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord.
He puts the Part which is in his right hand upon the paten, and breaks a Particle from the other Part in his left hand, saying:
Who with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth God,
He places the Half which is in his left hand on the paten, and holding the Particle which he broke off in his right hand, and the Chalice in his left, he says:
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World without end.
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Amen.
The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the Particle over the Chalice, saying:
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The peace ✝ of the Lord be ✝ always with ✝ you.
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And with thy spirit.
He puts the Particle into the Chalice, saying:
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May this mixture and consecration of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ be to us who receive it effectual unto eternal life. Amen.
He covers the Chalice, genuflects and rises; than bowing down and striking his breast thrice, he says:
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
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In Masses for the Dead, he says twice, instead of Miserere nobis: have mercy on us. Grant them rest. And lastly: Grant them eternal rest.
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant them rest.
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant them rest.
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Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant them eternal rest.
With his hands joined and resting on the altar, standing inclined, he says the three following prayers:
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O Lord Jesus Christ, who saidst to Thine Apostles: Peace I leave you, My peace I give you: regard not my sins, but the faith of Thy Church; and vouchsafe to grant her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: Who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
In Solemn Masses the kiss of peace is now given; the Celebrant kisses the altar, then saluting the deacon, says:
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Peace be with thee.
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And with thy spirit.
In Masses of the Dead, the kiss of peace is not given.
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O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, who, according to the will of Thy Father, with the cooperation of the Holy Ghost, hast by Thy death given life to the world; deliver me by this Thy most sacred Body and Blood, from all my iniquities and from all evils; and make me always cleave to Thy commandments, and suffer me never to be separated from Thee, Who livest and reignest, with the same God the Father and the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
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Let not the partaking of Thy Body, O Lord, Jesus Christ, which I, though unworthy, presume to receive, turn to my judgment and condemnation; but let it, through Thy mercy, become a safeguard and remedy, both for soul and body; Who with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.
The priest genuflects, rises and says:
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I will take the Bread of heaven, and will call upon the Name of the Lord.
Slightly inclining, he takes both halves of the Host between the thumb and forefinger of his left hand, and the paten between the same forefinger and the middle one; then striking his breast with his right hand, and raising his voice a little, he says three times devoutly and humbly:
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Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
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Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
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Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
Then with his right hand, making the Sign of the Cross with the Host over the paten, he says:
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The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
He then reverently receives both halves of the Host, joins his hands, and meditates a short time.
Then he uncovers the Chalice, genuflects, collects whatever fragments may remain on the corporal, and purifies the paten over the Chalice, saying:
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What return shall I make to the Lord for all He has given to me? I will take the chalice of salvation, and call upon the Name of the Lord. Praising I will call upon the Lord, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
The priest takes the Chalice and making the Sign of the Cross with it, says:
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The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
Then he receives all the Precious Blood, together with the Particle.
If Holy Communion is to be distributed, the server says the Confiteor. [This was omitted in the 1962 Missal.]
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I confess to almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you, Father, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, (Here he strikes his breast thrice.) through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, all the Saints, and you, Father, to pray to the Lord our God for me.
After which the priest communicates those who are to communicate, if there be any, saying:
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May almighty God have mercy upon you, forgive you your sins, and bring you unto life everlasting.
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Amen.
Making the Sign of the Cross, he continues:
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May the almighty and merciful Lord grant you pardon, † absolution, and remission of your sins.
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Amen.
Elevating a particle of the Blessed Sacrament and turning towards the people, he says:
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Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who taketh away the sins of the world.
And then he says three times:
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Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
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Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
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Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.
He administers the communion, saying to each:
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The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul unto life everlasting. Amen.
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The priest says silently:
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Grant, O Lord, that what we have taken with our mouth, we may receive with a pure mind; and from a temporal gift may it become to us an eternal remedy.
Then he holds out the Chalice to the server -- in Solemn Masses to the deacon -- who pours wine into it for the first ablution, then the priest proceeds:
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May Thy Body, O Lord, which I have received, and Thy Blood which I have drunk, cleave to my bowels; and grant that no stain of sin may remain in me, who have been fed with this pure and holy Sacrament; Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
The priest then washes his fingers and receives the second ablution. Then he covers the chalice and folding the corporal, places it on the chalice, as at the beginning of Mass, and goes to the right side of the altar to say the prayers from the Missal.
Communio (Communion Verse)
Latin
Joann 13:12, 13 et 15.
Dóminus Jesus, postquam cœnávit cum discípulis suis, lavit pedes eórum, et ait illis: Scitis, quid fécerim vobis ego, Dóminus et Magíster? Exemplum dedi vobis, ut et vos ita faciátis.
English
Joann 13: 12, 13
The Lord Jesus, after He had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them: Know you what I, your Lord and Master, have done to you? I gave you an example, that you also may do likewise.
