What is the Holy Roman Catholic Church?

The only Church founded by Jesus Christ Himself.

What is the Catholic Mass?

The unbloody re-presentation of Christ's sacrifice on Calvary, where bread and wine become His Body and Blood.

Did Vatican II abolish the Latin Mass?

No. Vatican II's Sacrosanctum Concilium §36 states: 'Particular law remaining in force, the use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites.' Section 54 further instructs that 'the faithful may also be able to say or to sing together in Latin those parts of the Ordinary of the Mass which pertain to them.'

Who leads the Catholic Church?

The Pope, successor of St. Peter, Vicar of Christ on Earth, with authority given by Jesus Christ Himself.

What are the Seven Sacraments?

Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.

What is required for salvation?

Faith in Jesus Christ, adherence to His Church's teachings, reception of the Sacraments, and a life of grace.

Daily Latin Mass Audio — Dominica IX Post Pentecosten

Prayers at the Foot of the Altar

Latin

Prayers at the Foot of the Altar

Sacerdos paratus cum ingreditur ad Altare, facta illi debita reverentia, signat se signo crucis a fronte ad pectus, et clara voce dicit:

V 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:

S Introíbo ad altáre Dei.

M Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.

Postea alternatim cum Ministris dicit sequentem:

Ps. 42, 1-5

S Júdica me, Deus, et discérne causam meam de gente non sancta: ab hómine iníquo et dolóso érue me.

M Quia tu es, Deus, fortitúdo mea: quare me repulísti, et quare tristis incédo, dum afflígit me inimícus?

S Emítte lucem tuam et veritátem tuam: ipsa me deduxérunt, et adduxérunt in montem sanctum tuum et in tabernácula tua.

M Et introíbo ad altáre Dei: ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.

S Confitébor tibi in cíthara, Deus, Deus meus: quare tristis es, ánima mea, et quare contúrbas me?

M Spera in Deo, quóniam adhuc confitébor illi: salutáre vultus mei, et Deus meus.

S Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

M Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper: et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Sacerdos repetit Antiphonam:

S Introíbo ad altáre Dei.

M Ad Deum, qui lætíficat juventútem meam.

Signat se, dicens:

V Adjutórium nostrum ✝ in nómine Dómini.

R Qui fecit cælum et terram.

Deinde junctis manibus profunde inclinatus facit Confessionem.

V 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.

M Misereátur tui omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis tuis, perdúcat te ad vitam ætérnam.

Sacerdos dicit:

S 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.

M 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:

S Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam.

R Amen.

Signat se signo crucis, dicens:

S Indulgéntiam, ✝ absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum nostrórum tríbuat nobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.

R Amen.

Et inclinatus prosequitur:

V Deus, tu convérsus vivificábis nos.

R Et plebs tua lætábitur in te.

V Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam.

R Et salutáre tuum da nobis.

V Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

R Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

V Dóminus vobíscum.

R Et cum spíritu tuo.

Et extendens ac jungens manus, clara voce dicit:

V Orémus, (ei ascendens ad Altare, dicit secreto: )

V 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:

V 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

The priest, bowing down at the foot of the altar, makes the Sign of the Cross, from his forehead to his breast, and says:

V 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:

P I will go in to the altar of God.

S 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.

P Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation which is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.

S For Thou, O God, art my strength: why hast Thou cast me off? and why go I sorrowful whilst the enemy afflicteth me?

P Send forth Thy light and Thy truth: they have conducted me and brought me unto Thy holy mount, and into Thy tabernacles.

S And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.

P 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?

S Hope in God, for I will still give praise to Him: the salvation of my countenance and my God.

P Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

S As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The priest repeats the Anthem:

P I will go in to the altar of God.

S To God who giveth joy to my youth.

The priest, signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, says:

P Our help ✝ is in the Name of the Lord.

S Who made heaven and earth.

Then, joining his hands, and humbly bowing down, he says the Confiteor:

P 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.

S May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.

The priest answers:

P Amen.

The server says the Confiteor.

S 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:

P May almighty God be merciful to thee, and forgiving thy sins, bring thee to everlasting life.

S Amen.

Signing himself with the Sign of the Cross, the priest says:

P May the ✝ almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins.

S Amen.

Bowing down, he proceeds:

P O God, Thou wilt turn again and quicken us.

