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Catholic Mass For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Cheat Sheet / Updated 03-27-2016

The heart and soul of Catholic Christianity is the Holy Mass. Going back 2,000 years, this religious ceremony is considered the most sacred and precious of all rites by Roman Catholics around the world. For the believer, the Catholic Mass is direct pipeline to God’s divine grace. Catholicism teaches its members that the Mass is a reenactment of both the Last Supper and Jesus’s crucifixion.

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An Outline of the Ordinary Form of the Catholic Mass

Article / Updated 03-26-2016

The Ordinary form of the Catholic Mass is the normal or standard form of Mass with which most Catholics are generally familiar. The Ordinary form differs from the Extraordinary form and Tridentine Mass (sometimes called the Traditional Latin Mass). The following list outlines the rites of the Catholic Mass from start to finish. Introductory Rites Greeting Rite of Sprinkling or Penitential Rite Confiteor Kyrie Gloria Opening Prayer (Collect) Liturgy of the Word First Reading Psalm Second Reading Gospel Homily Profession of Faith (Creed) Prayer of the Faithful (General Intercessions) Liturgy of the Eucharist Preparation of Gifts (Offertory) Offertory Prayer Preface and Sanctus Eucharistic Prayer Pater Noster (Our Father or Lord’s Prayer) Sign of Peace Fraction Rite — Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) Communion Rite Prayer after Communion Concluding Rite

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