Postcommunio
Latin
Refécti vitálibus aliméntis, quǽsumus, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, quod témpore nostræ mortalitátis exséquimur, immortalitátis tuæ múnere consequámur.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
English
Strengthened with life-giving Food, we beseech Thee, O Lord, our God, that what we do in our mortal life may bring us to the reward of life immortal with Thee.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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Amen.
Postcommunio (Commemoratio)
Latin
Sumpta, Dómine, sacraménta cœléstia: beáto Francísco Confessóre tuo intercedénte, precámur; ut et temporális vitæ subsídia nobis cónferant et ætérnæ.
Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
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Amen.
English
We pray You, O Lord, that the heavenly sacrament which we have received, may by the intercession of blessed Francis, Your Confessor, help us both in this life and in the life everlasting.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.
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Amen.
Conclusion & Last Gospel
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Conclusion & Last Gospel
Dicto, post ultimam Orationem,
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Dóminus vobíscum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
dicit pro Missæ qualitate, vel Ite, Missa est, vel Benedicámus Dómino. Deo grátias.
Ite, missa est.
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Deo grátias.
Tunc celebrans inclinat se ante medium altaris, et manibus junctis super illud, dicit secrete:
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Pláceat tibi, sancta Trínitas, obséquium servitútis meæ: et præsta; ut sacrifícium, quod óculis tuæ majestátis indígnus óbtuli, tibi sit acceptábile, mihíque et ómnibus, pro quibus illud óbtuli, sit, te miseránte, propitiábile. Per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Deinde osculatur Altare: et elevatis oculis, extendens, elevans et jungens manus, caputque Cruci inclínans, dicit:
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Benedícat vos omnípotens Deus,
et versus ad populum, semel tantum benedícens, etiam in Missis sollemnibus; In Missa Pontificali ter benedicitur, ut in Pontificali habetur. Deinde prosequitur:
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Pater, et Fílius, ✝ et Spíritus Sanctus.
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Amen.
In Missis Defunctorum non datur benedíctio, sed dicto Requiéscant in pace, dicit: Pláceat tibi, sancta Trinitas; deinde osculato Altari, legit Evangelium sancti Joannis.
Deinde sacerdos in cornu Evangelii, junctis manibus dicit:
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Dóminus vobíscum.
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Et cum spíritu tuo.
Et signans signo crucis primum Altare vel librum, deinde se in fronte, ore et pectore, dicit:
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Inítium sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem.
Joann. 1, 1-14
Junctis manibus prosequitur:
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In princípio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deus erat Verbum. Hoc erat in princípio apud Deum. Omnia per ipsum facta sunt: et sine ipso factum est nihil, quod factum est: in ipso vita erat, et vita erat lux hóminum: et lux in ténebris lucet, et ténebræ eam non comprehendérunt.
Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Joánnes. Hic venit in testimónium, ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine, ut omnes créderent per illum. Non erat ille lux, sed ut testimónium perhibéret de lúmine.
Erat lux vera, quæ illúminat omnem hóminem veniéntem in hunc mundum. In mundo erat, et mundus per ipsum factus est, et mundus eum non cognóvit. In própria venit, et sui eum non recepérunt. Quotquot autem recepérunt eum, dedit eis potestátem fílios Dei fíeri, his, qui credunt in nómine ejus: qui non ex sanguínibus, neque ex voluntáte carnis, neque ex voluntáte viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt. (Genuflectit dicens:) Et Verbum caro factum est, (Et surgens prosequitur:) et habitávit in nobis: et vídimus glóriam ejus, glóriam quasi Unigéniti a Patre, plenum grátiæ et veritátis.
Finito Evangelio sancti Joannis, discedens ab Altari, pro gratiarum actione dicit Ant. Trium puerórum, cum reliquis, ut habetur in principio Missalis.
English
Conclusion & Last Gospel
He turns to the people and says:
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The Lord be with you.
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And with thy spirit.
Ite, missa est.
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Deo grátias.
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May the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O holy Trinity: and grant that the Sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty, may be acceptable to Thee, and through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for me, and for all those for whom I have offered it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
He kisses the altar, and raising his eyes, extending, raising and joining his hands, he bows down his head and says:
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May almighty God the Father, Son, ✝ and Holy Ghost, bless you.
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Amen.
In Masses for the Dead, the Blessing is omitted.
Then turning to the Gospel side of the altar, the priest says:
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The Lord be with you.
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And with thy spirit.
He then traces the Sign of the Cross, first upon the altar, and then upon his forehead, lips, and breast, and says:
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The beginning of the holy Gospel according to John
John 1, 1-14
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was made nothing that was made: in Him was life, and the life was the Light of men; and the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through Him. He was not the Light, but he was to testify concerning the Light. That was the true Light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him to them He gave power to become sons of God, to them that believe in His Name, who are born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (Here all kneel.) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw His glory, the glory as of the Only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
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Orationes Leonis XIII
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Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
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Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
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Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
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Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
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Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
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Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
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Salve Regína, Mater misericórdiæ, vita, dulcédo, et spes nostra, salve. Ad te clamámus, éxsules fílii Evæ. Ad te suspirámus geméntes et flentes in hac lacrymárum valle. Eia ergo, Advocáta nostra, illos tuos misericórdes óculos ad nos convérte. Et Jesum, benedíctum fructum ventris tui, nobis, post hoc exílium, osténde. O clemens, o pia, o dulcis Virgo Mária.
