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Title: The Order of the Mass


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The Order of the Mass
  • Liturgy of the Word

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Order of the Mass
  • The Introductory Rites are followed by the
    Liturgy of the Word.

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Liturgy of the Word
  • Introduction
  • When we gather at a friends home for a meal, we
    always begin with conversation, telling our
    stories. At Mass, after the Introductory Rites,
    we sit down and listen as readings from the Word
    of God are proclaimed. These are the stories of
    Gods people.
  • The Lectors, Cantor, and Celebrant proclaim the
    Word of God for us in readings from the Old
    Testament, Psalms, New Testament, and especially
    the Gospel.

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Liturgy of the Word
  • The First Reading
  • The Hebrew Scriptures
  • The first reading is mostly chosen from the Old
    Testament and during some seasons the Book of
    Acts might be read. We recall the origins of our
    covenant. It will relate to the Gospel selection
    and will give background and an insight into the
    meaning of what Jesus will do in the Gospel.

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Liturgy of the Word
  • The Responsorial Psalm
  • The Psalm reflects themes in the readings. The
    Psalm consists of an antiphon where the Cantor
    and the Congregation respond back and forth. This
    is a vehicle of prayer and praise - an atmosphere
    of prayer within which the readings occur.

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The Liturgy of the Word
  • The Second Reading
  • The New Testament
  • This reading is also referred to as the Epistle,
    is usually from one of the letters in the New
    Testament which may also include the Book of Acts
    or the Book of Revelation. While the letters
    address particular situations in the early
    Church, their message still applies to us today.

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The Liturgy of the Word
  • The Gospel Alleluia
  • Alleluia is a Latin echo of the Hebrew
    acclamation Praise God! and is a key word in
    Christian worship. Here it heralds the Gospel.
  • When the Alleluia is being sung, Father
    processes with the Gospels held high to the Ambo.
    Christians acclaim the most wonderful deed of God
    among humankind, Jesus Christ, here made visible
    in the book containing His words and message to
    us all.

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The Liturgy of the Word
  • The Gospel Reading
  • The Gospel is the climax of the liturgy of the
    word. Catholic faith teaches that in proclaiming
    the Gospel, Christ is truly present to the
    community. For this reason the community stands
    to witness to Christs resurrection which allows
    him to be present to his people.
  • The priest introduces the Gospel reading while
    marking a small cross on his forehead, lips and
    heart with his thumb while praying silently that
    God cleans his mind and his heart so that his
    lips may worthily proclaim the Gospel.
  • After the Gospel, the congregation sits for the
    Homily.

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The Liturgy of the Word
  • The Homily
  • Christians believe that faith comes through
    preaching. (Romans 313-15). This idea is rooted
    in Jewish belief that the creative power of Gods
    word transforms human life.
  • The homily takes the Word of God and applies it
    to our life situation today. Just as a large
    piece of bread is broken to feed individual
    persons, the word of God is broken open so it can
    be received and digested by the congregation.
  • The homily is often followed by a few moments of
    silence where we each thank God for the word we
    have heard and apply the message of the readings
    to our daily life.

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The Liturgy of the Word
  • The Profession of Faith The Creed
  • The Creed is a statement of our faith in the Word
    we have heard proclaimed in Scripture and the
    homily, and a profession of the faith that leads
    us to give our lives for one another as Christ
    gave his life for us. The Creed begins I
    believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of
    Heaven and Earth
  • Did you know that the creed is used by not only
    the Catholic Church, but also by Episcopalians,
    Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans, Orthodox
    and many other Christian faiths?

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The Liturgy of the Word
  • General Intercessions
  • Prayers of the Faithful
  • The General Intercessions help us become who God
    is calling us to be. We pray for the Church,
    nations and their leaders, people in special need
    and the local needs of our parish. A Lector will
    announce the petitions, and we are usually given
    an opportunity to pray for the intentions in our
    heart, making some common response aloud like,
    Lord, hear our prayer.
  • The Intercessions direct our faith which has been
    deepened through prayer and listening to Gods
    word to specific situations today.
  • The Liturgy of the Word (our storytelling part
    of the Mass) comes to an end with the General
    Intercessions.

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Liturgy of the Word
  • The Liturgy of the Word is followed by the
    Liturgy of the Eucharist.

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  • These slides were created as a training tool for
  • Mission San Luis Rey Parish Altar Servers.
  • Research for these slides was derived primarily
    from
  • A Walk Through the Mass by Thomas Richstatter,
    OFM
  • featured on www.americancatholic.org and
  • The Order of the Mass by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.,
  • featured on www.catholic-resources.org
  • Information was organized and presented by Laura
    Chun.
  • Content was reviewed by Fr. Alvin Cachola, OFM
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