Guide to the Mass

ENTRANCE SONG: All Stand.

GREETING

Presider: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Presider: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
All: And also with you.

PENITENTIAL RITE

Presider: Lord, have mercy. Assembly responds: Lord, have mercy.
Presider: Christ, have mercy. Assembly responds: Christ, have mercy.
Presider: Lord, have mercy. Assembly responds: Lord, have mercy.

GLORIA (usually sung)

Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father,
We worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
Lord, Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God,
you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.
You are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.
For you alone are the holy one, you alone are the Lord,
you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father. Amen! Amen!

OPENING PRAYER
After the presider says the prayer, the assembly responds: Amen.

All sit.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING
A Lector proclaims the selected passage and then says, "The Word of the Lord."
All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL SONG (usually sung)

SECOND READING
A Lector proclaims the selected passage and then says, "The Word of the Lord."
All: Thanks be to God.

All stand.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (usually sung)
All: Alleluia!

GOSPEL
Presider: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Presider: A reading from the holy gospel according to ______________.
All: Glory to you, Lord.

After the Presider has proclaimed the gospel passage, he says,
"The Gospel of the Lord."
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

All sit.

HOMILY

NICENE CREED (See #161 in the green Gather Hymnal)

GENERAL INTERCESSIONS (PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL)
After each petition is read, the Cantor says, "We pray"
All:Lord, hear our prayer.

All sit.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

(If the assembly is singing, the Presider says the following quietly, and the assembly's responses are omitted.)

Presider: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all Creation. Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which the earth and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life.

All: Blessed be God forever.

Presider: Blessed are you, Lord, God of all Creation. Through your goodness we have this wine to offer, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become our spiritual drink.

All: Blessed be God forever.

All stand.

Presider: Pray that our sacrifice may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of God's name, for our good and the good of all the Church.

PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Presider: May the Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Presider: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Presider: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

ACCLAMATION (The SANCTUS or HOLY usually sung)
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!

All kneel.

The Presider continues to pray.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION (usually sung)
Presider: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.

The Presider continues the prayer.

DOXOLOGY (usually sung)
Presider: Through him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honors is yours almighty Father,
for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

COMMUNION RITE

THE LORD'S PRAYER (many in the assembly join hands)
All: Our Father...

Presider: Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we
wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
All: for the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever.

THE SIGN OF PEACE
Presider: Lord, Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles: I give you peace, my peace I give to you. Look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and grant us the peace and unity of your Kingdom where you live forever and ever.
All: Amen.
Presider: The peace of the Lord be with you always.
All: And also with you.
Presider: Let us offer each other a sign of peace.

BREAKING OF THE BREAD
The Cantor/Choir leads the assembly in the Lamb of God.

COMMUNION
Presider: Let us pray.
All stand.
After the Presider says the prayer, the assembly responds: Amen.

CONCLUDING RITE

BLESSING
Presider: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Presider: May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.

DISMISSAL
Presider: The mass in ended, go in peace.
All: Thanks be to God.

CLOSING SONG