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• Holy Mass – highest form of Prayer and Worship
• Holy Eucharist - The highest Sacrament among the seven
• The Last Supper – The First Mass
• Introductory Rites

  
  

  • Introductory Rites
  • Penitential Rites
  • Kyrie& Gloria
• Liturgy of the Word

  • First Reading
  • Responsorial Psalm
  • Second Reading
  • Gospel Acclamation
  • Gospel Reading
  • Homily
  • Prayer of the Faithful
• Liturgy of the Eucharist

  • Preparation of the Altar & the gifts
  • Prayer over the Offerings
  • Eucharistic Prayer
  • The Communion Rite
• Concluding Rites

  • Thanksgiving
  • Closing Prayer
  • Closing Song
• Holy Mass is divided into 2 parts - The Liturgy of the Word and The Liturgy of the Eucharist
• the holiest book of Judaism - tanakh
• Easter Vigil – Mother of all Liturgies
• Two kinds of Readings - Sunday Readings and Weekday Readings
• easter vigil Composed of 8 readings, 8 Psalms, and one Gospel, total of 17 readings in one mass
• cycle in weekday readings - cycle 1 and 2
• 3 sections of sunday reading - year a, year b, year c
• year a - gospel of matthew
• year b - gospel of mark
• year c - gospel of luke
• First Reading – takes readings mostly from the Old Testament

  • Also takes readings from New Testament, mostly in the Book of Acts
• Responsorial Psalm – It takes songs from the Book of Psalms

  • Sung on Sundays but recited on weekdays
• Second Reading - takes readings from the New Testament, specifically Pauline Epsitles and Apostolic Letters; also includes the book of Acts and the book of Revelation

  • Second readings are absent on Weekday Masses
• Gospel Acclamation – Refers to a verse that is sung in order to welcome the Gospel
• Gospel Reading – highest point of the Liturgy of the Word
• Nicene Creed – a statement that enlists the core belief not just in the Catholic Church, but also in other Christian denominations.
• nicine creed - Also called as Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed

  • Written by Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria in 325 A.D
• Prayer of Faithful – also known as universal Prayer, refers to 5 or 6 prayers that are offered to various people.

  • Church
  • Clergy
  • Leader
  • Sick
  • Dead
• Liturgy of the Eucharist – consecrate the bread and wine into a body and blood of Jesus Christ, then It is offered to everyone attending the Mass.
• Offering – Bread and Wine Sponsors (usually a couple) goes into the priest and gives him the “Ciborium”, which is the container of the host (the body of Christ) and a jar of wine called a “Cruet”.
• Eucharistic Prayer – heart of the Liturgy of the Eucharist
• Types of Mass:

  1.       Regular Mass – held every Sunday of the week, and comes in complete flow of the structure.

  2.       Mass for the dead (Requim mass) – held to pray for someone who has passed away

  3.       Baptismal Mass – mainly does the practices of the First Sacrament: Baptism.

  4.       Wedding Mass -  focuses on man and woman who will be declared as husband and wife in God’s name

  5.       Anticipated Mass – held on Saturday, the day before the seventh day
• 1.       Priest/Deacon – Mass cannot start without them

  2.       Altar Servers – young boys whose role is to serve the altar

  -          Crucifier, Server, and Incense

  3.       Lectors and Commentator – responsible for preaching the word of God and citing the responses

  4.       Lay Ministers – helps the Priest give the Eucharist to the people

  5.       Marianettes/Ushers – carry collecting baskets which contains money given by the Laity

  6.       Choir – responsible for the beautiful musical ambience of the mass
• Processional Cross and candles


  Used in religious ceremonies
• Ciborium and Pyx


  Metal containers that contain the hosts
• Lectionary


  Contains the 3 readings of a mass
• Sacramentary


  Guide of the Priest in the Mass, contains all the prayers
• Evangeliary (Gospel Book)


  Contains the gospel reading every mass
• Host


  Represents the body of Christ
• Chalice


  A cup containing the wine (blood of Christ)
• Censer


  Releases the Incense
• Incense Boat


  Contains the Incense
• Cruets


  Wine and Water