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Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Génitrix.
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Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.
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Orémus. Deus, refúgium nostrum et virtus, pópulum ad te clamántem propítius réspice; et intercedénte gloriósa, et immaculáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce María, cum beáto Joseph, ejus Sponso, ac beatis Apóstolis tuis Petro et Paulo, et ómnibus Sanctis, quas pro conversióne peccatórum, pro libertáte et exaltatióne sanctæ Matris Ecclésiæ, preces effúndimus, miséricors et benígnus exáudi. Per eúndem Christum Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
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Sancte Míchaël Archángele, defénde nos in prǽlio; contra nequítiam et insídias diáboli esto præsídium. Imperet illi Deus, súpplices deprecámur: tuque, Princeps milítiæ Cæléstis, sátanam aliósque spíritus malígnos, qui ad perditiónem animárum pervagántur in mundo, divína virtúte in inférnum detrúde. Amen.
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Cor Jesu sacratíssimum.
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Miserére nobis.
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Cor Jesu sacratíssimum.
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Miserére nobis.
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Cor Jesu sacratíssimum.
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Miserére nobis.
English
To be said kneeling after the celebration of Low Mass.
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Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
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Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
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Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
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That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
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Let us pray. O God, our refuge and our strength, look down in mercy on Thy people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of St. Joseph her Spouse, of Thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the Saints, in mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of our holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Holy Michael Archangel, defend us in the day of battle; be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. -- May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust down to hell Satan and all wicked spirits, who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.
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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
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Have mercy upon us.
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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
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Have mercy upon us.
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Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,
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Have mercy upon us.
Communicantes
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Communicántes et diem sacratíssimum celebrántes, quo Dóminus noster Jesus Christus pro nobis est tráditus: sed et memóriam venerántes, in primis gloriósæ semper Vírginis Maríæ, Genetrícis ejúsdem Dei et Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: sed et beatórum Apostolórum ac Mártyrum tuórum, Petri et Pauli, Andréæ, Jacóbi, Joánnis, Thomæ, Jacóbi, Philíppi, Bartholomǽi, Matthǽi, Simónis et Tháddæi: Lini, Cleti, Cleméntis, Xysti, Cornélii, Cypriáni, Lauréntii, Chrysógoni, Joánnis et Pauli, Cosmæ et Damiáni: et ómnium Sanctórum tuórum; quorum méritis precibúsque concédas, ut in ómnibus protectiónis tuæ muniámur auxílio. (Jungit manus.) Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Tenens manus expansas super Oblata, dicit:
Hanc ígitur oblatiónem servitútis nostræ, sed et cunctæ famíliæ tuæ, quam tibi offérimus ob diem, in qua Dóminus noster Jesus Christus trádidit discípulis suis Córporis et Sánguinis sui mystéria celebránda: quǽsumus, Dómine, ut placátus accípias: diésque nostros in tua pace dispónas, atque ab ætérna damnatióne nos éripi et in electórum tuórum júbeas grege numerári. (Jungit manus.) Per eúndem Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Amen.
Quam oblatiónem tu, Deus, in ómnibus, quǽsumus, (Signat ter super Oblata,) bene ✝ díctam, adscríp ✝ tam, ra ✝ tam, rationábilem acceptabilémque fácere dignéris: (Signat semel super Hóstiam,) ut nobis Cor ✝ pus, (et semel super Cálicem,) et San ✝ guis fiat dilectíssimi Fílii tui, (Jungit manus,) Dómini nostri Jesu Christi.
Qui prídie, quam pro nostra omniúmque salúte paterétur, hoc est hódie, (Accipit Hostiam,) accépit panem in sanctas ac venerábiles manus suas, (Elevat oculos ad cœlum,) et elevátis óculis in cœlum ad te Deum, Patrem suum omnipoténtem, (Caput inclinat,) tibi grátias agens, (Signat super Hostiam,) bene ✝ dixit, fregit, dedítque discípulis suis, dicens: Accípite, et manducáte ex hoc omnes.