S And thy people shall rejoice in Thee.

P Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy.

S And grant us Thy salvation.

P O Lord, hear my prayer.

S And let my cry come before Thee.

P The Lord be with you.

S 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:

V Let us pray.

V 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:

V 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)

Latin

Ps 53:6-7

V Ecce, Deus adjuvat me, et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ: avérte mala inimícis meis, et in veritáte tua dispérde illos, protéctor meus, Dómine.

Ps 53:3

Deus, in nómine tuo salvum me fac: et in virtúte tua libera me.

V Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

R Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

V Ecce, Deus adjuvat me, et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ: avérte mala inimícis meis, et in veritáte tua dispérde illos, protéctor meus, Dómine.

English

Ps 53:6-7

V Behold, God is my helper, the Lord sustains my life. Turn back the evil upon my foes; in Your faithfulness destroy them, O Lord, my protector.

Ps 53:3

O God, by Your name save me, and by Your might deliver me.

V Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

R As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

V Behold, God is my helper, the Lord sustains my life. Turn back the evil upon my foes; in Your faithfulness destroy them, O Lord, my protector.

Kyrie

Latin

S Kýrie, eléison.

M Kýrie, eléison.

S Kýrie, eléison.

M Christe, eléison.

S Christe, eléison.

M Christe, eléison.

S Kýrie, eléison.

M Kýrie, eléison.

S Kýrie, eléison.

English

S Kýrie, eléison.

M Kýrie, eléison.

S Kýrie, eléison.

M Christe, eléison.

S Christe, eléison.

M Christe, eléison.

S Kýrie, eléison.

M Kýrie, eléison.

S 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.

V 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:

V 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)

Latin

Páteant aures misericórdiæ tuæ, Dómine, précibus supplicántium: et, ut peténtibus desideráta concédas; fac eos quæ tibi sunt plácita, postuláre.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

May Your merciful ears be open, O Lord, to the prayers of those who humbly entreat You; grant that they may ask for what pleases You so that You may fulfill their desires.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

R Amen.

Oratio (Commemoratio)

Latin

Deus, qui beátæ Annæ grátiam conférre dignatus es, ut Genetrícis unigéniti Fílii tui mater effici mererétur: concéde propítius; ut, cujus sollémnia celebrámus, ejus apud te patrocíniis adjuvémur.

Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

O God, Who in Your kindness gave blessed Anne the grace to be the mother of her who mothered Your only-begotten Son, graciously grant that we who keep her feast may be helped by her intercession with You.

Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

R Amen.

Lectio (Epistle)

Latin

Léctio Epístolæ beáti Pauli Apóstoli ad Corinthios

1 Cor 10:6-13

Fratres: Non simus concupiscéntes malórum, sicut et illi concupiérunt. Neque idolólatræ efficiámini, sicut quidam ex ipsis: quemádmodum scriptum est: Sedit pópulus manducáre et bíbere, et surrexérunt lúdere. Neque fornicémur, sicut quidam ex ipsis fornicáti sunt, et cecidérunt una die vigínti tria mília. Neque tentémus Christum, sicut quidam eórum tentavérunt, et a serpéntibus periérunt. Neque murmuravéritis, sicut quidam eórum murmuravérunt, et periérunt ab exterminatóre. Hæc autem ómnia in figúra contingébant illis: scripta sunt autem ad correptiónem nostram, in quos fines sæculórum devenérunt. Itaque qui se exístimat stare, vídeat ne cadat. Tentátio vos non apprehéndat, nisi humána: fidélis autem Deus est, qui non patiétur vos tentári supra id, quod potéstis, sed fáciet étiam cum tentatióne provéntum, ut póssitis sustinére.

English

Lesson from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

1 Cor. 10:6-13

Brethren: We should not lust after evil things even as they lusted. And do not become idolaters, even as some of them were, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, even as some of them committed fornication, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents. Neither murmur, as some of them murmured, and perished at the hands of the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them as a type, and they were written for our correction, upon whom the final age of the world has come. Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. May no temptation take hold of you but such as man is equal to. God is faithful and will not permit you to be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also give you a way out that you may be able to bear it.

Graduale & Tractus

Latin

Ps 8:2

Dómine, Dóminus noster, quam admirábile est nomen tuum in universa terra!

V Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua super cœlos.

Allelúja, allelúja.

Ps 58:2

Eripe me de inimícis meis, Deus meus: et ab insurgéntibus in me líbera me. Allelúja.

English

Ps 8:2

O Lord, our Lord, how glorious is Your name over all the earth!

V You have elevated Your Majesty above the heavens.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Ps 58:2

V Rescue me from my enemies, O my God; from my adversaries defend me. Alleluia.

Evangelium (Gospel)

Latin

Sequéntia sancti Evangélii secúndum Lucam

Luc 19:41-47

In illo témpore: Cum appropinquáret Jesus Jerúsalem, videns civitátem, flevit super illam, dicens: Quia si cognovísses et tu, et quidem in hac die tua, quæ ad pacem tibi, nunc autem abscóndita sunt ab óculis tuis. Quia vénient dies in te: et circúmdabunt te inimíci tui vallo, et circúmdabunt te: et coangustábunt te úndique: et ad terram prostérnent te, et fílios tuos, qui in te sunt, et non relínquent in te lápidem super lápidem: eo quod non cognóveris tempus visitatiónis tuæ. Et ingréssus in templum, cœpit ejícere vendéntes in illo et eméntes, dicens illis: Scriptum est: Quia domus mea domus oratiónis est. Vos autem fecístis illam speluncam latrónum. Et erat docens cotídie in templo.

English

Continuation ✝ of the Holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 19:41-47

At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it, saying, If you had known, in this your day, even you, the things that are for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a rampart about you, and surround you and shut you in on every side, and will dash you to the ground and your children within you, and will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you have not known the time of your visitation. And He entered the temple, and began to cast out those who were selling and buying in it, saying to them, It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of thieves. And He was teaching daily in the temple.

Credo

Latin

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.

V 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.

English

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.

V 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 18:9, 10, 11, 12

Justítiæ Dómini rectæ, lætificántes corda, et judícia ejus dulcióra super mel et favum: nam et servus tuus custódit ea.

English

Ps 18:9-12

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart, and His ordinances sweeter than syrup or honey from the comb; therefore Your servant is careful of them.

Offertory Prayers

Latin

Offertory Prayers

Deinde osculatur Altare, et versus ad populum, dicit:

V Dóminus vobíscum.

R Et cum spíritu tuo.

Postea dicit: Orémus, et Offertorium.

V Orémus.

Quo dicto, si est Missa sollemnis, Diaconus porrigit Celebranti Patenam cum Hostia: si privata, Sacerdos ipse accipit Patenam cum Hostia, quam offerens, dicit:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V Veni, sanctificátor omnípotens ætérne Deus: (Benedicit Oblata, prosequendo:) et béne ✝ dic hoc sacrifícium, tuo sancto nómini præparátum.

Postea, si sollemniter celebrat, benedicit incensum, dicens:

V 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:

V Incénsum istud a te benedíctum ascéndat ad te, Dómine: et descéndat super nos misericórdia tua.

Deinde incensat Altare, dicens:

Ps. 140, 2-4

V 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:

V 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

V 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.

V Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

R Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc et semper, et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Deinde, aliquantulum inclinatus in medio Altaris, junctis manibus super eo, dicit:

V 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:

S Oráte, fratres: ut meum ac vestrum sacrifícium acceptábile fiat apud Deum Patrem omnipoténtem.

Minister, seu circumstantes respondent: alioquin ipsemet Sacerdos:

M 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:

S Amen.

Deinde, manibus extensis, absolute sine Orémus subjungit Orationes secretas.

Secreta

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Offertory Prayers

The priest kisses the altar, and turning to the people says:

P The Lord be with you.

S 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.

V 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:

V 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.

V 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:

V 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:

V 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.

V 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:

V 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:

V 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.

V 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:

V 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

V 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.

V Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

R 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:

V 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:

P Brethren, pray that my Sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Father almighty.

The server answers:

S 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:

P 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

Concéde nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, hæc digne frequentáre mystéria: quia, quóties hujus hóstiæ commemorátio celebrátur, opus nostræ redemptiónis exercétur.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

Grant us, we beseech You, O Lord, to take part worthily and frequently in this sacramental action: for as often as this sacrifice of commemoration is offered, the work of our redemption is performed.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

R Amen.

