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What part (or parts) of your church service is worship and what part (or parts) as teaching, praise, prayer and so forth?
Catholic masses have this kind of structure:
Catholic masses have this kind of structure:
- Entrance of the book of the gospel and the ministers who will preside over the celebration and their assistants
- Greeting of the ministers to the people and response
- Public confession of sins
- I confess to almighty God ...
- Lord Have mercy ...
- Glory to God ...
- Prayer
- Reading of the holy scriptures
- First reading is typically an Old testament reading
- Responsorial psalm
- Second reading is typically from the epistles or the book of Acts in the new testament
- Gospel acclimation
- Reading from the Holy Gospel (always from one of the four canonical gospels)
- May the Lord be in your heart and on your lips...
- Cleanse my heart and my lips, almighty God, that I may worthily proclaim your holy Gospel.
- A reading from the holy Gospel according to ...
- Homily
- The Nicene Creed is said by all (during Lent and Easter season the Apostles' creed may be said instead)
- Prayers of the faithful (congregational prayer for various matters)
- Then follows the liturgy of the Eucharist which is the central act of worship in the mass.
- The presentation of the gifts of bread and wine together with other offerings for the relief of the poor and the maintenance of the church
- Blessing and prayer over the gifts
- Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you:
fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life. - Blessed be God for ever.
- By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
- Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the wine we offer you:
fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink. - Blessed be God for ever.
- Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness we have received the bread we offer you:
- With humble spirit and contrite heart may we be accepted by you, O Lord, and may our sacrifice in your sight this day be pleasing to you, Lord God.
- Wash me, O Lord, from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters),
that my sacrifice and yours
may be acceptable to God,
the almighty Father. - May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands
for the praise and glory of his name,
for our good
and the good of all his holy Church. - Then the Priest, with hands extended, says the Prayer over the Offerings, at the
end of which the people acclaim: - Amen.
- Here the Eucharistic prayer is said by the priest. It is a long prayer full of gospel quotes and quotations from the rest of holy scripture. I will not reproduce it here (but it can see seen here)
- Communion
- At the Saviour’s command
and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to say: - 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,
but deliver us from evil. - Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy,
we may be always free from sin
and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. - For the kingdom,
the power and the glory are yours
now and for ever. - Lord Jesus Christ,
who said to your Apostles:
Peace I leave you, my peace I give you;
look not on our sins,
but on the faith of your Church,
and graciously grant her peace and unity
in accordance with your will.
Who live and reign for ever and ever
Amen. - The peace of the Lord be with you always.
- And with your spirit.
- Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
- May this mingling of the Body and Blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ
bring eternal life to us who receive it. - Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
grant us peace. - Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God,
who, by the will of the Father
and the work of the Holy Spirit,
through your Death gave life to the world,
free me by this, your most holy Body and Blood,
from all my sins and from every evil;
keep me always faithful to your commandments,
and never let me be parted from you. - Behold the Lamb of God,
behold him who takes away the sins of the world.
Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. - Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed. - May the Body of Christ
keep me safe for eternal life. - The faithful come forward and receive communion saying amen when the host of offered with the words The body of Christ and amen when the precious blood is offered with the words The blood of Christ
- What has passed our lips as food, O Lord,
may we possess in purity of heart,
that what has been given to us in time
may be our healing for eternity. - Let us pray.
- The people and the priests pray silently
- The priest says a prayer
- Amen.
- Concluding rites
- The Lord be with you.
- And with your spirit.
- May almighty God bless you,
the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit. - Amen.