English
Communicating and celebrating the most sacred day in which our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed for us: and also honoring in the first place the memory of the glorious and ever Virgin Mary Genetrícis ejúsdem Dei et Dómini nostri Jesu Christi: sed and of the blessed Apostles and Martyrs Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and Thaddeus; Linus, Cletus, Clement, Xystus, Cornelius, Cyprian, Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian, and of all Thy Saints, through whose merits and prayers, grant that we may in all things be defended by the help of Thy protection. (He joins his hands.) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Tenens manus expansas super Oblata, dicit:
We therefore beseech Thee, O Lord, graciously to accept this offering of our service, and that of Thy whole family, which we make to Thee in memory of the day on which our Lord Jesus Christ gave to His disciples the Mysteries of His Body and Blood to be celebrated; and to dispose our day in Thy peace preserve us from eternal damnation, and rank us in the number of Thine Elect. (He joins his hands.) Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Which oblation do Thou, O God, vouchsafe in all respects, (He signs thrice the oblation with the Sign of the Cross.) to bless, ✝ approve, ✝ ratify, ✝ make worthy and acceptable; (He signs again the Host and chalice with the Sign of the Cross.) that it may be made for us the Body ✝ and Blood ✝ of Thy most beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Who, the day before He suffered for our salvation and that of all men, that is, on this day, took bread into His most sacred and venerable hands (He raises his eyes to heaven.) and with His eyes lifted up towards heaven unto Thee, God, His almighty Father, giving thanks to Thee, (He signs the host with the Sign of the Cross) He blessed ✝ it, broke it and gave it to His disciples saying: Take and eat ye all of this,
Post Missam
Latin
Pange Lingua
Hodie paretur locus aptus in aliqua Capella Ecclesiæ, vel Altari: et decenter, quoad fieri potest: ornetur cum velis et luminibus: ubi Calix cum Hostia, ut supra reservata, reponatur. Finita autem Missa, accenduntur intorticia, et fit Processio more solito, alio tamen Subdiacono parato Crucem ferente. Celebrans indutus Pluviali albo, stans ante Altare, imponit incensum in duobus thuribulis absque benedictione: deinde in medio genuflexus, cum altero incensat ter Sacramentum: et accepto Calice cum Sacramento de manu Diaconi stantis, et cooperto extremitatibus Veli, quo ejus humeri teguntur, procedit médius inter eúndem Diaconum a dextris et Subdiaconum a sinistris sub baldachino, duobus Acolythis Sacramentum continue incensantibus, usque ad locum præparatum, ubi pro crastino servandum est. Interea dum fit Processio, cantatur Hymnus Pange, lingua, gloriosi Corporis mystérium.
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Pange língua, gloriósi
Córporis mystérium,
Sanguinísque pretiósi,
Quem in mundi prétium
Fructus ventris generósi
Rex effúdit géntium.
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Nobis datus, nobis natus
Ex intácta Vírgine,
Et in mundo conversátus,
Sparso verbi sémine.
Sui moras incolátus.
Miro clausit órdine.
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In suprémæ nocte cœnæ
Recúmbens cum frátribus,
Observáta lege plene
Cibis in legálibus,
Cibum turbæ duodénæ
Se dat suis mánibus.
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Verbum caro, panem verum
Verbo carnem éfficit;
Fitque sanguis Christi merum:
Et si sensus déficit,
Ad firmándum cor sincérum
Sola fides súfficit.
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Tantum ergo Sacraméntum
Venerémur cérnui:
Et antíquum documéntum
Novo cedat rítui:
Præstet fides supplémentum
Sénsuum deféctui.
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Genitóri, Genitóque
Laus et iubilátio:
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedíctio
Procedénti ab utróque
Compar sit laudátio.
Amen.
Cum autem ventum fuerit ad locum paratum, Diaconus genuflexus a Sacerdote stanti accipit Calicem cum Sacramento, et ponit illum primo super Altare, ubi a Sacerdote genuflexo incensatur, ut supra: deinde reponit in capsula.
Denudatione altaris
Postea in Choro dicuntur Vesperæ sine cantu. Quibus expletis, Sacerdos, Alba et Stola violacea indutus, cum Ministris denudet Altaria, legendo Antiphonam
Antiphona
Ps 21:19
Ant. Divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea: et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
~(21:2) Deus, Deus meus, réspice in me: quare me dereliquísti? * longe a salúte mea verba delictórum meórum.
~(21:3) Deus meus, clamábo per diem, et non exáudies: * et nocte, et non ad insipiéntiam mihi.
~(21:4) Tu autem in sancto hábitas, * laus Israël.
~(21:5) In te speravérunt patres nostri: * speravérunt, et liberásti eos.
~(21:6) Ad te clamavérunt, et salvi facti sunt: * in te speravérunt, et non sunt confúsi.
~(21:7) Ego autem sum vermis, et non homo: * oppróbrium hóminum, et abjéctio plebis.
~(21:8) Omnes vidéntes me, derisérunt me: * locúti sunt lábiis, et movérunt caput.
~(21:9) Sperávit in Dómino, erípiat eum: * salvum fáciat eum, quóniam vult eum.
~(21:10) Quóniam tu es, qui extraxísti me de ventre: * spes mea ab ubéribus matris meæ. In te projéctus sum ex útero:
~(21:11) De ventre matris meæ Deus meus es tu, * ne discésseris a me:
~(21:12) Quóniam tribulátio próxima est: * quóniam non est qui ádjuvet.
~(21:13) Circumdedérunt me vítuli multi: * tauri pingues obsedérunt me.
~(21:14) Aperuérunt super me os suum, * sicut leo rápiens et rúgiens.