Secreta (Commemoratio)

Latin

Sacrifíciis præséntibus, quǽsumus, Dómine, placatus inténde: ut per intercessiónem beátæ Annæ, quæ Genetrícis Fílii tui, Dómini nostri Jesu Christi, mater éxstitit, et devotióni nostræ profíciant et salúti.

Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

Look with favor, O Lord, upon the offerings here before You, that, through the intercession of blessed Anne who bore the Mother of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, they may help toward our holiness and our salvation.

Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

R 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.

V Dóminus vobíscum.

R Et cum spíritu tuo.

V Sursum corda.

R Habémus ad Dóminum.

V Grátias agámus Dómino, Deo nostro.

R Dignum et justum est.

de sanctissima Trinitate

V Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: Qui cum unigénito Fílio tuo et Spíritu Sancto unus es Deus, unus es Dóminus: non in uníus singularitáte persónæ, sed in uníus Trinitáte substántiæ. Quod enim de tua glória, revelánte te, crédimus, hoc de Fílio tuo, hoc de Spíritu Sancto sine differéntia discretiónis sentímus. Ut in confessióne veræ sempiternǽque Deitátis, et in persónis propríetas, et in esséntia únitas, et in majestáte adorétur æquálitas. Quam laudant Angeli atque Archángeli, Chérubim quoque ac Séraphim: qui non cessant clamáre cotídie, una voce dicéntes:

V 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:

P The Lord be with you.

S And with thy spirit.

P Lift up your hearts.

S We have lifted them up to the Lord.

P Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

S It is meet and just.

Holy Trinity

V 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, together with Thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in the oneness of a single Person, but in the Trinity of one substance. For what we believe by Thy revelation of Thy glory, the same do we believe of Thy Son, the same of the Holy Ghost, without difference or separation. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, distinction in persons, unity in essence, and equality in majesty may be adored. Which the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim do praise: who cease not daily to cry out, with one voice saying:

V 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 :

V 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

V 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.

V 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:

V 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.

V 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.

V 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:

V 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:

V Hæc quotiescúmque fecéritis, in mei memóriam faciétis.

Genuflexus adorat: surgit, ostendit populo, deponit, cooperit, et genuflexus iterum adorat.

Deinde disjunctis manibus dicit:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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

V 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:

V 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.

V 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:

P 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:

V Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

Canon of the Mass

V 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.

V 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:

V 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.

V 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.

V 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:

V 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:

V 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

V 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

V 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:

V 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

V 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.

V 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.

V 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:

V 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):

P World without end.

S Amen.

Preparation for Holy Communion

Latin

Preparation for Holy Communion

(Iungit manus.)

V Orémus: Præcéptis salutáribus móniti, et divína institutióne formáti audémus dícere:(Extendit manus.)

V 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:

R Sed líbera nos a malo.

S (Sacerdos secrete dicit :) Amen.

Deinde manu dextera accipit inter indicem et medium digitos Patenam, quam tenens super Altare erectam, dicit secrete:

V 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:

V 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:

V Per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

Cum ipsa particula signat ter super Calicem, dicens:

V Pax Dómini sit semper vobíscum.

R Et cum spíritu tuo.

Particulam ipsam immittit in Calicem, dicens secrete:

V 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:

V Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: miserére nobis.

V 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.

V Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona eis réquiem.

V Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccáta mundi: dona eis réquiem sempitérnam.

Deinde, junctis manibus super Altare, inclinatus dicit secrete sequentes Orationes:

V 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:

V Pax tecum.

R Et cum spíritu tuo.

In Missis Defunctorum non datur pax, neque dicitur oratio Domine Jesu Christe, qui dixisti.

V 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.

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

M 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:

S Misereátur vestri omnípotens Deus, et, dimíssis peccátis vestris, perdúcat vos ad vitam ætérnam.

R Amen.

S Indulgéntiam, + absolutiónem et remissiónem peccatórum vestrórum tríbuat vobis omnípotens et miséricors Dóminus.

R 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:

S Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce, qui tollit peccáta mundi.

Deinde dicit:

S 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:

S 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:

V 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:

V 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

V Let us pray. Instructed by Thy saving precepts, and following Thy divine institution, we are bold to say:

V 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.