~(21:15) Sicut aqua effúsus sum: * et dispérsa sunt ómnia ossa mea.
~(21:15) Factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquéscens * in médio ventris mei.
~(21:16) Aruit tamquam testa virtus mea, et lingua mea adhǽsit fáucibus meis: * et in púlverem mortis deduxísti me.
~(21:17) Quóniam circumdedérunt me canes multi: * concílium malignántium obsédit me.
~(21:18) Fodérunt manus meas et pedes meos: * dinumeravérunt ómnia ossa mea.
~(21:19) Ipsi vero consideravérunt et inspexérunt me: * divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea, et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
~(21:20) Tu autem, Dómine, ne elongáveris auxílium tuum a me: * ad defensiónem meam cónspice.
~(21:21) Erue a frámea, Deus, ánimam meam: * et de manu canis únicam meam:
~(21:22) Salva me ex ore leónis: * et a córnibus unicórnium humilitátem meam.
~(21:23) Narrábo nomen tuum frátribus meis: * in médio ecclésiæ laudábo te.
~(21:24) Qui timétis Dóminum, laudáte eum: * univérsum semen Jacob, glorificáte eum.
~(21:25) Tímeat eum omne semen Israël: * quóniam non sprevit, neque despéxit deprecatiónem páuperis:
~(21:25) Nec avértit fáciem suam a me: * et cum clamárem ad eum, exaudívit me.
~(21:26) Apud te laus mea in ecclésia magna: * vota mea reddam in conspéctu timéntium eum.
~(21:27) Edent páuperes, et saturabúntur: et laudábunt Dóminum qui requírunt eum: * vivent corda eórum in sǽculum sǽculi.
~(21:28) Reminiscéntur et converténtur ad Dóminum * univérsi fines terræ:
~(21:28) Et adorábunt in conspéctu ejus * univérsæ famíliæ géntium.
~(21:29) Quóniam Dómini est regnum: * et ipse dominábitur géntium.
~(21:30) Manducavérunt et adoravérunt omnes pingues terræ: * in conspéctu ejus cadent omnes qui descéndunt in terram.
~(21:31) Et ánima mea illi vivet: * et semen meum sérviet ipsi.
~(21:32) Annuntiábitur Dómino generátio ventúra: * et annuntiábunt cœli justítiam ejus pópulo qui nascétur, quem fecit Dóminus.
Ant. Divisérunt sibi vestiménta mea: et super vestem meam misérunt sortem.
Lotio pedum
Post denudationem Altarium, hora competenti facto signo cum tabula, conveniunt Clerici ad faciendum Mandatum. Prælatus, seu Superior, super Amictu et Alba induitur Stola et Pluviali violaceis, et in loco ad id deputato, ministrante Diacono (qui paratus cum Subdiacono, ut in Missa, paramentis albis, ei assistit), imponit incensum in thuribulo: deinde Diaconus librum Evangeliorum ante pectus tenens genuflexus ante Superiorem, petiti benedictionem: qua accepta, astantibus duobus Acolythis cum candelabris accensis, et Subdiacono librum tenente, signat librum, et incensat, et cantat, ut moris est Evangelium.
Quo finito, Subdiaconus portat librum apertum osculandum Superiori, et Diaconus eum de more incensat. Postea Superior exuitur Pluviali, et per Diaconum et Subdiaconum præcingitur linteo, et sic præcinctus, assistentibus sibi iisdem Diacono et Subdiacono, accedit ad lotionem pedum, et per ordinem dispositis iis qui lavandi sunt, Clericis pelvim et aquam ministrantibus, Subdiacono singulorum pedem dextrum tenente, genuflectens singulis, illorum pedem lavat, extergit, et osculatur, Diacono præbente linteum ad abstergendum. Et interim hæc subscripta cantantur.
Antiphona
Joann 13:34.
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Mandátum novum do vobis: ut diligátis ínvicem, sicut diléxi vos, dicit Dóminus.
Ps 118:1.
Beáti immaculáti in via: qui ámbulant in lege Dómini.
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Mandátum novum do vobis: ut diligátis ínvicem, sicut diléxi vos, dicit Dóminus.
Antiphona
Joann 13:4, 5 et 15.
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Postquam surréxit Dóminus a cœna, misit aquam in pelvim, et cœpit laváre pedes discipulórum suórum: hoc exémplum réliquit eis.
Ps 47:2.
Magnus Dóminus, et laudábilis nimis: in civitáte Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus.
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Postquam surréxit Dóminus a cœna, misit aquam in pelvim, et cœpit laváre pedes discipulórum suórum: hoc exémplum réliquit eis.
Antiphona
Joann 13:12, 13 et 15.
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Dóminus Jesus, postquam cœnávit cum discípulis suis, lavit pedes eórum, et ait illis: Scitis, quid fécerim vobis ego, Dóminus et Magíster? Exémplum dedi vobis, ut et vos ita faciátis.
Ps 84:2.
Benedixísti, Dómine, terram tuam: avertísti captivitátem Jacob.