M But deliver us from evil.

P Amen.

Then the priest takes the paten between the first and second finger and says:

V 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:

V 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:

P World without end.

S Amen.

The priest makes the Sign of the Cross with the Particle over the Chalice, saying:

P The peace ✝ of the Lord be ✝ always with ✝ you.

S And with thy spirit.

He puts the Particle into the Chalice, saying:

V 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:

V Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V 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.

V Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Grant them rest.

V 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:

V 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:

P Peace be with thee.

S And with thy spirit.

In Masses of the Dead, the kiss of peace is not given.

V 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.

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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:

V 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.]

S 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:

P May almighty God have mercy upon you, forgive you your sins, and bring you unto life everlasting.

S Amen.

Making the Sign of the Cross, he continues:

P May the almighty and merciful Lord grant you pardon, † absolution, and remission of your sins.

S Amen.

Elevating a particle of the Blessed Sacrament and turning towards the people, he says:

P Behold the Lamb of God, behold Him who taketh away the sins of the world.

And then he says three times:

S 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:

P The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve thy soul unto life everlasting. Amen.

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The priest says silently:

V 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:

V 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 6:57

Qui mandúcat meam carnem et bibit meum sánguinem, in me manet et ego in eo, dicit Dóminus.

English

John 6:57

He who eats My Flesh, and drinks My Blood, abides in Me, and I in him, says the Lord.

Postcommunio

Latin

Tui nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine, commúnio sacraménti, et purificatiónem cónferat, et tríbuat unitátem.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

May the partaking of Your sacrament, we beseech You, O Lord, cleanse us and unite 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.

R Amen.

Postcommunio (Commemoratio)

Latin

Cœléstibus sacraméntis vegetáti, quǽsumus, Dómine, Deus noster: ut, intercessióne beátæ Annæ, quam Genetrícis Fílii tui matrem esse voluísti, ad ætérnam salútem perveníre mereámur.

Per eúndem Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum Fílium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

R Amen.

English

Strengthened by the heavenly sacrament, we beseech You, O Lord our God, that, by the intercession of blessed Anne, whom You willed to be the mother of Your Son’s Mother, we may be found worthy of reaching eternal salvation.

Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end.

R Amen.

Conclusion & Last Gospel

Latin

Conclusion & Last Gospel

Dicto, post ultimam Orationem,

S Dóminus vobíscum.

M Et cum spíritu tuo.

dicit pro Missæ qualitate, vel Ite, Missa est, vel Benedicámus Dómino. Deo grátias.

Ite, missa est.

R Deo grátias.

Tunc celebrans inclinat se ante medium altaris, et manibus junctis super illud, dicit secrete:

V 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:

V 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:

V Pater, et Fílius, ✝ et Spíritus Sanctus.

R 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:

V Dóminus vobíscum.

R Et cum spíritu tuo.

Et signans signo crucis primum Altare vel librum, deinde se in fronte, ore et pectore, dicit:

V Inítium sancti Evangélii secúndum Joánnem.

Joann. 1, 1-14

Junctis manibus prosequitur:

V 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:

P The Lord be with you.

S And with thy spirit.

Ite, missa est.

R Deo grátias.

V 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:

P May almighty God the Father, Son, ✝ and Holy Ghost, bless you.

S Amen.

In Masses for the Dead, the Blessing is omitted.

Then turning to the Gospel side of the altar, the priest says:

P The Lord be with you.

S 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:

V 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.

Orationes Leonis XIII

Latin

P Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

S Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

P Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

S Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

P Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum, benedícta tu in muliéribus et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

S Sancta María, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatóribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

S 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.

P Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Génitrix.

S Ut digni efficiámur promissiónibus Christi.

P 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.

S 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.

P Cor Jesu sacratíssimum.

S Miserére nobis.

P Cor Jesu sacratíssimum.

S Miserére nobis.

P Cor Jesu sacratíssimum.

S Miserére nobis.

English

To be said kneeling after the celebration of Low Mass.

P Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

S Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

P Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

S Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

P Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

S Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

S 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.

P Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.

S That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

P 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.

S 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.

P Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,

S Have mercy upon us.

P Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,

S Have mercy upon us.

P Most Sacred Heart of Jesus,

S Have mercy upon us.

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.

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Dominica IX Post Pentecosten