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Dóminus Jesus, postquam cœnávit cum discípulis suis, lavit pedes eórum, et ait illis: Scitis, quid fécerim vobis ego, Dóminus et Magíster? Exémplum dedi vobis, ut et vos ita faciátis.
Antiphona
Joann 13:6-7 et 8.
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Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes? Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: Si non lávero tibi pedes, non habébis partem mecum.
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Venit ergo ad Simónem Petrum, et dixit ei Petrus.
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Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes? Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: Si non lávero tibi pedes, non habébis partem mecum.
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Quod ego fácio, tu nescis modo: scies autem póstea.
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Dómine, tu mihi lavas pedes? Respóndit Jesus et dixit ei: Si non lávero tibi pedes, non habébis partem mecum.
Antiphona.
Joann 13:14.
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Si ego, Dóminus et Magíster vester, lavi vobis pedes: quanto magis debétis alter altérius laváre pedes?
Ps 48:2
Audíte hæc, omnes gentes: áuribus percípite, qui habitátis orbem.
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Si ego, Dóminus et Magíster vester, lavi vobis pedes: quanto magis debétis alter altérius laváre pedes?
Antiphona
Joann 13:35.
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In hoc cognóscent omnes, quia discípuli mei estis, si dilectiónem habuéritis ad ínvicem.
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Dixit Jesus discípulis suis.
V
In hoc cognóscent omnes, quia discípuli mei estis, si dilectiónem habuéritis ad ínvicem.
Antiphona
1 Cor 13:13
V
Máneant in vobis fides, spes, cáritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est cáritas.
V
Nunc autem manent fides, spes, cáritas, tria hæc: major horum est cáritas.
V
Máneant in vobis fides, spes, cáritas, tria hæc: major autem horum est cáritas.
Antiphona.
V
Benedícta sit sancta Trínitas atque indivísa Unitas: confitébimur ei, quia fecit nobíscum misericórdiam suam.
V
Benedicámus Patrem, et Fílium, cum Sancto Spíritu.
Ps 83:2-3.
Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virtútum! Concupíscit, et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini.
V
Benedícta sit sancta Trínitas atque indivísa Unitas: confitébimur ei, quia fecit nobíscum misericórdiam suam.
Antiphona.
1 Joann. 2; 3; 4.
V
Ubi cáritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
V
Congregávit nos in unum Christi amor.
V
Exsultémus et in ipso jucundémur.
V
Timeámus et amémus Deum vivum.
V
Et ex corde diligámus nos sincéro.
V
Ubi cáritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
V
Simul ergo cum in unum congregámur:
V
Ne nos mente dividámur, caveámus.
V
Cessent júrgia malígna, cessent lites.
V
Et in médio nostri sit Christus Deus.
V
Ubi cáritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
V
Simul quoque cum Beátis videámus
V
Gloriánter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:
V
Gáudium, quod est imménsum atque probum,
V
Sǽcula per infiníta sæculórum. Amen.
Post lotionem Superior, vel qui aliis abluit pedes, lavat manus, et abstergit alio linteo: deinde rediens ad locum, ubi prius fuerat, accipit Pluviale, et stans capite detecto dicit:
V
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris: et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.
V
Tu mandásti mandáta tua, Dómine.
R
Custodíri nimis.
V
Tu lavásti pedes discipulórum tuórum.
R
Opera mánuum tuárum ne despícias.
V
Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
R
Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
V
Dóminus vobíscum.
R
Et cum spíritu tuo.
V
Orémus.
Adésto, Dómine, quǽsumus, offício servitútis nostræ: et quia tu discípulis tuis pedes laváre dignátus es, ne despícias ópera mánuum tuárum, quæ nobis retinénda mandásti: ut, sicut hic nobis, et a nobis exterióra abluúntur inquinaménta; sic a te ómnium nostrum interióra lavéntur peccáta. Quod ipse præstáre dignéris, qui vivis et regnas Deus: per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
R
Amen.
English
Pange Lingua
V
Sing, my tongue, the Saviour's glory:
Of His Flesh the mystery sing;
Of His Blood all price exceeding.
Shed by our immortal King.
Destined for the world's redemption
From a noble womb to spring.
V
Of a pure and spotless Virgin,
Born for us on earth below,
He, as Man with man conversing,
Stayed the seeds of truth to sow,
Then He closed in solemn order
Wondrously His life of woe.
On the night of His last supper,
Seated with His chosen band,
He, the paschal victim eating,
First fulfills the Law's command;
Then as food to all His brethren
Gives himself with His own hand.
V
Word made Flesh, the bread of nature,
By His words to Flesh He turns;
Wine into His Blood He changes:
What though sense no change discerns,
Only be the heart in earnest,
Faith her lesson quickly learns.
V
Down in adoration falling,
Lo, the Sacred Host we hail,
Lo, o'er ancient forms departing
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith for all defects supplying,
Where the feeble senses fail.
V
To the everlasting Father
And the Son who reigns on high
With the Holy Ghost proceeding
Forth from each eternally,
Be salvation, honor, blessing,
Might and endless majesty.
Amen.
Stripping the altar
When Vespers are not recited, the celebrant proceeds to strip the altars, reciting alternately the following psalm:
Antiphon
Ps 21:19
Ant. They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
~(21:2) O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? * Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
~(21:3) O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: * and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me.
~(21:4) But thou dwellest in the holy place, * the praise of Israel.
~(21:5) In thee have our fathers hoped: * they have hoped, and thou hast delivered them.
~(21:6) They cried to thee, and they were saved: * they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
~(21:7) But I am a worm, and no man: * the reproach of men, and the outcast of the people.
~(21:8) All they that saw me have laughed me to scorn: * they have spoken with the lips, and wagged the head.
~(21:9) He hoped in the Lord, let him deliver him: * let him save him, seeing he delighteth in him.
~(21:10) For thou art he that hast drawn me out of the womb: * my hope from the breasts of my mother. I was cast upon thee from the womb.
~(21:11) From my mothers womb thou art my God, * depart not from me.
~(21:12) For tribulation is very near: * for there is none to help me.
~(21:13) Many calves have surrounded me: * fat bulls have besieged me.
~(21:14) They have opened their mouths against me, * as a lion ravening and roaring.
~(21:15) I am poured out like water; * and all my bones are scattered.
~(21:15) My heart is become like wax melting * in the midst of my bowels.
~(21:16) My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: * and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
~(21:17) For many dogs have encompassed me: * the council of the malignant hath besieged me.
~(21:18) They have dug my hands and feet. * They have numbered all my bones.
~(21:19) And they have looked and stared upon me. * They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
~(21:20) But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; * look towards my defence.
~(21:21) Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: * my only one from the hand of the dog.
~(21:22) Save me from the lions mouth; * and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
~(21:23) I will declare thy name to my brethren: * in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
~(21:24) Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: * all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
~(21:25) Let all the seed of Israel fear him: * because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man.
~(21:25) Neither hath he turned away his face from me: * and when I cried to him he heard me.
~(21:26) With thee is my praise in a great church: * I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
~(21:27) The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: * their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
~(21:28) All the ends of the earth * shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord:
~(21:28) And all the kindreds of the Gentiles * shall adore in his sight.
~(21:29) For the kingdom is the Lords; * and he shall have dominion over the nations.
~(21:30) All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: * all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
~(21:31) And to him my soul shall live: * and my seed shall serve him.
~(21:32) There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: * and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
Ant. They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
Washing of the feet
At a convenient hour, after the unclothing of the altars, a signal is given with the clapper, and the clergy assemble for the Maundy or the Washing of the feet. The prelate or superior wears a purple stole and cope over his amice and alb, and with the deacon and subdeacon vested in white dalmatics, comes to the appointed place. The celebrant puts incense into the thurible, served by the deacon. Then the deacon, holding the Gospel book before his breast, kneels before the celebrant and asks a blessing; having received it, while two acolytes stand by with lighted candles, and the subdeacon holds the book, he makes the Sign of the Cross over the book and incenses it and sings, in the usual way, the Gospel of the Mass.
After this the subdeacon takes the Gospel book open to the officiating priest to kiss, and the deacon incenses him as usual. Then the celebrant removes his cope, girds himself with a cloth, and assisted by his ministers, begins the washing of the feet of twelve clerks or twelve poor people chosen for the ceremony. While the subdeacon holds the right foot of each of those whose feet are to be washed, the celebrant, kneeling before him, washes the foot, wipes and kisses it, the deacon handing him a towel for the wiping. Meanwhile the following chants are sung by the choir.
Antiphona
John 13:34.
V
A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, saith the Lord.
Ps 118:1
Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the Lord.
V
A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, saith the Lord.
Antiphona
John 13: 4, 5, 15
V
After our Lord was risen from supper, He put water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of His disciples: to whom He gave this example.
Ps. 47:2
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.
V
After our Lord was risen from supper, He put water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of His disciples: to whom He gave this example.
Antiphona
John 13: 12, 13, 15
V
Our Lord Jesus, after He had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them: Know you what I your Lord and Master have done to you? I have given you an example, that ye also may do likewise.
Ps. 84:2
Thou hast blessed, O Lord, Thy land; Thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.
V
Our Lord Jesus, after He had supped with His disciples, washed their feet, and said to them: Know you what I your Lord and Master have done to you? I have given you an example, that ye also may do likewise.
Antiphona
John 13: 6-7, 8
V
Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to them: If I shall not wash thy feet, thou shalt have no part with Me.
V
He came to Simon Peter, and Peter said to Him: Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to them: If I shall not wash thy feet, thou shalt have no part with Me.
V
What I do, thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
V
Lord, dost Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to them: If I shall not wash thy feet, thou shalt have no part with Me.
Antiphona
John 13:14
V
If I your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, how much more ought you to wash one another's feet?
Ps. 48:2
Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, ye that inhabit the world.
V
If I your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, how much more ought you to wash one another's feet?
Antiphona
John 13:35
V
By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
V
Said Jesus to His disciples.
V
By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another.
Antiphona
1 Cor 13:13
V
Let these three, faith, hope, and charity, remain in you; but the greatest of these is charity.
V
And now there remain faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
V
Let these three, faith, hope, and charity, remain in you; but the greatest of these is charity.
Antiphona
V
Blessed be the Holy Trinity and undivided Unity: We will give praise to Him, for unto us He hath shown His mercy.
V
Let us bless the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Ps. 83: 2-3
How lovely are Thy tabernacles O lord of Hosts: my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
V
Blessed be the Holy Trinity and undivided Unity: We will give praise to Him, for unto us He hath shown His mercy.
Antiphona
V
Where charity and love are, there is God.
V
The love of Christ has gathered us together.
V
Let us rejoice in Him and be glad.
V
Let us fear and love the living God.
V
And let us love one another with a sincere heart.
V
Where charity and love are, there is God.
V
When, therefore, we are assembled together.
V
Let us take heed, that we be not divided in mind.
V
Let malicious quarrels and contentions cease.
V
And let Christ our God dwell among us.
V
Where charity and love are, there is God.
V
Let us also with the blessed see.
V
Thy face in glory, O Christ our God.
V
There to possess immeasurable and happy joy.
V
For infinite ages of ages. Amen.
After the Maundy, the officiating priest washes his hands, and removes the cloth. Then returning to the place whence he came he puts on the cope and, standing with his head uncovered, he says:
V
Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris: et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem: sed líbera nos a malo. Amen.
V
Thou hast commanded Thy commandments, O Lord.
R
To be exactly observed.
V
Thou hast washed the feet of Thy disciples.
R
Despise not the work of Thy hands.
V
O Lord, hear my prayer.
R
And let my cry come unto Thee.
V
The Lord be with you.
R
And with thy spirit.
V
Let us pray.
Be present, O Lord, we beseech Thee, at the performance of our service: and since Thou didst vouchsafe to wash the feet of Thy disciples, despise not the work of Thy hands, which Thou hast commanded us to retain: that as here the outward stains are washed away by us and from us, so the inward sins of us all may be blotted out by Thee. Which do Thou vouchsafe to grant, who livest and reignest God for ever and ever.
R
Amen.
Decem Præcepta Dei
Latin
Ego sum Dóminus Deus tuus, qui edúxi te de terra Aegýpti, de domo servitútis.
1. Non habébis deos aliénos coram me. Non facies tibi sculptile neque omnem similitudinem eorum, quae sunt in caelo desuper et quae in terra deorsum et quae in aquis sub terra. Non adorabis ea neque coles.
2. Non assúmes nomen Dómini Dei tui in vanum.
3. Meménto, ut diem sábbati sanctífices.
4. Honóra patrem tuum et matrem tuam.
5. Non occídes.
6. Non moechaberis.
7. Non furtum fácies.
8. Non loquéris contra próximum tuum falsum testimónium.
9. Non concupísces uxórem próximi tui.
10. Non concupísces domum próximi tui, non servum, non ancíllam, non bovem, non ásinum nec ómnia quae illíus sunt.
English
I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
1. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them.
2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
4. Honor thy father and thy mother.
5. Thou shalt not kill.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.
Præcepta Ecclesiæ Catholicæ
Latin
Praecepta Ecclesiae, quae omnes fideles Catholici servare tenentur:
1. Missam in Dóminicis diébusque festis de præcépto íntegram áudias.
2. Per dies iussos ieiúniis et abstinéntiis insérvias.
3. Peccáta tua própria saltem semel in anno proprio sacerdóti confiteáris.
4. Sanctíssimam Eucharístiam saltem per tempus Paschále suscípias.
5. Ecclésiae necessitátibus pro víribus subvénias.
6. In grádibus a lege Ecclésiæ prohibítis ne núbas.
English
The Commandments of the Church, which all the faithful are bound to observe:
1. To hear Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation.
2. To fast and abstain on the days appointed.
3. To confess at least once a year.
4. To receive the Holy Eucharist during the Easter time.
5. To contribute to the support of our pastors.
6. Not to marry persons who are not Catholics, or who are related to us within the third degree of kindred, nor privately without witnesses, nor to solemnize marriage at forbidden times.
Actus Contritionis
Latin
Actus Contritionis — a fidelibus recitandus.
Deus meus, ex toto corde paenitet me ómnium meórum peccatórum, eaque detéstor, quia peccándo, non solum poenas a Te iuste statútas promeritus sum, sed praesértim quia offéndi Te, súmmum bonum, ac dignum qui super ómnia diligáris. Ideo fírmiter propóno, adiuvánte grátia Tua, de cétero me non peccatúrum peccandíque occasiónes próximas fugitúrum. Amen.
English
The Act of Contrition — to be recited by the faithful.
O my God! I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.